1911 United States House of Representatives election in Arizona clause for admitting Arizona Territory and New Mexico Territory as a single state, but that clause was removed in the final version. Arizona was the last territory in the contiguous United States, and after Arizona's admission, it would be another 47 years before another State (Alaska) was admitted. 1911 United States House of Representatives election in Arizona Arizona's first election to the United States House of Representatives was held December 11, 1911, for the 62nd Congress Arizona joined the union as the 48th state on February 14, 1912, having already elected its first Representative in December. Arizona Territory had been
1912 Queensland state election Brisbane which mostly went to Labor. 1912 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 February 1911. The opposition Labor Party was led by David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907. Denham and his government were returned to office despite a swing to Labor of almost 10 percent. This was largely due to winning newly created seats in