THREE TO ONE

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1935, Page 5

THREE TO ONE

LABOUR MAJORITY Queensland Elections GREATEST VICTORY ON RECORD (Ans. and N.Z Cable Assn.) , nd Mav 12, al 7.3(1 p.m.) BRISBANE, Moy 11. (lueensland State Election; were held tn-day.

Hv , H i,Plight i’ wns shown that the Labour thirty had gained no fewer than six sen Is.

■. mon a i lie La boa r gains in the htetropolitaii. are three candidates. Me.-srs I.ogan (Smidgatei Windsor ( Wvnnntn > and Power (Baroonn). who hnv'e gained nn easy, victory. following Ministers have been re* n ineil unopposed : Hon. N. F. \\ . I 'miro, k (llarcoo). Minister for Agriculture: Hum F. M. lianlon (Ithaca), Home Secretary: .Mr G. Pollock (S enter ; and II 11. W. Mullen (Carpenim in >, Attorney-General. One of the biggest surprises was the eictory of .Mr Brown, Labour candidole ovet Mr King, member for Logan. Mr A. 11. Moore, the Leader of the Opposition, win- returned unopposed.

HALF OPPOSITION SEATS LOST. BRISBANE, May 12. In the Queensland elections, the polling is hailed ns a triumph for the nonb-r.i l o Labour Party, which is likep, to secure forty-live seats, with the ran mining seventeen .-Leafs going to the t , tin' I V 'party ami Progressive Nationalist Party. T'lie Independents have Dost; their one seat in the House. Imbotir -lid not lose a single seat. It is conservatively eAiniated that Labour will win twelve seats. Possibly it will also win two more seats, thus giving the Labour Party a majority of 32 scats. The state of parties in the (..'■jeem’land Assembly would iu that case be:- - Labour (Government) 47 < tppos’i lion Parties !■> Majority 32 THE LOSERS. BRISBANE, .May 12. Although Hu- Douglas Credit candidate- polled better in Queensland, than in New South Wale-, they were unable to win one seat. Till- C'oinmunir'ts polled every poorly. Tim majority of them seem certain to lose their deposits’. Mr R. M. King, who is the DeputyI wider lit the Opposition, is among the vanipiisliml, after lie has represented Logan electorate for fifteen years. LEADER’S COMMENT.

The Premier. Mr Forgan-Smith after Hie election stilted that the victory would go down as one of the most outstanding in the 111111:11.- of the State. Their large majority wan'd enable the Government to proceed with the colos'sal. but not uustiperal.de task of restoring the Slate to its former prosperity.

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Moore, said that lie could only accept the position with fortitude. “Though mil- numbers are depleted," he said. ■• we represent a large section of the community, and must endeavour by our work to win hack confidence.’’