Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 October 1909 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
This election used contingent voting, at least in the single-member districts.[1]
Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".[2]
Key dates
The elections were held on 2 October 1909.[3]
Results
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Queensland state election, 2 October 1909[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 242,754 | |||||
| Votes cast | 210,912 | Turnout | 72.67% | |||
| Informal votes | 1,652 | Informal | ||||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberals | 107,370 | 50.91% | +10.32 | 41 | +4 | |
| Labour | 77,712 | 36.85% | +6.77 | 27 | +4 | |
| Opposition | 22,439 | 10.64% | 4 | +4 | ||
| Independent | 3,391 | 1.61% | +0.94 | 0 | -1 | |
| Total | 210,912 | 72 | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Bowler, Shaun; Grofman, Bernard Norman (2000). Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote: reflections on an embedded institution. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 40. doi:10.3998/mpub.16507. ISBN 978-0-472-02681-4.
The contingent vote … was used in Queensland from 1892 to 1942 and for Democratic primary elections in the U.S. state of Alabama between 1915 and 1931. It has been used for presidential elections in Sri Lanka since 1978 and in 1996 … the United Kingdom … called it the 'supplementary vote'.
- ^ Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025
- ^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 2 October 1909". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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