Results of the 1957 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 3 August 1957 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1956–1960 >>
Enrolled voters		747,455 [1]
Votes cast		706,909		Turnout	94.58	+1.57
Informal votes		8,033		Informal	1.14	–0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	201,971	28.90	–22.32	20	–29
	Queensland Labor	163,534	23.40	+23.40	11	+11
	Liberal	162,372	23.23	–1.84	18	+10
	Country	139,720	19.99	+0.72	24	+ 8
	North Queensland Labor	7,488	1.07	–0.25	1	± 0
	Ind. Labor	2,257	0.32	+0.26	0	± 0
	Ind. Conservative	2,723	0.39	+0.39	0	± 0
	Independent	18,811	2.69	–0.17	1	± 0
Total		698,876			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1957 Queensland state election.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

1957 Queensland state election: Aubigny

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Sparkes	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Balonne

1957 Queensland state election: Balonne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Eddie Beardmore	2,264	43.1	−0.2
	Labor	John Taylor	1,988	37.9	−18.8
	Queensland Labor	Henry Bunton	995	19.0	+19.0
Total formal votes			5,247	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			54	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			5,301	91.3	+5.5
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+9.9

Barambah

1957 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,503	70.4	−29.6
	Queensland Labor	Thomas O'Neill	2,736	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			9,239	98.1
Informal votes			107	1.9
Turnout			9,346	95.9
	Country hold		Swing	−29.6

Barcoo

1957 Queensland state election: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ned Davis	1,971	40.8	−26.8
	Queensland Labor	Stanley Barry	1,443	29.9	+29.9
	Country	Raymond Paynter	1,419	29.4	−3.0
Total formal votes			4,833	99.4	+0.6
Informal votes			31	0.6	−0.6
Turnout			4,864	91.3	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.8

Baroona

1957 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Bill Power	3,333	40.6	+40.6
	Liberal	Robert Thomasson	2,691	32.8	−0.2
	Labor	Norman Buchan	2,177	26.5	−38.3
Total formal votes			8,201	98.2	−0.3
Informal votes			149	1.8	+0.3
Turnout			8,350	93.0	+2.3
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Belyando

1957 Queensland state election: Belyando

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Tom Foley	1,841	38.6	+38.6
	Country	Clarence Whyte	1,774	37.1	−4.2
	Labor	John Williams	1,161	24.3	−34.4
Total formal votes			4,776	99.2
Informal votes			39	0.8
Turnout			4,815	91.9
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Bremer

1957 Queensland state election: Bremer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Donald	6,692	59.7	−13.0
	Liberal	George Groth	2,938	26.2	−1.1
	Queensland Labor	Frank Corbutt	1,580	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			11,210	98.8	+0.2
Informal votes			132	1.2	−0.2
Turnout			11,342	95.9	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

Brisbane

1957 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Johnno Mann	2,744	38.4	−21.6
	Queensland Labor	Daniel Casey	2,307	32.3	+32.3
	Liberal	Roger Moore	2,087	29.2	−5.8
Total formal votes			7,138	98.0	−0.2
Informal votes			146	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			7,284	90.8	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.8

Bulimba

1957 Queensland state election: Bulimba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Houston	4,993	37.0	−19.7
	Liberal	Bill Lickiss	4,619	34.2	−6.5
	Queensland Labor	Bob Gardner	3,891	28.8	+28.8
Total formal votes			13,503	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			124	0.9	−0.6
Turnout			13,627	95.9	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.2

Bundaberg

1957 Queensland state election: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Ted Walsh	6,058	53.8	+53.8
	Country	Thomas Pulsford	2,652	23.6	+23.6
	Labor	William Elson-Green	2,543	22.6	−77.4
Total formal votes			11,253	99.4
Informal votes			73	0.6
Turnout			11,326	94.3
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Buranda

1957 Queensland state election: Buranda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Keith Hooper	3,472	37.5	−7.0
	Labor	Dick Brown	3,188	34.4	−21.1
	Queensland Labor	Michael Lyons	2,113	22.8	+22.8
	Independent	John Handasyde	484	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			9,257	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			72	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			9,329	95.6	+1.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.6

Burdekin

1957 Queensland state election: Burdekin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	4,145	52.0	−11.9
	Labor	John Grafton	2,268	28.5	−4.8
	Queensland Labor	Oliver Andersen	1,560	19.6	+19.6
Total formal votes			7,973	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			54	0.7	−0.2
Turnout			8,027	96.2	+1.3
	Independent hold		Swing	−1.2

Cairns

1957 Queensland state election: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Watty Wallace	3,211	38.4	−20.5
	Queensland Labor	James Bidner	2,687	32.2	+32.2
	Country	Clement Cummings	2,455	29.4	+1.0
Total formal votes			8,353	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			83	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			8,436	93.2	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−13.4

Callide

1957 Queensland state election: Callide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Vince Jones	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Carnarvon

1957 Queensland state election: Carnarvon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Paul Hilton	4,517	46.2	+46.2
	Country	Fred Rogers	3,911	40.0	−1.8
	Labor	Douglas Gow	1,343	13.7	−44.5
Total formal votes			9,771	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			77	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			9,848	93.9	+1.9
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Carpentaria

1957 Queensland state election: Carpentaria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Norm Smith	2,832	38.6	+38.6
	Labor	Alec Inch	2,292	31.3	−28.8
	Country	William Aplin	2,211	30.1	−9.8
Total formal votes			7,335	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			57	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			7,392	87.0	+5.7
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Charters Towers

