1966 Queensland state election

1966 Queensland state election
All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland; 40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	93.27 ( 0.02 pp)
Premier before election; Frank Nicklin; Country/Liberal coalition	Elected Premier ; Frank Nicklin; Country/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.^[1]

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a fourth term in office at the election.

Key dates

Date	Event
10 March 1966	The Legislative Assembly was prorogued until 26 April.^[2]
19 April 1966	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.^[3]
19 April 1966	Writs were issued by the Governor, Alan Mansfield, to proceed with an election.^[4]
28 April 1966	Close of nominations.
28 May 1966	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
10 June 1966	The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted.^[5]
25 June 1966	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.^[6]
1 July 1966	Deadline for return of the writs.
2 August 1966	Parliament resumed for business.^[7]

Queensland state election, 28 May 1966 Legislative Assembly << 1963–1969 >>
Enrolled voters		870,869
Votes cast		812,235		Turnout	93.27	-0.02
Informal votes		13,262		Informal	1.63	+0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	350,254	43.84	+0.01	26	± 0
	Liberal	203,648	25.49	+1.73	20	± 0
	Country	154,081	19.28	-1.03	27	+ 1
	Queensland Labor	49,948	6.25	-0.97	1	± 0
	Independent	38,001	4.76	+0.20	4	– 1
Total		798,973			78

Seat	Pre-1966				Swing	Post-1966
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Fassifern		Independent Country	Alf Muller	7.7 v CP	N/A	20.1 v ALP	Alf Muller	Country
Hawthorne		Independent Labor	Bill Baxter*	3.0	-5.5	2.5	Bill Kaus	Liberal
Toowoomba East		Liberal	Mervyn Anderson	0.1	-5.4	5.3	Peter Wood	Labor

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
The sitting Labor MP for Hawthorne, Bill Baxter, lost preselection as the Labor candidate. He was expelled from the ALP for running against the selected candidate Thomas Burton. Previous election figures are Labor v Liberal.

^ "Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 28 May 1966". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 March 1966. p. 221:1469.
^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1997.
^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1999–2000.
^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 June 1966. p. 222:807–809.
^ "Notices of Results of General Election". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1966. p. 222:1061–1074.
^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 23 June 1966. p. 222:1045.