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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 March 1953 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its eighth continuous term in office since the 1932 election. It was the first electoral test for Vince Gair, who had become Premier of Queensland 14 months earlier after the death of Ned Hanlon.
| Date | Event |
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| 6 February 1953 | The Parliament was dissolved. [1] |
| 6 February 1953 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2] |
| 13 February 1953 | Close of nominations. |
| 7 March 1953 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. [3] |
| 16 March 1953 | The Gair Ministry was reconstituted. |
| 5 June 1953 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
| 4 August 1953 | Parliament was summoned for business. [4] |
The result was a considerable swing to the Labor government.
Queensland state election, 7 March 1953 [5] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 657,349 [1] | |||||
| Votes cast | 616,611 | Turnout | 93.80 | +1.29 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,912 | Informal | 1.28 | +0.17 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 323,882 | 53.21% | +6.34 | 50 | + 8 | |
| Liberal | 129,633 | 21.30% | –8.61 | 8 | – 3 | |
| Country | 114,124 | 18.75% | –0.50 | 15 | – 5 | |
| NQ Labor | 6,680 | 1.10% | –0.12 | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Social Credit | 4,103 | 0.67% | +0.67 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Communist | 3,948 | 0.65% | +0.28 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent Labor | 824 | 0.13% | –0.42 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 25,505 | 4.19% | +2.90 | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 608,699 | 75 | ||||
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1953 election.
| Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party | ||
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| Condamine | Eric Allpass | Country | Les Diplock | Labor | ||
| Cook | Carlisle Wordsworth | Country | Bunny Adair | Labor | ||
| Mulgrave | Bob Watson | Country | Charles English | Labor | ||
| Norman | Louis Luckins | Liberal | Bill Baxter | Labor | ||
| Roma | William Ewan | Country | Alfred Dohring | Labor | ||
| Sandgate | Eric Decker | Liberal | Herbert Robinson | Labor | ||
| Somerset | Duncan MacDonald | Country | Alexander Skinner | Labor | ||
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