Queensland state election, 1947

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3 May 1947 (1947-05-03)

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All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Ned Hanlon	Frank Nicklin
Party	Labor	Country/QPP coalition
Leader since	7 March 1946 (1946-03-07)	21 May 1941
Leader's seat	Ithaca	Murrumba
Last election	37 seats	19 seats
Seats won	35 seats	23 seats
Seat change	2	4
Percentage	43.58%	45.22%
Swing	1.09	2.90

Premier before election

Ned Hanlon
Labor

Elected Premier

Ned Hanlon
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election was the first that the Labor government had contested under Premier Ned Hanlon, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll.

The election resulted in Labor receiving a sixth term in office. It was the first Queensland election at which all seats were contested by at least two candidates.

Queensland state election, 3 May 1947
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