1912 Queensland state election

1912 Queensland state election

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout75.52 (Increase 2.85 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Digby Denham David Bowman
Party Liberal Labor
Leader since 7 February 1911 (1911-02-07) 15 April 1907 (1907-04-15)
Leader's seat Oxley Fortitude Valley
Last election 41 seats, 50.91% 27 seats, 36.85%
Seats won 46 25
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 2
Popular vote 110,981 100,878
Percentage 51.37% 46.70%
Swing Increase 0.46 Increase 9.85

Premier before election

Digby Denham
Liberal

Elected Premier

Digby Denham
Liberal

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 February 1911. The opposition Labor Party was led by David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907.