Results of the 1953 Queensland state election

Last updated July 17, 2022

Queensland state election, 7 March 1953^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1950–1956 >> Contents Results by electoral district Aubigny Balonne Barambah Barcoo Baroona Belyando Bremer Brisbane Bulimba Bundaberg Buranda Burdekin Cairns Callide Carnarvon Carpentaria Charters Towers Chermside Clayfield Condamine Cook Cooroora Coorparoo Cunningham Darlington Fassifern Fitzroy Flinders Fortitude Valley Gregory Haughton Hinchinbrook Ipswich Isis Ithaca Kedron Kelvin Grove Keppel Kurilpa Landsborough Lockyer Mackay Mackenzie Marodian Maryborough Merthyr Mirani Mount Coot-tha Mount Gravatt Mourilyan Mulgrave Mundingburra Murrumba Nash Norman North Toowoomba Nundah Port Curtis Rockhampton Roma Sandgate Sherwood Somerset South Brisbane Southport Tablelands Toowong Toowoomba Townsville Warrego Warwick Whitsunday Windsor Wynnum Yeronga See also References
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
	North Queensland 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
	Ind. Labor	824	0.13%	–0.42	0	± 0
	Independent	25,505	4.19%	+2.90	1	± 0
Total		608,699			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 Queensland state election.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

1953 Queensland state election: Aubigny ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Sparkes	5,240	59.3	-14.3
	Independent	Vic Sullivan	3,601	40.7	+40.7
Total formal votes			8,841	99.1	-0.4
Informal votes			78	0.9	+0.4
Turnout			8,919	95.0	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Balonne

1953 Queensland state election: Balonne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Taylor	2,600	61.2	+7.3
	Country	Claude Dunshea	1,650	38.8	-7.3
Total formal votes			4,250	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			38	0.9	-0.1
Turnout			4,288	85.4	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Barambah

1953 Queensland state election: Barambah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Barcoo

1953 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ned Davis	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Baroona

1953 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Belyando

1953 Queensland state election: Belyando
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Foley	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bremer

1953 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Donald	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brisbane

1953 Queensland state election: Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Johnno Mann	6,239	75.2	+16.4
	Social Credit	Colin Nonmus	1,598	19.3	+19.3
	Communist	Laura Hansen	457	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			8,294	95.3	-3.4
Informal votes			407	4.7	+3.4
Turnout			8,701	89.5	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bulimba

1953 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gardner	7,938	64.0	+28.3
	Liberal	Ronald Holt	4,464	36.0	+0.7
Total formal votes			12,402	98.5	-0.3
Informal votes			193	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			12,595	95.7	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.7

Bundaberg

1953 Queensland state election: Bundaberg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Walsh	6,513	65.6	+21.0
	Liberal	Willie Howard	2,865	28.9	+3.1
	Independent	James Julin	549	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			9,927	99.3	+1.7
Informal votes			67	0.7	-1.7
Turnout			9,994	94.5	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Buranda

1953 Queensland state election: Buranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Brown	6,117	63.5	+10.5
	Liberal	Cecil Holt	3,523	36.5	-10.5
Total formal votes			9,640	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			110	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			9,750	94.3	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

Burdekin

1953 Queensland state election: Burdekin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	4,337	58.0	+5.5
	Labor	William Wall	3,137	42.0	-2.0
Total formal votes			7,474	98.6	-0.5
Informal votes			107	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			7,581	96.1	+4.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+3.6

Cairns

1953 Queensland state election: Cairns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Crowley	4,546	59.6	+0.5
	Country	Arthur Keller	2,389	31.3	-9.6
	Protestant Labor	Charles Crawley	406	5.5	+5.5
	Communist	Cedric Dyer	292	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			7,633	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			108	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			7,741	90.6	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.5

Callide

1953 Queensland state election: Callide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Vince Jones	5,988	63.9	-1.9
	Labor	Patrick Moore	3,386	36.1	+1.9
Total formal votes			9,374	97.1	0.0
Informal votes			281	2.9	0.0
Turnout			9,655	96.9	+2.2
	Country hold		Swing	-1.9

