1969 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 1969

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17 May 1969 (1969-05-17)

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All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

	First party	Second party

Leader	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	Jack Houston
Party	Country/Liberal coalition	Labor
Leader since	8 August 1968	12 October 1966 (1966-10-12)
Leader's seat	Barambah	Bulimba
Last election	47 seats	26 seats
Seats won	45 seats	31 seats
Seat change	2	5
Percentage	44.70%	44.99%
Swing	0.08	1.15

Premier before election

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition

Elected Premier

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 May 1969 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

The Country-Liberal Coalition won its fifth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957. It was also the Coalition's first victory under new leader Joh Bjelke-Petersen after the brief premierships of Gordon Chalk and Jack Pizzey, who in turn had succeeded Frank Nicklin when he had retired the previous year.

The election campaign was characterised by tension between the governing coalition partners.

The election resulted in another win for the Coalition, but a strengthening of the Country Party's position vis-a-vis the Liberal Party. Labor gained back two seats held by ex-Labor ministers who had defected in the 1957 split when both retired, and gained one seat off each of the coalition partners; however, the Country party gained the seat of Burdekin following the conservative independent incumbent's retirement. Labor retained Isis, which it had gained unexpectedly at a November 1968 by-election from the Country Party following Premier Jack Pizzey's death.

Queensland state election, 17 May 1969
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