1909 Queensland state election

1909 Queensland state election
2 October 1909
All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout72.67 ( 6.24 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Kidston David Bowman
Party Liberal Labour
Leader's seat Rockhampton Fortitude Valley
Last election New party 23 seats, 29.80%
Seats won 41 27
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 107,370 77,712
Percentage 50.91% 36.58%
Swing 10.32 6.77
Premier before election

William Kidston
Liberal

 Elected Premier

William Kidston
Liberal

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 October 1909 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

This election used contingent voting, at least in the single-member districts.

Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".

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