Carnarvon

1953 Queensland state election: Carnarvon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Hilton	5,625	61.4	+10.6
	Country	Eric McCorkell	3,537	38.6	-10.6
Total formal votes			9,162	98.8	-0.5
Informal votes			108	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			9,270	92.1	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.6

Carpentaria

1953 Queensland state election: Carpentaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Smith	3,093	62.7	-0.2
	Country	William Aplin	1,842	37.3	+5.8
Total formal votes			4,935	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			47	0.9	-0.5
Turnout			4,982	84.2	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

Charters Towers

1953 Queensland state election: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Chermside

1953 Queensland state election: Chermside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	7,306	51.6	-8.5
	Labor	Kenneth McRae	6,844	48.4	+8.5
Total formal votes			14,150	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			116	0.8	-0.5
Turnout			14,266	95.0	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.5

Clayfield

1953 Queensland state election: Clayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Taylor	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Condamine

1953 Queensland state election: Condamine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Diplock	5,074	50.5	+12.6
	Country	Eric Allpass	4,975	49.5	-12.6
Total formal votes			10,049	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			53	0.5	-0.1
Turnout			10,102	93.2	+2.3
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+12.6

Cook

1953 Queensland state election: Cook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunny Adair	4,135	53.1	+3.9
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	3,658	46.9	-3.9
Total formal votes			7,793	98.8	-0.1
Informal votes			93	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			7,886	89.8	+1.6
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+3.9

Cooroora

1953 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Low	6,359	70.1	-2.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Arnell	2,713	29.9	+2.5
Total formal votes			9,072	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			67	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			9,139	94.6	+2.4
	Country hold		Swing	-2.5

Coorparoo

1953 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	6,722	57.5	-5.5
	Labor	Gerald Maher	4,970	42.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			11,692	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			110	0.9	-0.1
Turnout			11,802	94.0	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.5

Cunningham

1953 Queensland state election: Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alan Fletcher	5,944	60.9	-39.1
	Labor	Robert Bradfield	3,808	39.1	+39.1
Total formal votes			9,752	99.2
Informal votes			78	0.8
Turnout			9,830	93.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Darlington

1953 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Plunkett	6,507	66.6	-33.4
	Labor	Charles Knoll	2,998	30.7	+30.7
	Communist	William Yarrow	270	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			9,775	96.9
Informal votes			314	3.1
Turnout			10,089	93.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Fassifern

1953 Queensland state election: Fassifern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alf Muller	5,954	68.1	-8.1
	Independent	Oliver Hooper	2,791	31.9	+31.9
Total formal votes			8,745	98.9	-0.4
Informal votes			101	1.1	+0.4
Turnout			8,846	94.3	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Fitzroy

1953 Queensland state election: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Clark	6,028	69.5	+7.6
	Liberal	William Hoare	2,490	28.7	-9.4
	Communist	Eric Browne	157	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			8,675	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			78	0.9	-0.1
Turnout			8,753	95.0	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Flinders

1953 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Riordan	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

By-elections

This by-election was caused by the death of Ernest Riordan. It was held on 12 March 1955.

1955 Flinders state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Forde	1,176	46.0	-54.0
	Country	Bill Longeran	864	33.8	+33.8
	Independent Labor	Charles Corney	519	20.3	+20.3
Total formal votes			2,559	98.9
Informal votes			28	1.1
Turnout			2,587	57.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Fortitude Valley

1953 Queensland state election: Fortitude Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Brosnan	6,718	72.1	+14.5
	Social Credit	John Marion	2,156	23.2	+23.2
	Communist	Albert Graham	438	4.7	+1.6
Total formal votes			9,312	97.0	+1.4
Informal votes			291	3.0	-1.4
Turnout			9,603	91.8	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gregory

1953 Queensland state election: Gregory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Devries	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Haughton

1953 Queensland state election: Haughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin McCathie	4,617	59.2	+12.3
	Country	Frederick Purdie	1,661	21.3	+21.3
	NQ Labor	Ernest O'Brien	1,526	19.6	0.0
Total formal votes			7,804	99.4	+1.4
Informal votes			46	0.6	-1.4
Turnout			7,850	96.3	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.7

