Elections were held in the Colony of Queensland between 10 March 1896 and 11 April 1896 to elect the members of the colony’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

Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.[3]

Results

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41 20 8 3
Ministerialists Labour Opposition Other

Queensland state election, 11 March 1896[4]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 86,882
Votes cast 61,453 Turnout 76.84
Informal votes 765 Informal
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Ministerialist 39,088 47.82 +3.04 41 –2
  Labour 28,581 34.97 +1.65 20 +4
  Opposition 8,472 10.37 +1.19 8 +1
  Independent 3,608 4.41 –5.72 2 –5
  Farmers' Representative 1,985 2.43 +0.85 1 +1
Total 81,734     72  

See also

References

  1. ^ 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'.
  2. ^ Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025
  3. ^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860–1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Summary of 1896 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Queensland_colonial_election
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