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1966 Queensland state election Turnout 93.27 (pp )
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.
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]
Queensland state election, 28 May 1966Legislative 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
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