Hinchinbrook

1953 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,494	59.3	+3.3
	Liberal	James Ryan	1,549	20.4	-23.7
	Independent	Douglas Jeffrey	1,534	20.2	+20.2
Total formal votes			7,577	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			139	1.8	-0.1
Turnout			7,716	92.0	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+18.4

Ipswich

1953 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	8,090	94.6	+30.6
	Communist	Richard Cobb	463	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			8,553	94.6	-4.4
Informal votes			492	5.4	+4.4
Turnout			9,045	93.3	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Isis

1953 Queensland state election: Isis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Pizzey	5,326	58.7	-3.2
	Labor	John Barron	3,743	41.3	+3.2
Total formal votes			9,069	98.7	+1.6
Informal votes			123	1.3	-1.6
Turnout			9,192	94.6	-0.4
	Country hold		Swing	-3.2

Ithaca

1953 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leonard Eastment	6,513	65.0	+4.3
	Liberal	Douglas Lowndes	3,361	33.6	-5.7
	Communist	Herbert Heritage	141	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			10,015	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			107	1.1	0.0
Turnout			10,122	95.4	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Kedron

1953 Queensland state election: Kedron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	10,279	65.8	+17.8
	Liberal	John Harris	5,351	34.2	-17.8
Total formal votes			15,630	99.0	-0.2
Informal votes			160	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			15,790	95.7	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+17.8

Kelvin Grove

1953 Queensland state election: Kelvin Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bert Turner	6,314	61.9	+5.7
	Liberal	Mary Lahey	3,883	38.1	-5.7
Total formal votes			10,197	98.4	-0.6
Informal votes			165	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			10,362	94.8	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.7

Keppel

1953 Queensland state election: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Viv Cooper	5,850	55.4	-0.7
	Country	Alfred Ganter	4,001	37.9	-6.0
	Independent	Tolstoy Birkbeck	703	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			10,554	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			111	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			10,665	95.7	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Kurilpa

1953 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Moores	5,853	62.7	+5.3
	Liberal	Lilian Derrick	2,868	30.7	-11.9
	Social Credit	Richard Boorman	349	3.7	+3.7
	Communist	Anna Slater	165	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Sydney Clare	101	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			9,336	98.1	-0.4
Informal votes			180	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			9,516	91.7	-1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.7

Landsborough

1953 Queensland state election: Landsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frank Nicklin	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Lockyer

1953 Queensland state election: Lockyer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Chalk	6,177	67.1	+3.9
	Labor	John Hilton	3,032	32.9	+7.7
Total formal votes			9,209	99.5	-0.1
Informal votes			47	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			9,256	95.4	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.4

Mackay

1953 Queensland state election: Mackay ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Graham	4,586	64.5	+9.5
	Liberal	Flora Johnson	2,520	35.5	-9.5
Total formal votes			7,106	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			48	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			7,154	95.9	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.5

Mackenzie

1953 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,420	55.0	+3.7
	Country	James Lawrence	1,978	45.0	-3.7
Total formal votes			4,398	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			36	0.8	-0.5
Turnout			4,434	90.1	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Marodian

1953 Queensland state election: Marodian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Heading	5,748	67.6	-2.2
	Labor	Sydney Campbell	2,754	32.4	+2.2
Total formal votes			8,502	99.1	-0.3
Informal votes			79	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			8,581	93.3	+3.1
	Country hold		Swing	-2.2

Maryborough

1953 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Farrell	5,429	56.0	-9.5
	Independent	Cyril Tanner	4,178	43.1	+43.1
	Communist	Charles Reed	92	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			9,699	97.8	-0.2
Informal votes			214	2.2	+0.2
Turnout			9,913	97.5	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of David Farrell. It was held on 28 November 1953.

