Election held on 17 May 1969
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'
Party Name | First preference vote n | First preference vote share % | Change from previous election % | Seats won n | Uncontested seats held n | Seat share % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Labor Party | 383,388 | 44.99 | +1.15 | 31 | 0 | 39.74 |
Liberal Party | 201,765 | 23.68 | -1.81 | 19 | 0 | 24.36 |
Country Party | 179,125 | 21.02 | +1.73 | 26 | 0 | 33.33 |
Democratic Labor Party | 61,661 | 7.24 | * | 1 | 0 | 1.28 |
Independents | 24,268 | 2.85 | -1.91 | 1 | 0 | 1.28 |
Votes for other than listed parties | 1,970 | 0.23 | -0.15 | |||
Totals | 852,177 | 100.00 | 78 | 0 | 100.00 |
* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
Premier in office at election: Pizzey replaced Nicklin as premier on 17 January 1968. On Pizzey's death, the deputy premier Gordon Chalk, a Liberal, was sworn in as premier for for seven days from 1 August 1968. Bjelke Peterson became premier on 8 August 1968.
Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1965-1974, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1977 (ISBN 0708113400).