1893 Queensland colonial election

1893 Queensland colonial election
18 April – 25 May 1893
All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Thomas McIlwraith Thomas Glassey
Party Ministerialist Labour
Leader's seat Brisbane North Bundaberg
Seats won 42 16
Popular vote 34,927 25,984
Percentage 44.78% 33.32%
Premier before election

Thomas McIlwraith
Ministerialist

 Elected Premier

Thomas McIlwraith
Ministerialist

Elections were held in the Colony of Queensland between 18 April 1893 and 25 May 1893 to elect the members of the colony’s Legislative Assembly.

This election was an early use of contingent voting in a government election, at least in the single-member districts.

Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".

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