Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1953

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This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1953 Queensland state election. The election was held on 7 March 1953.

1953 Queensland state election

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.

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By-elections

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Retiring Members

Labor

Country

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Liberal

Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidateOther candidates
 
Aubigny Country Jim Sparkes (CP) Vic Sullivan (Ind)
Balonne Labor John Taylor Claude Dunshea (CP)
Barambah Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)
Barcoo Labor Ned Davis
Baroona Labor Bill Power
Belyando Labor Tom Foley
Bremer Labor Jim Donald
Brisbane Labor Johnno Mann Laura Hansen (CPA)
Colin Nonmus (SC)
Bulimba Labor Bob Gardner Ronald Holt (Lib)
Bundaberg Labor Ted Walsh Willie Howard (Lib)James Julin (Ind)
Buranda Labor Dick Brown Cecil Holt (Lib)
Burdekin Independent William Wall Arthur Coburn (Ind)
Cairns Labor Thomas Crowley Arthur Keller (CP)Charles Crawley (PLP)
Cedric Dyer (CPA)
Callide Country Patrick Moore Vince Jones (CP)
Carnarvon Labor Paul Hilton Eric McCorkell (CP)
Carpentaria Labor Norm Smith William Aplin (CP)
Charters Towers Labor Arthur Jones
Chermside Liberal Kenneth McRae Alex Dewar (Lib)
Clayfield Liberal Harold Taylor (Lib)
Condamine Country Les Diplock Eric Allpass (CP)
Cook Country Bunny Adair Carlisle Wordsworth (CP)
Cooroora Country Geoffrey Arnell David Low (CP)
Coorparoo Liberal Gerald Maher Thomas Hiley (Lib)
Cunningham Country Robert Bradfield Alan Fletcher (CP)
Darlington Country Charles Knoll Tom Plunkett (CP)William Yarrow (CPA)
Fassifern Country Alf Muller (CP)Oliver Hooper (Ind)
Fitzroy Labor Jim Clark William Hoare (Lib)Eric Browne (CPA)
Flinders Labor Ernest Riordan
Fortitude Valley Labor Mick Brosnan Albert Graham (CPA)
John Marion (SC)
Gregory Labor George Devries
Haughton Labor Colin McCathie Frederick Purdie (CP)Ernest O'Brien (NQLP)
Hinchinbrook Labor Cecil Jesson James Ryan (Lib)Douglas Jeffrey (Ind)
Ipswich Labor Ivor Marsden Richard Cobb (CPA)
Isis Country John Barron Jack Pizzey (CP)
Ithaca Labor Leonard Eastment Douglas Lowndes (Lib)Herbert Heritage (CPA)
Kedron Labor Eric Lloyd John Harris (Lib)
Kelvin Grove Labor Bert Turner Mary Lahey (Lib)
Keppel Labor Viv Cooper Alfred Ganter (CP)Tolstoy Birkbeck (Ind)
Kurilpa Labor Tom Moores Lilian Derrick (Lib)Richard Boorman (SC)
Sydney Clare (Ind)
Anna Slater (CPA)
Landsborough Country Frank Nicklin (CP)
Lockyer Liberal John Hilton Gordon Chalk (Lib)
Mackay Labor Fred Graham Flora Johnson (Lib)
Mackenzie Labor Paddy Whyte James Lawrence (CP)
Marodian Country Sydney Campbell James Heading (CP)
Maryborough Labor David Farrell Charles Reed (CPA)
Cyril Tanner (Ind)
Merthyr Labor Bill Moore William Knox (Lib)
Mirani Country Roger Scanlan Ernie Evans (CP)
Mount Coot-tha Liberal Vlad Darveniza Kenneth Morris (Lib)
Mount Gravatt Labor Felix Dittmer Daniel Rowley (Lib)George Bordujenko (CPA)
Mourilyan Labor Peter Byrne John Castor (CP)Bertie Clark (CPA)
Mulgrave Country Charles English Bob Watson (CP)
Mundingburra NQ Labor Daniel GleesonChristopher Wordsworth (Lib) Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Murrumba Country Kenneth Griffith David Nicholson (CP)
Nash Labor Greg Kehoe Ronald Witham (Lib)
Norman Liberal Bill Baxter Rex Brock (Lib)
North Toowoomba Labor Les Wood John Groom (Lib)
Nundah Labor Frank Roberts Nellie Taylor (Lib)
Port Curtis Labor Jim Burrows Julia Hinds (Lib)
Rockhampton Labor James Larcombe Thomas Donohoe (Lib)Thomas Kelly (Ind)
Roma Country Alfred Dohring William Ewan (CP)
Sandgate Liberal Herbert Robinson Eric Decker (Lib)
Sherwood Liberal Robert Mansfield Tom Kerr (Lib)Pablo O'Dowd (Ind)
Somerset Country Alexander Skinner James Brough (CP)
South Brisbane Labor Vince Gair Geoffrey Wadeson (Lib)John Parker (Ind)
Southport Country Edgar Hill Eric Gaven (CP)
Tablelands Labor Harold Collins James Baldock (CP)Richard Anear (CPA)
Toowong Liberal Frank Venables Alan Munro (Lib)
Toowoomba Labor Jack Duggan Frank Farnell (Lib)
Townsville Labor George Keyatta Archibald Hooper (Lib)Hugh Fay (CPA)
Kevin Gormley (NQLP)
Warrego Labor John Dufficy
Warwick Country John O'Brien Otto Madsen (CP)
Whitsunday Country Hugh MacLennan Lloyd Roberts (CP)Jim Henderson (CPA)
Windsor Labor Tom Rasey John Cutting (Lib)
Wynnum Labor Bill Gunn Charles Mengel (Lib)
Yeronga Liberal Tom Doyle Winston Noble (Lib)

See also

This is a list of members of the 32nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1950 to 1953, as elected at the 1950 state election held on 29 April 1950.

This is a list of members of the 33rd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1953 to 1956, as elected at the 1953 state election held on 7 March 1953.

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