Hugh Nelson Ministerial Hugh Nelson Ministerial Elections were held in the Colony of Queensland between 10 March 1896 and 11 April 1896 to elect the members of the colony’s Legislative Assembly.

This election used contingent voting, at least in the single-member districts.

In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".

[2] Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.

[3] Queensland state election, 11 March 1896[4]Legislative Assembly << 1893–1899 >>