Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 8 May 1926 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its fifth continuous term in office since the 1915 election. William McCormack was contesting his first election as Premier.

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1926 Queensland state election

← 1923 8 May 1926 (1926-05-08) 1929 →
All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	88.73 ( 6.50 pp)
First party Second party   Leader William McCormack Arthur Edward Moore Party Labor CPNP Leader since 22 October 1925 (1925-10-22) 19 April 1924 Leader's seat Cairns Aubigny Last election 43 seats, 48.13% 29 seats, 46.95% Seats won 43 28 Seat change 1 Popular vote 189,968 192,043 Percentage 47.96% 48.48% Swing 0.18 1.53
Premier before election William McCormack Labor Elected Premier William McCormack Labor

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During the previous term, the Country and United parties had merged into the Country and Progressive National Party.

¹ 484,212 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 Labor seats and one CPNP seat were filled without opposition.

² The CPNP result is compared to the combined result for the Queensland United Party and the Country Party in the preceding election.

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1926 election.

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1923–1926
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1926–1929
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1926
• Theodore Ministry