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<!-- Labor -->
| image1 = [[File:WilliamWFS, Forgan1932 Smith(cropped).jpg|150px170x170px]]
| leader1 = [[William Forgan Smith]]
| leader_since1 = {{start date|df=yes|1929|05|27}}
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Electoral district of Mackay|Mackay]]
| popular_vote1 = '''225,270'''
| percentage1 = '''49.89%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}} 9.73
| last_election1 = 27 seats
| seats1last_election1 = 3327 seats, 40.16%
| seats1 = '''33'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5 6
 
<!-- Country and Progressive National Party -->
| image2 = [[File:Arthur Edward Moore and Sir Hal Colebatch (cropped).jpg|138px170x170px]]
| leader2 = [[Arthur Edward Moore]]
| leader_since2 = 19 April 1924
| party2 = Country and Progressive National Party
| leaders_seat2 = [[Electoral district of Aubigny|Aubigny]]
| popular_vote2 = 204,158
| percentage2 = 45.21%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 9.02
| last_election2 = 43 seats, 54.23%
| seats2 = 28 seats
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 15
 
| title = [[Premier of Queensland|Premier]]
| before_election = [[Arthur Edward Moore]]
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| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
}}
'''Elections''' were held in the [[Australia]]n [[States and territories of Australia|Australian state]] of [[Queensland]] on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland|Legislative Assembly]].
 
The election wassaw the first electoral test of the-term [[Country and Progressive National Party]] government led by [[Arthur Edward Moore]], facing reelection and was held in the midst of the [[Great Depression]]. Labor had previously held office from 1915 until 1929.
 
The election resulted in the defeat of the one-term Moore government by the [[Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)|Labor Party]], led by [[William Forgan Smith]].
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{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Queensland state election, 11 June 1932<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=781|title=Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 June 1932|author=Australian Government and Politics Database|accessdateaccess-date=10 December 2009}}</ref>
| house = [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland|Legislative Assembly]]
| series = Queensland state election
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{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}|49.89}}
{{bar percent|CPNP|#145665|45.21}}
{{bar percent|Queensland Party|#BA55D3|1.68}}
{{bar percent|Communist|#C00000|0.23}}
{{bar percent|Lang Labor|#E2725B|0.13}}
{{bar percent|Independents|{{Independent/meta/party color|Independent}}|2.86}}
}}
 
{{bar box|title=Seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}|53.22}}
{{bar percent|CPNP|#145665|45.16}}
{{bar percent|Independents|{{Independent/meta/party color|Independent}}|1.61}}
}}
 
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* Members listed in ''italics'' did not run for this election.
 
===New seats===
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|Labor
|-
|[[Electoral district of Maryborough (Queensland)|Maryborough]]
|[[John Blackley (Australian politician)|John Blackley]]*
|{{Australian party style|CPNP}}|&nbsp;
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|{{Australian party style|CPNP}}|&nbsp;
|CPNP
|[[James Keogh (Australian politician)|James Keogh]]
|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
|Labor
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|[[Electoral district of Nundah|Nundah]]
|[[William Kelso (Queensland politician)|William Kelso]]
|{{Australian party style|CPNP}}|&nbsp;
|CPNP
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* Members listed in ''italics'' did not recontest their seats.
* In addition, Independent MP [[Arnold Wienholt]] held the seat of [[Electoral district of Fassifern|Fassifern]], which he had won from the CPNP at the [[1930 Fassifern state by-election|1930 by-election]].
* The sitting member for [[Electoral district of Maryborough (Queensland)|Maryborough]], [[John Blackley (Australian politician)|John Blackley]] won this seat from Labor at the [[1929 Maryborough state by-election|1929 by-election]].
 
==Aftermath==
Forgan Smith would gowent on to be premier for over 10 years, and Labor held power continuously until the party's split in 1957.
 
==See also==
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