Queensland state election, 1932

Queensland state election, 1932

← 1929 11 June 1932 (1932-06-11) 1935 →
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
First party Second party   Leader William Forgan Smith Arthur Edward Moore Party Labor CPNP Leader since 27 May 1929 (1929-05-27) 19 April 1924 Leader's seat Mackay Aubigny Last election 27 seats 43 seats Seats won 33 seats 28 seats Seat change 5 15 Percentage 49.89% 45.21% Swing 9.73 9.02
Premier before election Arthur Edward Moore CPNP Elected Premier William Forgan Smith Labor

Arthur Edward Moore
CPNP

William Forgan Smith
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election was the first electoral test of the Country and Progressive National Party government led by Arthur Edward Moore, and was held in the midst of the Great Depression. Labor had previously held office from 1915 until 1929.

The election resulted in the defeat of the one-term Moore government by the Labor Party, led by William Forgan Smith.

The election saw a major swing to Labor from the 1929 election. The election took place on modified boundaries — the Assembly had been reduced by the Electoral Districts Act 1931 from 72 to 62 seats, mainly accomplished by the abolition of sitting Labor members' seats. Despite this, Labor went from a deficit of 16 seats to a surplus of 5 seats.

Queensland state election, 11 June 1932
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Forgan Smith would go on to be premier for over 10 years, and Labor held power continuously until the party's split in 1957.

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