1969 Queensland state election


Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 May 1969 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The Country-Liberal Coalition won its fifth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957. It was also the Coalition's first victory under new leader Joh Bjelke-Petersen after the brief premierships of Gordon Chalk and Jack Pizzey, who in turn had succeeded Frank Nicklin when he had retired the previous year.
The election campaign was characterised by tension between the governing coalition partners.

Results

The election resulted in another win for the Coalition, but a strengthening of the Country Party's position vis-a-vis the Liberal Party. Labor gained back two seats held by ex-Labor ministers who had defected in the 1957 split when both retired, and gained one seat off each of the coalition partners; however, the Country party gained the seat of Burdekin following the conservative independent incumbent's retirement. Labor retained Isis, which it had gained unexpectedly at a November 1968 by-election from the Country Party following Premier Jack Pizzey's death.

Seats changing hands

COUNTRY/LIBERAL SEATS ---
Marginal---
HawthorneBill KausLIB0.02%
BowenPeter DelamotheLIB1.4%
WindsorBob MooreLIB1.5%
AshgroveDouglas ToothLIB2.8%
BurdekinVal BirdCP4.2%
MurrumbaDavid NicholsonCP4.2%
MiraniTom NewberyCP4.5%
WavellArthur CrawfordLIB4.8%
KurilpaClive HughesLIB4.9%
FlindersBill LongeranCP5.1%
AspleyFred CampbellLIB5.5%
Fairly Safe---
CallideVincent JonesCP6.8%
IthacaCol MillerLIB6.8%
NundahWilliam KnoxLIB6.8%
MerthyrRay RamsdenLIB7.3%
Mount GravattGeoff ChinchenLIB7.8%
YerongaNorm LeeLIB8.6%
ChatsworthBill HewittLIB8.7%
WhitsundayRon CammCP8.7%
BalonneHarold HungerfordCP8.9%
RedcliffeJim HoughtonCP9.3%
MulgraveRoy ArmstrongCP9.8%
SomersetHarold RichterCP9.9%
Safe---
ClayfieldJohn MurrayLIB10.3%
WarwickDavid CoryCP10.5%
MackenzieNeville HewittCP11.3%
South CoastRuss HinzeCP12.4% v LIB
GreenslopesKeith HooperLIB12.6%
GregoryWally RaeCP12.7%
FassifernSelwyn MullerCP13.4%
SherwoodJohn HerbertCP13.6%
RomaKen TomkinsCP14.1%
CarnarvonHenry McKechnieCP14.4%
HinchinbrookJohn RowCP14.9%
GympieMax HodgesCP15.3%
BurnettClaude WhartonCP15.9%
ToowongCharles PorterLIB17.3%
CoorooraDavid LowCP17.6%
Mount Coot-thaBill LickissLIB18.5%
LandsboroughMike AhernCP18.7%
CunninghamAlan FletcherCP19.2%
LockyerGordon ChalkLIB20.7% v IND
AlbertCec CareyCP25.2%
CondamineVic SullivanCP25.2%
BarambahJoh Bjelke-PetersenCP28.2%