Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIf at the time prescribed or appointed for holding an election--
(a) no election is held; or
(b) no candidates are nominated; or
(c) the number of candidates nominated is less than the number of candidates to be elected;
the Governor in Council may appoint a qualified person or a sufficient number of such persons to be a member or members of the board, as the case may require, to fill the vacancies which ought to be filled at such election, and the person or persons so appointed shall be deemed to have been duly elected at such election.