1929 Queensland state election


Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1929 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. In this election, became the first woman to both stand and be elected into the Queensland Parliament.
The Labor government was seeking its sixth continuous term in office since the 1915 election; it would be Premier William McCormack's second election. His main opponent was the Country and Progressive National Party, led by Arthur Edward Moore. The term had not gone well for McCormack's government, including a railway lock-out in 1927 which pitted the Labor Party against the union movement, restrictive financial policies and attempts to sell off state-owned enterprises, as well as suggestions of corruption which later came to be known as the Mungana affair.
The election resulted in the defeat of the McCormack government in a landslide, and the first non-Labor ministry since 1915.

Results

The election saw the defeat of the Labor government by the CPNP.

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1929 election.

Post-election pendulum

Note: from 1892 until 1942, Queensland used contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.
CPNP seats ---
Marginal---
ToowoombaJames Douglas AnnandCPNP1.3%
BulimbaIrene LongmanCPNP1.8%
CookJames KennyCPNP2.8%
ChillagoeErnest AthertonCPNP2.9%
KurilpaJames FryCPNP3.0%
MurrumbaRichard WarrenCPNP4.0% v IND
Kelvin GroveRichard HillCPNP4.4%
GympieVivian TozerCPNP4.5%
SandgateHubert SizerCPNP5.4%
South BrisbaneNeil MacGroartyCPNP5.4%
Port CurtisFrank ButlerCPNP5.6%
Fairly Safe---
WarwickGeorge BarnesCPNP6.0%
RosewoodTed MaherCPNP6.6%
IpswichJames WalkerCPNP6.9%
KeppelOwen DanielCPNP7.0%
MareeGeorge TedmanCPNP7.0%
MerthyrPatrick KerwinCPNP7.0%
MurillaGodfrey MorganCPNP7.1%
MiraniEdward SwayneCPNP8.5%
NanangoJim EdwardsCPNP9.2% v IND
FitzroyWilliam CarterCPNP9.8%
Safe---
BurnettRobert BoydCPNP10.0%
BurrumWilliam BrandCPNP10.2%
EachamGeorge DuffyCPNP10.2%
CarnarvonEdward CostelloCPNP10.7%
NormanbyJens PetersonCPNP12.6%
WindsorCharles TaylorCPNP13.5%
OxleyThomas NimmoCPNP14.2%
LoganReginald KingCPNP14.8%
AubignyArthur Edward MooreCPNP15.1% v IND
DalbyWilfred RussellCPNP15.9%
EnoggeraJames Stevingstone KerrCPNP16.8%
NundahWilliam KelsoCPNP17.1%
WynnumWalter BarnesCPNP18.3%
East ToowoombaRobert RobertsCPNP19.7%
Very Safe---
AlbertTom PlunkettCPNP23.0%
ToombulHugh RussellCPNP23.5%
ToowongJames Francis MaxwellCPNP23.8%
Wide BayHarry ClaytonCPNP24.6% v IND
StanleyErnest GrimstoneCPNP24.7% v IND
CunninghamWilliam DeaconCPNP27.9% v IND
CoorooraHarry WalkerCPNPunopp.
FassifernErnest BellCPNPunopp.

Aftermath

The CPNP found itself in power as the Great Depression took hold. It lost power after one term.