Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan.
The Country-Liberal coalition won a fourth term in office at the election.
Key dates Date Event 10 March 1966 The Legislative Assembly was prorogued until 26 April. 19 April 1966 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved. 19 April 1966 Writs were issued by the Governor, Alan Mansfield, to proceed with an election. 28 April 1966 Close of nominations. 28 May 1966 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 10 June 1966 The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted. 25 June 1966 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 1 July 1966 Deadline for return of the writs. 2 August 1966 Parliament resumed for business.
Results
Seats changing hands
Seat Pre-1966 Swing Post-1966 Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyFassifern Independent CountryAlf Muller 7.7 v CP N/A 20.1 v ALPAlf MullerCountry Hawthorne Independent LaborBill Baxter* 3.0 –5.5 2.5Bill KausLiberal Toowoomba East LiberalMervyn Anderson 0.1 –5.4 5.3Peter WoodLabor
Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. The sitting Labor MP for Hawthorne, Bill Baxter, lost preselection as the Labor candidate. He was expelled from the ALP for running against the selected candidate Thomas Burton. Previous election figures are Labor v Liberal.
Post-election pendulum Government seats (47)MarginalAlbertCec CareyCP0.2 v LIBSouth CoastRuss HinzeCP2.5 v LIBHawthorneBill KausLIB2.5MiraniTom NewberyCP3.2LoganDick WoodCP3.2MurrumbaDavid NicholsonCP4.0BowenPeter DelamotheLIB5.6WhitsundayRon CammCP5.7Fairly safeWindsorRay SmithLIB6.1IthacaCol MillerLIB6.2ChatsworthBill HewittLIB6.5Rockhampton SouthRex PilbeamLIB6.7WavellAlex DewarLIB6.9MerthyrSam RamsdenLIB7.5KurilpaClive HughesLIB8.1MulgraveRoy ArmstrongCP8.2NundahWilliam KnoxLIB8.6RedcliffeJim HoughtonCP8.7YerongaNorm LeeLIB9.3AspleyFred CampbellLIB9.5SafeCoorooraDavid LowCP10.0AshgroveDouglas ToothLIB11.2GregoryWally RaeCP11.3GreenslopesKeith HooperLIB12.6BalonneEddie BeardmoreCP12.7IsisJack PizzeyCP12.8GympieMax HodgesCP12.9Mount GravattGeoff ChinchenLIB13.3BalonneClaude WhartonCP13.6RomaWilliam EwanCP13.7CallideVince JonesCP14.4FlindersBill LongeranCP14.5SomersetHarold RichterCP14.9ClayfieldJohn MurrayLIB14.9WarwickDavid CoryCP15.5SherwoodJohn HerbertLIB16.6LockyerGordon ChalkLIB16.9Mount Coot-thaBill LickissLIB17.0CarnarvonHenry McKechnieCP17.6HinchinbrookJohn RowCP19.1Very SafeFassifernAlf MüllerCP20.1LandsboroughFrank NicklinCP21.3ToowongCharles PorterLIB23.1BarambahJoh Bjelke-PetersenCP24.2CondamineVic SullivanCP27.3CunninghamAlan FletcherCP30.5MackenzieNev HewittCPUnopp
Opposition seats (26)MarginalIpswich WestVi JordanALP0.9 v INDTownsville NorthPerc TuckerALP2.7Toowoomba EastPeter WoodALP5.3Fairly safe TablelandsEdwin Wallis-SmithALP6.0 WynnumTed HarrisALP7.0 v LIB BrisbaneJohnno MannALP8.0 v LIB MourilyanPeter ByrneALP8.5 NormanFred BromleyALP8.7 v LIBSafe BarcooEugene O'DonnellALP10.1 BelmontFred NewtonALP10.1 v LIB MackayFred GrahamALP11.1 CairnsRay JonesALP11.6 v LIB South BrisbaneCol BennettALP11.9 v LIB KedronEric LloydALP11.9 v LIB BaroonaPat HanlonALP12.3 v LIB Toowoomba WestJack DugganALP13.5 v LIB SandgateHarry DeanALP14.0 v LIB MaryboroughHorace DaviesALP14.4 BulimbaJack HoustonALP14.8 v LIB NudgeeJack MelloyALP14.9 v LIB Rockhampton NorthMerv ThackerayALP16.7 v LIB BurkeAlec InchALP19.0 v LIB SalisburyDoug SherringtonALP19.3 v LIBVery SafePort CurtisMartin HansonALP21.5Ipswich EastJim DonaldALP22.8 v LIBWarregoJohn DufficyALPUnoppCrossbench seats (5)BundabergTed WalshIND3.5 v ALPCookTed WalshIND5.2 v ALPBurdekinBunny AdairIND8.5 v LIBAubignyLes DiplockDLP12.6 v CPTownsville SouthTom AikensNQL13.9 v ALP
See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1963–1966 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1966–1969 Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1966 Nicklin Ministry
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