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1972 Queensland state election
← 1969 27 May 1972 (1972-05-27) 1974 →
All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout92.41 (Increase 0.64 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
  QLP
Leader Joh Bjelke-Petersen Jack Houston No leader
Party Country–Liberal Coalition Labor Queensland Labor
Leader since 8 August 1968 12 October 1966 (1966-10-12)
Leader's seat Barambah Bulimba
Last election 45 seats, 44.70% 31 seats, 44.99% 1 seat, 7.24%
Seats won 47 33 0
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 383,000 424,002 69,757
Percentage 42.23% 46.75% 7.69%
Swing Decrease 2.47 Increase 1.76 Increase 0.46
Premier before election

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition

Elected Premier

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

Key dates

Date Event
18 April 1972 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.
18 April 1972 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
27 April 1972 Close of nominations.
27 May 1972 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
20 June 1972 The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.
24 June 1972 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
10 July 1972 Deadline for return of the writs.
1 August 1972 Parliament resumed for business.

Results

See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1972

Queensland state election, 27 May 1972
Legislative Assembly
<< 1969–1974 >>

Enrolled voters 997,489
Votes cast 921,763 Turnout 92.41% +0.64%
Informal votes 15,566 Informal 1.61% -0.18%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 424,002 46.75% +1.76% 33 + 2
  Liberal 201,596 22.23% -1.45% 21 + 2
  Country 181,404 20.00% -1.02% 26 ± 0
  Queensland Labor 69,757 7.69% +0.46% 0 - 1
  Independent 30,187 3.33% +0.48% 2 + 1
Total 906,946     82  
Popular vote
Labor   46.75%
Liberal   22.23%
Country   20.00%
Democratic Labor   7.69%
Independents   3.33%
Seats
Labor   40.24%
Country   31.71%
Liberal   25.61%
Independents   2.44%

Seats changing hands

Seat Pre-1972 Swing Post-1972
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Albert   Liberal Bill Heatley* 0.5 -4.6 4.1 Bill D'Arcy Labor  
Ipswich   Labor notional - new seat 4.5 -5.7 1.2 Llew Edwards Liberal  
Mackay   Labor Ed Casey 6.7 -20.1 13.4 Ed Casey Independent  
  • ¶ Results for Albert based on 1970 by-election
  • Bill Heatley died in October 1971, but no by-election was called due to the proximity of the 1972 election.
  • In addition, the Liberal Party retained Maryborough, which was won from Labor at the 1971 by-election.
  • Aubigny, which was the last seat held by the Democratic Labor Party, was abolished at this election and its outgoing member, Les Diplock, retired.

Post-election pendulum

Country/Liberal seats (47)
Marginal
Murrumba Des Frawley CP 1.0%
Ipswich Llew Edwards LIB 1.2%
Kurilpa Clive Hughes LIB 1.5%
Condamine Vic Sullivan CP 1.8% v IND
Mansfield Bill Kaus LIB 2.0%
Wavell Arthur Crawford LIB 2.0%
Hinchinbrook Ted Row CP 2.5%
Mount Gravatt Geoff Chinchen CP 2.5%
Gregory Wally Rae CP 2.6%
Maryborough Gilbert Alison LIB 3.8%
Nundah William Knox LIB 3.9%
Yeronga Norm Lee LIB 4.3%
Ashgrove Douglas Tooth LIB 4.8%
Greenslopes Keith Hooper LIB 5.0%
Chatsworth Bill Hewitt LIB 5.1%
Windsor Bob Moore LIB 5.1%
Redcliffe Jim Houghton CP 5.4%
Ithaca Col Miller LIB 5.6%
Carnarvon Henry McKechnie CP 5.9%
Fairly safe
Whitsunday Ron Camm CP 6.9%
Clayfield John Murray LIB 8.2%
Aspley Fred Campbell LIB 8.3%
Mulgrave Roy Armstrong CP 8.4%
Merthyr Don Lane LIB 9.1%
Burdekin Val Bird CP 9.2%
Surfers Paradise Bruce Small CP 9.6%
Flinders Bill Longeran CP 9.7%
Gympie Max Hodges CP 9.7%
Sherwood John Herbert LIB 9.8%
Safe
Callide Lindsay Hartwig CP 10.3%
Townsville Norman Scott-Young LIB 11.5%
Warwick David Cory CP 11.5%
South Coast Russ Hinze CP 11.7%
Mirani Tom Newbery CP 12.1%
Lockyer Gordon Chalk LIB 12.2%
Toowong Charles Porter LIB 13.0%
Auburn Neville Hewitt CP 13.4%
Roma Ken Tomkins CP 14.0%
Balonne Don Neal CP 15.6%
Fassifern Selwyn Muller CP 15.7%
Landsborough Michael Ahern CP 15.7%
Cooroora David Low CP 15.8%
Mount Coot-tha Bill Lickiss LIB 16.0%
Somerset Bill Gunn CP 16.3%
Very safe
Burnett Claude Wharton CP 20.5%
Barambah Joh Bjelke-Petersen CP 23.7%
Cunningham Alan Fletcher CP 26.4%
Labor seats (33)
Marginal
Rockhampton North Les Yewdale ALP 1.1%
Belyando Eugene O'Donnell ALP 1.3%
Stafford Roy Harvey ALP 1.6%
Townsville West Perc Tucker ALP 2.2%
Barron River Bill Wood ALP 3.4%
Albert Bill D'Arcy ALP 4.1%
Cook Edwin Wallis-Smith ALP 4.2%
Redlands Ted Baldwin ALP 5.1%
Rockhampton Keith Wright ALP 5.9%
Fairly safe
Pine Rivers Kenneth Leese ALP 6.8%
Toowoomba South Peter Wood ALP 6.9%
Mourilyan Peter Moore ALP 7.2%
Everton Gerry Jones ALP 8.3%
Isis Jim Blake ALP 8.3%
Brisbane Brian Davis ALP 9.7%
Safe
South Brisbane Fred Bromley ALP 11.0%
Ipswich West Vi Jordan ALP 11.5%
Warrego Jack Aiken ALP 13.4%
Sandgate Harold Dean ALP 13.6%
Baroona Pat Hanlon ALP 14.1%
Wynnum Edward Harris ALP 14.5%
Belmont Fred Newton ALP 14.5%
Toowoomba North Ray Bousen ALP 14.9%
Nudgee Jack Melloy ALP 15.4%
Bulimba Jack Houston ALP 15.6%
Mount Isa Alex Inch ALP 16.4%
Salisbury Doug Sherrington ALP 16.7%
Cairns Ray Jones ALP 18.8%
Bundaberg Lou Jensen ALP 18.9% v DLP
Lytton Tom Burns ALP 19.3%
Very safe
Wolston Evan Marginson ALP 20.3%
Archerfield Kevin Hooper ALP 23.3%
Port Curtis Martin Hanson ALP 32.2% v DLP
Crossbench seats (2)
Townsville South Tom Aikens IND 7.6% v ALP
Mackay Ed Casey IND 13.4% v ALP

See also

References

  1. "Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 27 May 1972". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 April 1972. p. 239:1719.
  3. "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 April 1972. p. 239:1721.
  4. Partridge, Des (27 May 1972). "State election will be tonight's scene-stealer". The Courier-Mail. p. 10.
  5. "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 June 1972. p. 240:971–974.
  6. "Notices of Results of General Election". Queensland Government Gazette. 24 June 1972. p. 240:1067–1081.
  7. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 June 1972. p. 240:979.
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