1896 Queensland colonial election
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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Key dates
Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.[1]
Results
41 | 20 | 8 | 3 |
Ministerialists | Labour | Opposition | Other |
Queensland state election, 11 March 1896[2] | ||||||
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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 |