Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

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1932 Queensland state election

← 1929 11 June 1932 (1932-06-11) 1935 →
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	92.82 ( 3.67 pp)
First party Second party   Leader William Forgan Smith Arthur Edward Moore Party Labor CPNP Leader since 27 May 1929 (1929-05-27) 19 April 1924 Leader's seat Mackay Aubigny Last election 27 seats, 40.16% 43 seats, 54.23% Seats won 33 28 Seat change 6 15 Popular vote 225,270 204,158 Percentage 49.89% 45.21% Swing 9.73 9.02
Premier before election Arthur Edward Moore CPNP Elected Premier William Forgan Smith Labor

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The election was the first electoral test of the Country and Progressive National Party government led by Arthur Edward Moore, and was held in the midst of the Great Depression. Labor had previously held office from 1915 until 1929.

The election resulted in the defeat of the one-term Moore government by the Labor Party, led by William Forgan Smith.

The election saw a major swing to Labor from the 1929 election. The election took place on modified boundaries — the Assembly had been reduced by the Electoral Districts Act 1931 from 72 to 62 seats, mainly accomplished by the abolition of sitting Labor members' seats. Despite this, Labor went from a deficit of 16 seats to a surplus of 5 seats.

¹ 525,944 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (two more than in 1929) representing 27,083 enrolled voters and one Independent seat (held by Arnold Wienholt) representing 6,825 enrolled voters.

There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, decreasing the amount of seats from 72 to 62. The seat changes are as follows.

Forgan Smith went on to be premier for over 10 years, and Labor held power continuously until the party's split in 1957.

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1929–1932
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1932–1935
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1932
• Moore Ministry (Queensland)
• Forgan Smith Ministry