1908 Queensland state election

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	78.91 ( 7.30 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader William Kidston Robert Philp David Bowman Party Kidstonites Conservative Labour Leader since 19 January 1906 19 September 1904 15 April 1907 Leader's seat Rockhampton Townsville Fortitude Valley Last election 24 seats, 31.88% 29 seats, 40.58% 18 seats, 26.39% Seats won 25 22 22 Seat change 1 7 4 Popular vote 44,997 75,563 55,771 Percentage 24.04% 40.37% 29.80% Swing 7.84 0.21 3.41
Premier before election Robert Philp Conservative Resulting Premier William Kidston Kidston Party

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 5 February 1908 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election, held less than 9 months after the previous election, was made necessary by a series of events which had seen former Premier William Kidston, who commanded a majority on the floor of the Assembly, resign following an attempt to convince the Governor of Queensland to appoint sympathetic members to the Queensland Legislative Council, which had blocked key legislative measures. Following Kidston's resignation, Opposition leader Robert Philp was sent for and formed a ministry, but the ministry almost immediately lost a vote of no confidence in the Assembly, and as such, a new election had to be called.

Key dates

Results

The Kidstonites contested only 32 of the 72 seats, compared to 55 at the previous election.

¹ 205,892 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 seats (16.7% of the total) representing 30,069 voters were uncontested—six Labor seats, five Conservatives and one Kidston.

² In 11 electorates, voters had two votes each, so the total number of votes exceeds the total number of voters.