You can access historical Queensland electoral rolls in the Library in online, microfiche and print formats. Please contact the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) regarding current electoral rolls.

Electoral rolls online

Online access to Queensland electoral rolls is provided through two eResources:

  • Ancestry (Library Edition) (1903-1980) - Visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Ancestry'.
  • FindMyPast (1860-1959 various) - Visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Find my past'.

These can be accessed in the National Library of Australia building.

Electoral rolls on microfiche/film

Queensland electoral rolls on microfilm are available for the following years in our cabinet drawer marked 'Queensland':

  • 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869
  • 1870, 1871, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879
  • 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889
  • 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899
  • 1900

Queensland electoral rolls on microfiche are available from 1903 in the general electoral rolls microfiche cabinet:

  • 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
  • 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
  • 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
  • 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939
  • 1940*, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949
  • 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
  • 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967,1968, 1969
  • 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
  • 1980, 1981,1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989
  • 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

*Supplementary rolls only

Electoral rolls in print

The Library holds many of the original printed Queensland electoral rolls which are bound according to year and electoral division. These are not held on open access but must be requested for use via the Library's catalogue. All but the latest year held (2009) are stored offsite at the Library's Hume warehouse. As the rolls are also available on microfiche on open access in the Newspapers and Family History zone it is recommended that these rolls be accessed instead of the print.

You can locate entries for the Queensland electoral rolls in the Library's catalogue using the following exact terms, including quotation marks, in a search:

"voting registers - queensland - periodicals"

DID YOU KNOW?

Electoral rolls were issued annually in Queensland until 1975, after which time they were issued as required.

In 1992 Queensland ceased maintaining a separate State electoral roll in favour of a joint roll produced by the Commonwealth.

Get your name on the electoral roll

'Get Your Name on the Electoral Roll.', Worker (Brisbane, Qld. : 1890 - 1955), 9 December 1911, p. 7

Not sure where to start?

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