1907 Queensland state election

1907 Queensland state election

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	71.61 ( 2.56 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Robert Philp William Kidston David Bowman Party Conservative Kidstonites Labour Leader since 19 September 1904 19 January 1906 15 April 1907 Leader's seat Townsville Rockhampton Fortitude Valley Last election New party New party 34 seats, 36.05% Seats won 29 24 18 Seat change 29 24 16 Popular vote 109,985 80,076 136,419 Percentage 40.58% 31.88% 26.39% Swing 40.58 31.88 9.65
Premier before election William Kidston Kidston Party Resulting Premier William Kidston Kidston Party

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 18 May 1907 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election was the first one in which women had a right to vote.

The election was the first held since Premier William Kidston, formerly of the Labour Party, had founded a new movement with his own supporters as well as the Parliamentary Conservatives. The end result of the election was an improvement in Kidston's position, although he was still in minority government with Labour support. The main opposition group was Robert Philp's Conservatives.

Seat changes indicated are those caused by the election; at the preceding election, Labour had 34 seats, Ministerial 21, Conservative 15 and Independent 2.

¹ 220,189 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 4 seats (5.6% of the total) were uncontested—one Labor seat representing 1,352 enrolled voters, and three Conservative seats representing 4,604 voters.

² In 11 electorates, voters had two votes each, so the total number of votes exceeds the total number of voters.

The election for the Legislative Assembly was held using the "contingent vote".^[5] The Legislative Council was a fully nominated body.

This election was the first held since women in Queensland gained the right to vote, although indigenous women did not gain the right until 1962.^[6]

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1904–1907
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1907–1908
• First Kidston Ministry

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