1963 Queensland state election

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1963 Queensland state election
Flag of Queensland.svg
  1960 1 June 1963 (1963-06-01) 1966  

All 78 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout94.29 (Increase2.svg 1.75 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Frank Nicklin 1963.jpg JE Duggan, 1963.jpg Paul Hilton.jpg
Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan Paul Hilton
Party Country–Liberal Coalition Labor Queensland Labor
Leader since21 May 194118 August 1958 (1958-08-18)28 May 1960
Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba West Carnarvon
(lost seat)
Last election46 seats, 43.53%25 seats, 39.89%4 seats, 12.28%
Seats won46261
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote339,806337,92855,711
Percentage44.07%43.83%7.23%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.54Increase2.svg 3.94Decrease2.svg 5.05

1963 Queensland state election.svg
Winning margin by electorate.

Premier before election

Frank Nicklin
Country–Liberal Coalition

Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country–Liberal Coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 June 1963 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Contents

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin, the Liberal Party led by Alan Munro, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan and the Queensland Labor Party led by Paul Hilton. The Country and Liberal parties governed in coalition.

This election marked the return of preferential voting after first past the post voting had been used for elections from 1944 to 1960.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a third term in office at the election.

Key dates

DateEvent
19 April 1963The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
19 April 1963Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election. [2]
26 April 1963Close of nominations.
1 June 1963Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
5 July 1963The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
20 August 1960Parliament resumed for business. [3]

Results

Queensland state election, 1 June 1963 [4]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters830,436 [1]
Votes cast783,034 Turnout 94.29+1.75
Informal votes12,036Informal1.54+0.23
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 337,92843.83+3.9426+ 1
  Liberal 183,18523.76–0.2720± 0
  Country 156,62120.31+0.8126± 0
  Queensland Labor 55,7117.23–5.051– 3
 Independent (ex-QLP)11,8101.53+1.532+ 2
  NQ Labor 8,2291.071± 0
 Ind. Conservative3,0280.391+ 1
  Independent 12,0521.56–2.601– 1
Total770,998  78 
Popular vote
Labor
43.83%
Liberal
23.76%
Country
20.31%
Queensland Labor
7.23%
NQ Labor
1.07%
Independents
3.49%
Seats
Labor
33.33%
Country
33.33%
Liberal
25.64%
Queensland Labor
1.28%
NQ Labor
1.28%
Independents
5.13%
1 839,323 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but the Labor-held seat of Burke was not contested.

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1963 election.

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Bundaberg Ted Walsh  Democratic Labor Ted Walsh  Independent
Carnarvon Paul Hilton  Democratic Labor Henry McKechnie  Country
Cook Bunny Adair  Democratic Labor Bunny Adair  Independent
Fassifern Alf Muller  Country Alf Muller  Independent
Redcliffe Jim Houghton  Independent Jim Houghton  Country
Tablelands Tom Gilmore  Country Edwin Wallis-Smith  Labor

See also

References

  1. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 19 April 1963. p. 212:1713.
  2. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 19 April 1963. p. 212:1715.
  3. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 18 July 1963. p. 213:1157.
  4. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 1 June 1963" . Retrieved 22 February 2010.