1918 Queensland state election

← 1915 16 March 1918 (1918-03-16) 1920 →
All 72 seats in theLegislative Assembly of Queensland 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	80.27 ( 7.87pp)
First party Second party   Leader T. J. Ryan Edward Macartney Party Labor National Leader since 6 September 1912 (1912-09-06) 15 February 1918 (1918-02-15) Leader's seat Barcoo Toowong Last election 45 seats, 52.06% New party Seats won 48 22 Seat change 3 22 Popular vote 180,709 150,225 Percentage 53.68% 44.62% Swing 1.62 2.65
Premier before election T. J. Ryan Labor ElectedPremier T. J. Ryan Labor

Elections were held in theAustralian state ofQueensland on 16 March 1918 to elect the 72 members of the state'sLegislative Assembly.

The election was the second for the Labor government ofT. J. Ryan, who had beenpremier since 1 June 1915. TheNational opposition (previously known as the Ministerialists) were led byEdward Macartney who replacedDigby Denham after the1915 election when they were reduced to 21 seats. In turn, he was replaced byJames Tolmie within three months but returned to the post shortly before the election when the latter fell ill.^[1]

The election saw the Labor government returned to office with an increased vote and seat count for both Labor and the National Party from the 1915 election.

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1918 election.

The following seats changed party representation before the election due to the merger of Farmers Union and Liberal Party members.

• Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.

T.J. Ryan resigned as premier a year after the state election to run successfully for the federal seat ofWest Sydney in1919. Ryan was replaced as premier byTed Theodore. Theodore called the1920 election one year into his premiership and two years after the 1918 election. Macartney was later replaced for a second time, this time byWilliam Vowles. Within a few months though, Vowles created theQueensland Country Party. However, because Vowles had created the Country Party using most of the rural-based National MLAs, Vowles was able to remain as Opposition Leader.

• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1918
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1915–1918
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1918–1920
• Ryan Ministry

• Elections in Queensland
• 1918 elections in Australia
• 1910s in Queensland
• March 1918

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