1953 Maryborough state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Horace Davies	5,730	61.2	+5.2
	Independent	Ralph Stafford	3,640	38.8	+38.8
Total formal votes			9,370	98.5	+0.7
Informal votes			141	1.5	-0.7
Turnout			9,511	91.7	-5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Merthyr

1953 Queensland state election: Merthyr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Moore	6,110	63.8	+7.8
	Liberal	William Knox	3,470	36.2	-7.8
Total formal votes			9,580	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			129	1.3	0.0
Turnout			9,709	93.9	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Mirani

1953 Queensland state election: Mirani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,332	57.9	-5.1
	Labor	Roger Scanlan	3,146	42.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			7,478	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			74	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			7,552	94.8	+2.6
	Country hold		Swing	-5.1

Mount Coot-tha

1953 Queensland state election: Mount Coot-tha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kenneth Morris	7,484	57.3	-2.8
	Labor	Vlad Darveniza	5,578	42.7	+2.8
Total formal votes			13,062	98.8	-0.2
Informal votes			163	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			13,225	94.2	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

Mount Gravatt

1953 Queensland state election: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	12,203	63.5	+11.2
	Liberal	Daniel Rowley	6,635	34.5	-11.5
	Communist	George Bordujenko	386	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			19,224	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			259	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			19,483	93.6	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.6

Mourilyan

1953 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Byrne	4,867	67.3	+23.8
	Country	John Castor	2,142	29.6	-9.0
	Communist	Bertie Clark	227	3.1	-0.6
Total formal votes			7,236	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			58	0.8	0.0
Turnout			7,294	94.1	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.4

Mulgrave

1953 Queensland state election: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles English	3,716	51.1	+7.1
	Country	Bob Watson	3,553	48.9	+0.1
Total formal votes			7,269	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			99	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			7,368	92.9	+2.0
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+3.7

Mundingburra

1953 Queensland state election: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	4,372	52.5	+9.9
	Labor	Daniel Gleeson	2,303	27.7	+3.8
	Liberal	Christopher Wordsworth	1,647	19.8	-13.9
Total formal votes			8,322	99.3	+0.6
Informal votes			56	0.7	-0.6
Turnout			8,378	94.8	+2.5
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Murrumba

1953 Queensland state election: Murrumba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Nicholson	6,564	57.8	-7.3
	Labor	Kenneth Griffith	4,801	42.2	+7.3
Total formal votes			11,365	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			89	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			11,454	92.5	-0.7
	Country hold		Swing	-7.3

Nash

1953 Queensland state election: Nash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Kehoe	5,583	56.1	+6.0
	Liberal	Ronald Witham	4,373	43.9	-6.0
Total formal votes			9,956	99.2	-0.2
Informal votes			75	0.8	+0.2
Turnout			10,031	94.2	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Norman

1953 Queensland state election: Norman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	6,447	59.2	+10.4
	Liberal	Rex Brock	4,446	40.8	-10.4
Total formal votes			10,893	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			116	1.1	0.0
Turnout			11,009	93.9	+0.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.4

North Toowoomba

1953 Queensland state election: North Toowoomba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Wood	5,649	61.8	+7.4
	Liberal	John Groom	3,486	38.2	-7.4
Total formal votes			9,135	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			82	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			9,217	93.7	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Nundah

1953 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Roberts	6,882	61.9	+9.6
	Liberal	Nellie Taylor	4,232	38.1	-9.6
Total formal votes			11,114	98.6	-0.3
Informal votes			162	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			11,276	94.5	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.6

Port Curtis

1953 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Burrows	6,241	67.8	+10.0
	Liberal	Julia Hinds	2,970	32.2	-10.0
Total formal votes			9,211	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			69	0.8	0.0
Turnout			9,280	95.3	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

Rockhampton

1953 Queensland state election: Rockhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Larcombe	5,457	61.8	+10.5
	Liberal	Thomas Donohoe	3,141	35.6	-13.0
	Independent	Thomas Kelly	227	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			8,825	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			88	1.0	0.0
Turnout			8,913	95.1	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.2

