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1902 Queensland state election

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11 March 1902

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Robert Philp	W. H. Browne
Party	Ministerial	Labour
Leader's seat	Townsville	Croydon
Last election	43 seats, 49.34%	21 seats, 35.47%
Seats won	40	25
Seat change	3	4
Popular vote	48,439	39,579
Percentage	48.13%	39.33%
Swing	1.21pp	3.85pp

Premier before election

Robert Philp
Ministerial

Elected Premier

Robert Philp
Ministerial

Elections were held in the Australian stateofQueensland on 11 March 1902 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Key dates[edit]

This was the first Queensland general election to be conducted on a single day. In the past, due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.^[1]

Results[edit]

Queensland state election, 11 March 1902^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1899–1904 >>
Enrolled voters		108,548
Votes cast		100,644		Turnout	78.88%
Informal votes		803		Informal
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Ministerialist	48,439	48.13	-1.21	40	-3
	Labour	39,579	39.33	+3.85	25	+4
	Opposition	6,905	6.86	-4.22	5	-3
	Farmers Rep.	1,840	1.83	+1.83	1	+1
	Independent	100	0.10	+0.10	0	±0
Total		100,644			72

References[edit]

^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

^ "Summary of 1902 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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See also: State by-elections

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