1902 Queensland state election

{{Short description|Legislative election in Queensland, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1902 Queensland state election

| country = Queensland

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1899 Queensland colonial election

| previous_year = 1899

| next_election = 1904 Queensland state election

| next_year = 1904

| election_date = 11 March 1902

| seats_for_election = All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

| image1 = 170x170px

| leader1 = Robert Philp

| party1 = Ministerial

| colour1 = 8CB4D2

| leaders_seat1 = Townsville

| last_election1 = 43 seats, 49.34%

| seats1 = 40

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 3

| popular_vote1 = 48,439

| percentage1 = 48.13%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 1.21pp

| image2 = 170x170px

| leader2 = W. H. Browne

| party2 = Labour

| leaders_seat2 = Croydon

| colour2 = DC241F

| last_election2 = 21 seats, 35.47%

| seats2 = 25

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 4

| popular_vote2 = 39,579

| percentage2 = 39.33%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 3.85pp

| title = Premier

| before_election = Robert Philp

| before_party = Ministerial

| after_election = Robert Philp

| after_party = Ministerial

}}

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 March 1902 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

This election used contingent voting, at least in the single-member districts.{{cite book|last1=Bowler|first1=Shaun|last2=Grofman|first2=Bernard Norman|doi=10.3998/mpub.16507 |title=Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote: reflections on an embedded institution |date=2000 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=978-0-472-02681-4|page=40|quote= The contingent vote … was used in Queensland from 1892 to 1942 and for Democratic primary elections in the U.S. state of Alabama between 1915 and 1931. It has been used for presidential elections in Sri Lanka since 1978 and in 1996 … the United Kingdom … called it the 'supplementary vote'.}}

Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025