1944 Queensland state election

1944 Queensland state election
15 April 1944
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered655,984 3.3%
Turnout78.17% ( 6.44)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Frank Arthur Cooper Frank Nicklin J. B. Chandler
Party Labor Country People's
Leader since 9 September 1942 18 June 1941 27 October 1943
Leader's seat Bremer Murrumba Hamilton
Last election 41 seats 14 seats Did not exist
Seats before 40 18 1
Seats won 38 12 7
Seat change 2 6 6
Popular vote 237,042 88,608 124,573
Percentage 46.23% 17.28% 24.29%
Swing 3.51 2.93 24.29
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jack Henry Lou Barnes Tom Aikens
Party Communist O'Malley Labor Hermit Park Labor
Leader since 3 April 1937 1942 1944
Leader's seat None Cairns Mundingburra
(won seat)
Last election 0 seats Did not exist Did not exist
Seats before 0 1 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 12,467 5,790 5,790
Percentage 2.43% 1.13% 1.13%
Swing 1.43 1.13 1.13
Premier before election

Frank Arthur Cooper
Labor

 Subsequent Premier

Frank Arthur Cooper
Labor

The 1944 Queensland state election was held on 15 April 1944 to elect all 62 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party, led by premier Frank Cooper, was elected to a fifth term in office, albeit with a reduced majority.

Prior to the election, the electoral system was changed from contingency voting to first-past-the-post. The change was brought about by the state government three weeks after Labor lost the 1942 Cairns by-election, where it had led on primary votes but lost to King O'Malley Labor in the two-candidate-preferred count. First-past-the-post was in place for Queensland state elections until full preferential voting was introduced by the Country−Liberal coalition in 1963.

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