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1974 Queensland state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1974 Queensland state election
country	Queensland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1972 Queensland state election
previous_year	1972
next_election	1977 Queensland state election
next_year	1977
seats_for_election	All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
turnout	89.42 ( 2.99 pp)
election_date
image1	[[File:Joh Bjelke-Petersen 1968 (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
leader_since1	8 August 1968
colour1	006946
party1	National–Liberal Coalition
leaders_seat1	Barambah
popular_vote1	615,770
percentage1	58.97%
swing1	16.75
last_election1	47 seats, 42.23%
seats1	69
seat_change1	22
image2	[[File:Perc Tucker 1974 (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	Perc Tucker
leader_since2
party2	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
leaders_seat2	Townsville West
(lost seat)
popular_vote2	376,187
percentage2	36.03%
swing2	10.72
last_election2	33 seats, 46.75%
seats2	11
seat_change2	22
map_image	1974 Queensland state election.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Winning margin by electorate.
title	Premier
before_election	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
before_party	National–Liberal Coalition
after_election	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
after_party	National–Liberal Coalition

42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

(lost seat)

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 December 1974 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

The National–Liberal Coalition won a third consecutive victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the seventh consecutive victory for the National Party in Queensland, which had renamed itself from the Country Party since the previous election. The Labor Party lost two-thirds of its seats, including that of leader Perc Tucker, its worst showing in an election until 2012 and thus a landslide victory for the Coalition.

Labor was reduced to only 11 seats, leading observers to call Labor's caucus a "cricket team." William Bowe of Crikey wrote that for years, the election stood as "the gold standard for Australian election massacres".

Key dates

Date	Event
23 October 1974	title=250 will contest poll: Premier tips a 'smashing win' on December 7	work=The Courier-Mail	date=24 October 1974	page=1}}
2 November 1974	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.
2 November 1974	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
8 November 1974	Close of nominations.
7 December 1974	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
23 December 1974	The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.
11 January 1975	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
3 February 1975	Deadline for return of the writs.
25 February 1975	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

| turnout % = 89.42% | informal % = 1.58% |votes % = 36.03% |votes % = 31.09% |votes % = 27.88% |votes % = 2.83% |votes % = 1.91% |votes % = 0.18% |votes % = 0.04% |votes % = 0.03% |}

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1974	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Albert	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	4.1	–14.2	10.1	Ivan Gibbs	National
Baroona	Labor	Pat Hanlon	14.1	–15.8	1.7	Dennis Young	Liberal
Barron River	Labor	Bill Wood	3.4	–4.1	0.7	Martin Tenni	National
Belmont	Labor	Fred Newton	14.9	–18.5	3.6	David Byrne	Liberal
Belyando	Labor	Eugene O'Donnell	1.3	–8.7	7.4	Vince Lester	National
Brisbane	Labor	Brian Davis	9.7	–10.9	1.2	Harold Lowes	Liberal
Cook	Labor	Bob Scott	4.2	–6.8	2.6	Eric Deeral	National
Everton	Labor	Gerry Jones	8.3	–11.0	2.7	Brian Lindsay	Liberal
Ipswich West	Labor	Vi Jordan	11.5	–12.0	0.5	Albert Hales	National
Isis	Labor	Jim Blake	8.3	–12.4	4.1	Lin Powell	National
Mount Isa	Labor	Alex Inch	16.4	–19.9	3.5	Angelo Bertoni	National
Mourilyan	Labor	Peter Moore	7.2	–8.9	1.7	Vicky Kippin	National
Pine Rivers	Labor	Kenneth Leese	6.8	–18.7	11.9	Rob Akers	Liberal
Redlands	Labor	Ted Baldwin	5.1	–14.8	9.7	John Goleby	National
Salisbury	Labor	Doug Sherrington	16.7	–22.1	5.4	Rosemary Kyburz	Liberal
South Brisbane	Labor	Fred Bromley	11.0	–16.0	5.0	Colin Lamont	Liberal
Stafford	Labor	Roy Harvey	11.0	–16.0	5.0	Terry Gygar	Liberal
Toowoomba North	Labor	Ray Bousen	14.9	–17.2	2.3	John Lockwood	Liberal
Toowoomba South	Labor	Peter Wood	6.9	–14.6	7.7	John Warner	National
Townsville West	Labor	Perc Tucker	2.2	–5.8	3.6	Max Hooper	National
Warrego	Labor	Jack Aiken	13.4	–14.4	1.0	Neil Turner	National
Wynnum	Labor	Edward Harris	14.5	–14.6	0.1	Bill Lamond	National

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.

Post-election pendulum

References

"Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 7 December 1974". [[University of Western Australia]].
Bowe, William. (2012-03-26). "The hole where Queensland Labor used to be". [[Crikey]].
(24 October 1974). "250 will contest poll: Premier tips a 'smashing win' on December 7". The Courier-Mail.
(2 November 1974). "A Proclamation".
(2 November 1974). "Extraordinary".
(23 December 1974). "Extraordinary".
(11 January 1975). "Notices of Results of General Election".
(23 January 1975). "A Proclamation".

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