1920 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 1920

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9 October 1920 (1920-10-09)

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

	First party	Second party

Leader	Ted Theodore	William Vowles
Party	Labor	Country/Nationalist coalition
Leader since	22 October 1919 (1919-10-22)	28 January 1920
Leader's seat	Chillagoe	Dalby
Last election	46 seats	25 seats
Seats won	38 seats	33 seats
Seat change	8	8
Percentage	47.77%	48.53%
Swing	5.91	N/A

Premier before election

Ted Theodore
Labor

Elected Premier

Ted Theodore
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 9 October 1920 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its third term in office since the 1915 election. It was Premier Ted Theodore's first election.

During the previous term, a new party, the Queensland Country Party, had emerged from the Nationalist bloc, taking half of the Country Party's parliamentary seats with it. A Labor member, Alfred James, switched to the party, and the Maranoa by-election in 1919 saw them gain a seat at the expense of Labor. An additional party, the Northern Country Party, also formed during this time to represent the interests of North Queensland farmers and canegrowers. In order to avoid three-cornered contests with Labor, the three parties agreed upon a division of seats between themselves.

Queensland state election, 9 October 1920
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