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1966 Queensland state election
← 1963 28 May 1966 (1966-05-28) 1969 →
All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout93.27 (Decrease 0.02 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
QLP
Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan No leader
Party Country–Liberal Coalition Labor Queensland Labor
Leader since 21 May 1941 18 August 1958 (1958-08-18)
Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba West
Last election 46 seats, 44.07% 26 seats, 43.83% 1 seat, 7.23%
Seats won 47 26 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 357,729 350,254 49,948
Percentage 44.77% 43.84% 6.25%
Swing Increase 0.70 Increase 0.01 Decrease 0.97
Premier before election

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a fourth term in office at the election.

Key dates

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Date Event
10 March 1966 The Legislative Assembly was prorogued until 26 April.[2]
19 April 1966 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.[3]
19 April 1966 Writs were issued by the Governor, Alan Mansfield, to proceed with an election.[4]
28 April 1966 Close of nominations.
28 May 1966 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
10 June 1966 The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted.[5]
25 June 1966 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[6]
1 July 1966 Deadline for return of the writs.
2 August 1966 Parliament resumed for business.[7]

Results

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See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1966

Queensland state election, 28 May 1966
Legislative Assembly
<< 1963–1969 >>

Enrolled voters 870,869
Votes cast 812,235 Turnout 93.27 -0.02
Informal votes 13,262 Informal 1.63 +0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 350,254 43.84 +0.01 26 ± 0
  Liberal 203,648 25.49 +1.73 20 ± 0
  Country 154,081 19.28 -1.03 27 + 1
  Queensland Labor 49,948 6.25 -0.97 1 ± 0
  Independent 38,001 4.76 +0.20 4 – 1
Total 798,973     78  
Popular vote
Labor
 
 43.84%
Liberal
 
 25.49%
Country
 
 19.28%
Democratic Labor
 
 6.25%
Independents
 
 4.76%
Seats
Country
 
 34.62%
Labor
 
 33.33%
Liberal
 
 25.64%
Democratic Labor
 
 1.28%
Independents
 
 5.13%

Seats changing hands

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Seat Pre-1966 Swing Post-1966
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Fassifern   Independent Country Alf Muller 7.7 v CP N/A 20.1 v ALP Alf Muller Country  
Hawthorne   Independent Labor Bill Baxter* 3.0 -5.5 2.5 Bill Kaus Liberal  
Toowoomba East   Liberal Mervyn Anderson 0.1 -5.4 5.3 Peter Wood Labor  
  • Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
  • The sitting Labor MP for Hawthorne, Bill Baxter, lost preselection as the Labor candidate. He was expelled from the ALP for running against the selected candidate Thomas Burton. Previous election figures are Labor v Liberal.

Post-election pendulum

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Government seats (47)
Marginal
Albert Cec Carey CP 0.2 v LIB
South Coast Russ Hinze CP 2.5 v LIB
Hawthorne Bill Kaus LIB 2.5
Mirani Tom Newbery CP 3.2
Logan Dick Wood CP 3.2
Murrumba David Nicholson CP 4.0
Bowen Peter Delamothe LIB 5.6
Whitsunday Ron Camm CP 5.7
Fairly safe
Windsor Ray Smith LIB 6.1
Ithaca Col Miller LIB 6.2
Chatsworth Bill Hewitt LIB 6.5
Rockhampton South Rex Pilbeam LIB 6.7
Wavell Alex Dewar LIB 6.9
Merthyr Sam Ramsden LIB 7.5
Kurilpa Clive Hughes LIB 8.1
Mulgrave Roy Armstrong CP 8.2
Nundah William Knox LIB 8.6
Redcliffe Jim Houghton CP 8.7
Yeronga Norm Lee LIB 9.3
Aspley Fred Campbell LIB 9.5
Safe
Cooroora David Low CP 10.0
Ashgrove Douglas Tooth LIB 11.2
Gregory Wally Rae CP 11.3
Greenslopes Keith Hooper LIB 12.6
Balonne Eddie Beardmore CP 12.7
Isis Jack Pizzey CP 12.8
Gympie Max Hodges CP 12.9
Mount Gravatt Geoff Chinchen LIB 13.3
Balonne Claude Wharton CP 13.6
Roma William Ewan CP 13.7
Callide Vince Jones CP 14.4
Flinders Bill Longeran CP 14.5
Somerset Harold Richter CP 14.9
Clayfield John Murray LIB 14.9
Warwick David Cory CP 15.5
Sherwood John Herbert LIB 16.6
Lockyer Gordon Chalk LIB 16.9
Mount Coot-tha Bill Lickiss LIB 17.0
Carnarvon Henry McKechnie CP 17.6
Hinchinbrook John Row CP 19.1
Very Safe
Fassifern Alf Müller CP 20.1
Landsborough Frank Nicklin CP 21.3
Toowong Charles Porter LIB 23.1
Barambah Joh Bjelke-Petersen CP 24.2
Condamine Vic Sullivan CP 27.3
Cunningham Alan Fletcher CP 30.5
Mackenzie Nev Hewitt CP Unopp
Opposition seats (26)
Marginal
Ipswich West Vi Jordan ALP 0.9 v IND
Townsville North Perc Tucker ALP 2.7
Toowoomba East Peter Wood ALP 5.3
Fairly safe
Tablelands Edwin Wallis-Smith ALP 6.0
Wynnum Ted Harris ALP 7.0 v LIB
Brisbane Johnno Mann ALP 8.0 v LIB
Mourilyan Peter Byrne ALP 8.5
Norman Fred Bromley ALP 8.7 v LIB
Safe
Barcoo Eugene O'Donnell ALP 10.1
Belmont Fred Newton ALP 10.1 v LIB
Mackay Fred Graham ALP 11.1
Cairns Ray Jones ALP 11.6 v LIB
South Brisbane Col Bennett ALP 11.9 v LIB
Kedron Eric Lloyd ALP 11.9 v LIB
Baroona Pat Hanlon ALP 12.3 v LIB
Toowoomba West Jack Duggan ALP 13.5 v LIB
Sandgate Harry Dean ALP 14.0 v LIB
Maryborough Horace Davies ALP 14.4
Bulimba Jack Houston ALP 14.8 v LIB
Nudgee Jack Melloy ALP 14.9 v LIB
Rockhampton North Merv Thackeray ALP 16.7 v LIB
Burke Alec Inch ALP 19.0 v LIB
Salisbury Doug Sherrington ALP 19.3 v LIB
Very Safe
Port Curtis Martin Hanson ALP 21.5
Ipswich East Jim Donald ALP 22.8 v LIB
Warrego John Dufficy ALP Unopp
Crossbench seats (5)
Bundaberg Ted Walsh IND 3.5 v ALP
Cook Ted Walsh IND 5.2 v ALP
Burdekin Bunny Adair IND 8.5 v LIB
Aubigny Les Diplock DLP 12.6 v CP
Townsville South Tom Aikens NQL 13.9 v ALP

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 28 May 1966". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 March 1966. p. 221:1469.
  3. ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1997.
  4. ^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1999–2000.
  5. ^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 June 1966. p. 222:807–809.
  6. ^ "Notices of Results of General Election". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1966. p. 222:1061–1074.
  7. ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 23 June 1966. p. 222:1045.
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