1944 Queensland state election

1944 Queensland state election

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All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	655,984 3.3%
Turnout	512,768 (78.17%) (6.44 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Frank Arthur Cooper Frank Nicklin Party Labor Country National Leader since 9 September 1942 18 June 1941 Leader's seat Bremer Murrumba Last election 41 seats, 49.74% 14 seats, 20.21% Seats before 41 18[a] Seats won 38 12 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 237,042 88,608 Percentage 46.23% 17.28% Swing 3.51 2.93   Third party Fourth party   Leader J. B. Chandler Jack Henry Party People's Party Communist Leader since 27 October 1943 3 April 1937 Leader's seat Hamilton None Last election New party 0 seats, 1.00% Seats before 1 0 Seats won 7 1 Seat change 6 1 Popular vote 124,573 12,467 Percentage 24.29% 2.43% Swing 24.29 1.43
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election Frank Arthur Cooper Labor Elected Premier Frank Arthur Cooper Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 15 April 1944 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election was the first that Labor had contested under Premier Frank Cooper, who had been in office for 19 months by the time of the poll.

From this election, the voting method was changed from contingency voting to First past the post voting. Queensland retained this method for state elections until Preferential Voting was restored by the Country/Liberal Coalition at the 1963 state election.

The election resulted in Labor receiving a fifth term in office, albeit with a reduced majority.

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