QUEENSLAND PREMIER RESIGNS
♦ HEALTH REASON GIVEN • BRISBANE, Sept. 10. Mr W. Forgan Smith has resigned the leadership of the Queensland Parliamentary Labour Party and he will submit nis resignation as Premier of Queensland to the Governor next week. He will be succeeded by Mr F. A. Cooper. Mr Forgan Smith said that he had resigned because he had been in illhealth for a considerable time. He had been asked by the party to reconsider the matter but he had declined. He will continue in politics as a private member, and also retain membership of the Executive Council. Mr Forgan Smith added that he had been Premier for 10 years, which he thought was too long. He wished to undertake other activities, particularly some connected with the war. He made it clear that he had no quarrel with his party, which wanted him to continue in office.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23740, 11 September 1942, Page 3
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