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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 June 1963 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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 1944-1960.
The Country-Liberal coalition won a third term in office at the election.
Date | Event |
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19 April 1963 | The Parliament was dissolved. [1] |
19 April 1963 | Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election. [2] |
26 April 1963 | Close of nominations. |
1 June 1963 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
5 July 1963 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
20 August 1960 | Parliament resumed for business. [3] |
Queensland state election, 1 June 1963 [4] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 830,436 [1] | |||||
Votes cast | 783,034 | Turnout | 94.29 | +1.75 | ||
Informal votes | 12,036 | Informal | 1.54 | +0.23 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 337,928 | 43.83 | +3.94 | 26 | + 1 | |
Liberal | 183,185 | 23.76 | –0.27 | 20 | ± 0 | |
Country | 156,621 | 20.31 | +0.81 | 26 | ± 0 | |
Queensland Labor | 55,711 | 7.23 | –5.05 | 1 | – 3 | |
Independent (ex-QLP) | 11,810 | 1.53 | +1.53 | 2 | + 2 | |
NQ Labor | 8,229 | 1.07 | 1 | ± 0 | ||
Ind. Conservative | 3,028 | 0.39 | 1 | + 1 | ||
Independent | 12,052 | 1.56 | –2.60 | 1 | – 1 | |
Total | 770,998 | 78 | ||||
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