State Poll Guide To Federal Form

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30145, 31 May 1963, Page 11

State Poll Guide To Federal Form

<N.Z Pres* Association— Copyright) CANBERRA, May 30. Two polls on Saturday are expected to indicate changes in the political climate since the Federal (Jeneral Election in 1901.

The polls are ioi the Queensland Stale Parliament and the Grey by-election in S.-ute Australia

A violent sw.ng against the federal Government m Queensland in 196) was the m»in cause ot its neat defeat It io® eight of its IS seats in Queensland A record number ot 830.43 b electors tn Queensland are entitled to elect candidates n*. 78 seats horn a record 241 nomination m the Sates thirty -seventh election Observers have been

guarded in men forecasts ot the results The campaign nas been the quietest on record

The retiring Government is a Country Party • Liberal coalition with 46 sea is the former having 26 seats The Australian Labom Party nas 25 seats, the Queensland Laboiw Party hae. two seats, and :here are five 'ndeper.dents Queensland is the only Slate with one House in iU Parliament

The Liberal-Country Party government has been in power since 195< after a spu .n Labout forces na’ re-ulted m the formation of th. Queensland Labour Party Before then 'he Australian Labour Party had Peen in office for 25 vea s A.L.P Stronghold The Australian Labour Hany has held the Grey constituency in South Australia safely (or 20 years The by-election is a result oi the death of Mr Edgar Russeli who. m 1961 had an absolute majority of 6957 votes

Mr Russell pad a targe personal following but it is not considered likely that the Australian Labour Party will lose the Grey seat Even so big guns’' of ail parties have ueen campaigning there

The Australian Labour Party candidate Mr J Morti mer is opnosed by a Liberal Mr V H Dyson, a Democra’ic Labour Party candidate. Mr R- J. Mills, and two independents.