1926 Queensland state election

1926 Queensland state election

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout88.73 (Increase 6.50 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader William McCormack Arthur Edward Moore
Party Labor CPNP
Leader since 22 October 1925 (1925-10-22) 19 April 1924
Leader's seat Cairns Aubigny
Last election 43 seats, 48.13% 29 seats, 46.95%
Seats won 43 28
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 189,968 192,043
Percentage 47.96% 48.48%
Swing Decrease 0.18 Increase 1.53

Premier before election

William McCormack
Labor

Elected Premier

William McCormack
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 8 May 1926 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its fifth continuous term in office since the 1915 election. William McCormack was contesting his first election as Premier.

During the previous term, the Country and United parties had merged into the Country and Progressive National Party.