Roma

1953 Queensland state election: Roma
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Dohring	2,555	51.6	+4.9
	Country	William Ewan	2,393	48.4	-4.9
Total formal votes			4,948	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			35	0.7	-0.4
Turnout			4,983	94.1	+0.4
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+4.9

Sandgate

1953 Queensland state election: Sandgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Robinson	8,047	55.9	+9.9
	Liberal	Eric Decker	6,338	44.1	-9.9
Total formal votes			14,385	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			209	1.4	0.0
Turnout			14,594	94.0	-0.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.9

Sherwood

1953 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Kerr	6,830	50.5	-7.9
	Labor	Robert Mansfield	6,552	48.5	+6.9
	Independent	Pablo O'Dowd	141	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			13,523	98.8	-0.4
Informal votes			169	1.2	+0.4
Turnout			13,692	94.2	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.4

Somerset

1953 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Skinner	4,522	51.0	+8.8
	Country	James Brough	4,353	49.0	-8.8
Total formal votes			8,875	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			78	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,953	93.9	+0.4
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+8.8

South Brisbane

1953 Queensland state election: South Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vince Gair	5,847	64.6	+8.1
	Liberal	Geoffrey Wadeson	2,787	30.8	-12.7
	Independent	John Parker	418	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			9,052	98.5	-0.4
Informal votes			134	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			9,186	90.4	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.2

Southport

1953 Queensland state election: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Eric Gaven	6,089	60.2	+11.2
	Labor	Edgar Hill	4,031	39.8	+11.0
Total formal votes			10,120	99.3	-0.3
Informal votes			74	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			10,194	93.2	+2.2
	Country hold		Swing	-2.8

Tablelands

1953 Queensland state election: Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Collins	5,165	66.3	+12.7
	Country	James Baldock	2,412	30.9	-8.9
	Communist	Richard Anear	217	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			7,794	99.1	-0.2
Informal votes			72	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			7,866	91.4	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.8

Toowong

1953 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Munro	7,135	62.8	-4.2
	Labor	Frank Venables	4,234	37.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			11,369	98.8	-0.3
Informal votes			136	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			11,505	94.0	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

Toowoomba

1953 Queensland state election: Toowoomba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Duggan	6,086	66.1	+10.4
	Liberal	Frank Farnell	3,123	33.9	-10.4
Total formal votes			9,209	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			71	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			9,280	93.5	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.4

Townsville

1953 Queensland state election: Townsville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Keyatta	3,786	58.4	+6.8
	Liberal	Archibald Hooper	1,713	26.4	-12.0
	NQ Labor	Kevin Gormley	782	12.1	+4.9
	Communist	Hugh Fay	200	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			6,481	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			85	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			6,566	92.4	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.5

Warrego

1953 Queensland state election: Warrego
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dufficy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Warwick

1953 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,651	64.8	-3.6
	Labor	John O'Brien	3,069	35.2	+3.6
Total formal votes			8,720	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			67	0.8	0.0
Turnout			8,787	95.7	+2.3
	Country hold		Swing	-3.6

Whitsunday

1953 Queensland state election: Whitsunday
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	3,878	49.5	+4.2
	Labor	Hugh MacLennan	3,510	44.8	+8.3
	Communist	Jim Henderson	443	5.7	-7.0
Total formal votes			7,831	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			65	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			7,896	94.1	+2.5
	Country hold		Swing	-2.9

Windsor

1953 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Rasey	6,011	60.2	+10.1
	Liberal	John Cutting	3,980	39.8	-10.1
Total formal votes			9,901	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			108	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			10,009	94.1	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.1

Wynnum

1953 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Gunn	9,261	69.5	+8.5
	Liberal	Charles Mengel	4,066	30.5	-8.5
Total formal votes			13,327	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			152	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			13,479	93.9	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.5

Yeronga

1953 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,041	51.2	-7.6
	Labor	Tom Doyle	5,767	48.8	+7.6
Total formal votes			11,808	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			146	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			11,954	95.3	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.6

References

↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 March 1953" . Retrieved 25 January 2010.
↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.

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[1] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 March 1953" . Retrieved 25 January 2010.

[2] Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.

[3] Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.

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