Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Quick Facts All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly 32 seats are needed for a majority, Registered ...

1947 Queensland state election

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All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly 32 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	697,405 6.3%
Turnout	632,909 (90.75%) ( 12.58pp)
First party Second party   Leader Ned Hanlon Frank Nicklin Party Labor Country Leader since 7 March 1946 21 May 1941 Leader's seat Ithaca Murrumba Last election 38 seats, 46.23% 12 seats, 17.28% Seats before 39 seats[lower-alpha 1] 11 seats[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 35 14 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 272,203 129,158 Percentage 43.00% 20.40% Swing 3.23 3.12   Third party Fourth party   Leader Bruce Pie Jack Henry Party People's Party Communist Leader since 8 March 1946 March 1937 Leader's seat Windsor Last election 7 seats, 24.29% 1 seat, 2.43% Seats before 7 seats 1 seat Seats won 9 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 160,623 7,870 Percentage 25.38% 1.24 Swing 1.09 1.19
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election Frank Arthur Cooper Labor Elected Premier Ned Hanlon Labor

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The election was the first that the Labor government had contested under Premier Ned Hanlon, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll.

The election resulted in Labor receiving a sixth term in office. It was the first Queensland election at which all seats were contested by at least two candidates.

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1947 election.

• Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
• East Toowoomba was held by the Country Party at the previous election. It was won by Labor at the 1946 by-election.

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1947
• Hanlon Ministry