Queensland state election, 1953

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Queensland state election, 1953

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  1950 7 March 1953 (1953-03-07) 1956  

All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

 First partySecond party
  Vincent Gair.jpg Frank Nicklin.jpg
Leader Vince Gair Frank Nicklin
Party Labor Country/Liberal coalition
Leader since17 January 1952 (1952-01-17)21 May 1941
Leader's seat South Brisbane Landsborough
Last election42 seats31 seats
Seats won50 seats23 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg8
Percentage53.21%40.05%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.34Decrease2.svg9.11

Premier before election

Vince Gair
Labor

Elected Premier

Vince Gair
Labor

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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Contents

Key dates

DateEvent
6 February 1953The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
6 February 1953Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
13 February 1953Close of nominations.
7 March 1953Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
16 March 1953The Gair Ministry was reconstituted.
5 June 1953The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
4 August 1953Parliament was summoned for business. [3]

Results

The result was a considerable swing to the Labor government.

Queensland state election, 7 March 1953 [4]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19501956 >>

Enrolled voters657,349 [1]
Votes cast616,611 Turnout 93.80+1.29
Informal votes7,912Informal1.28+0.17
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes%SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 323,88253.21%+6.3450+ 8
  Liberal 129,63321.30%–8.618– 3
  Country 114,12418.75%–0.5015– 5
  NQ Labor 6,6801.10%–0.121± 0
  Social Credit 4,1030.67%+0.670± 0
  Communist 3,9480.65%+0.280± 0
 Ind. Labor8240.13%–0.420± 0
  Independent 25,5054.19%+2.901± 0
Total608,699  75 
1 737,579 electors were enrolled to vote at the election; however, 11 seats (14.7% of the total) were uncontested, eight of them Labor-held seats representing 49,466 enrolled voters, as well as two Country seats representing 20,053 voters and one Liberal seat representing 10,711 voters.

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.

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

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References

  1. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 6 February 1953. p. 182:469.
  2. Queensland Government Gazette . 6 February 1953. p. 172:471.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 2 July 1953. p. 183:1151.
  4. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 March 1953" . Retrieved 25 January 2010.