1957 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Arthur Jones	1,837	43.8	+43.8
	Liberal	Kieth Siemon	1,294	30.9	−1.5
	Labor	Robert Davies	1,060	25.3	−42.3
Total formal votes			4,191	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			68	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,259	95.4	+0.7
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Chermside

1957 Queensland state election: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	9,476	54.1	−4.4
	Labor	Leslie Sampson	4,487	25.6	−15.9
	Queensland Labor	John Parry	3,546	20.3	+20.3
Total formal votes			17,509	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			193	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			17,702	95.8	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.4

Clayfield

1957 Queensland state election: Clayfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Taylor	7,447	78.3	+4.3
	Independent	James Ryan	2,065	21.7	−4.3
Total formal votes			9,512	97.2	−0.2
Informal votes			275	2.8	+0.2
Turnout			9,787	93.1	−2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3

Condamine

1957 Queensland state election: Condamine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Les Diplock	5,540	48.4	+48.4
	Country	Stewart Keys	5,031	43.9	−1.2
	Labor	William Eggington	879	7.7	−47.2
Total formal votes			9,083	99.5	0.0
Informal votes			56	0.5	0.0
Turnout			11,506	95.4	+2.0
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Cook

1957 Queensland state election: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Bunny Adair	4,013	44.2	+44.2
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	3,463	38.1	+1.7
	Labor	Seymour Chataway	1,607	17.7	−45.9
Total formal votes			9,083	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			82	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			9,165	92.7	+3.5
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Cooroora

1957 Queensland state election: Cooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Low	7,201	75.9	+7.7
	Labor	Ralph Smith	2,283	24.1	−7.7
Total formal votes			9,484	98.4	−0.8
Informal votes			156	1.6	+0.8
Turnout			9,640	95.0	+0.9
	Country hold		Swing	+7.7

Coorparoo

1957 Queensland state election: Coorparoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	8,543	70.6	+8.6
	Labor	Bernard Ouston	3,559	29.4	−8.6
Total formal votes			12,102	97.4	−1.5
Informal votes			318	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			12,420	95.1	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.6

Cunningham

1957 Queensland state election: Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alan Fletcher	7,054	67.0	+2.7
	Independent	Leslie Ott	3,468	33.0	+33.0
Total formal votes			10,522	98.4	−0.9
Informal votes			175	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			10,697	96.4	+1.2
	Country hold		Swing	+2.7

Darlington

1957 Queensland state election: Darlington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leslie Harrison	6,589	60.1	−7.8
	Labor	Charles Knoll	2,227	20.3	−11.8
	Independent	Michael Smith	1,874	17.1	+17.1
	Independent	Henry Longfield	273	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			10,963	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			128	1.2	−0.1
Turnout			11,091	93.9	+2.5
	Country hold		Swing	+6.8

Fassifern

1957 Queensland state election: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alf Muller	6,317	73.1	−26.9
	Queensland Labor	Kenneth Rawle	2,329	26.9	+26.9
Total formal votes			8,646	98.2
Informal votes			154	1.8
Turnout			8,800	94.1
	Country hold		Swing	−26.9

Fitzroy

1957 Queensland state election: Fitzroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Clark	3,743	43.1	−19.5
	Liberal	Gordon Dunn	2,693	31.0	−5.3
	Queensland Labor	John Norton	2,255	25.9	+25.9
Total formal votes			8,691	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			62	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			8,753	95.6	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.1

Flinders

1957 Queensland state election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Longeran	1,441	34.4	−7.5
	Labor	Frank Forde	1,440	34.4	−23.7
	Queensland Labor	Bob Katter	1,079	25.8	+25.8
	Independent	Charles Corney	225	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			4,185	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			33	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			4,218	87.1	+4.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+8.1

By-election

• This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held on 17 May 1958.

1958 Flinders state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Longeran	1,948	45.7	+11.3
	Labor	Frank Forde	1,534	36.0	+1.6
	Queensland Labor	Bob Katter	780	18.3	−7.5
Total formal votes			4,262	99.7	+0.5
Informal votes			11	0.3	−0.5
Turnout			4,273	82.0	−5.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Fortitude Valley

1957 Queensland state election: Fortitude Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Windsor	3,252	37.9	−2.6
	Labor	Jack Egerton	2,752	32.0	−25.2
	Queensland Labor	Mick Brosnan	2,586	30.1	+30.1
Total formal votes			8,590	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			96	1.1	0.0
Turnout			8,686	93.3	+1.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+12.7

Gregory

The election in Gregory was delayed due to the death of incumbent MP George Devries weeks before the election. A supplementary election was held on 5 October, two months after the rest of the state.

1957 Queensland state election: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Wally Rae	2,075	47.6	+12.8
	Labor	Jack Duggan	1,328	30.5	−34.8
	Queensland Labor	Keith Smith	955	21.9	+21.9
Total formal votes			4,358	99.7	+0.4
Informal votes			12	0.3	−0.4
Turnout			4,370	84.6	−0.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+26.3

Haughton

1957 Queensland state election: Haughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Colin McCathie	4,164	48.1	+48.1
	Labor	Vivien Owens	2,393	27.6	−42.8
	Country	William Clayton	2,105	24.3	+24.3
Total formal votes			8,662	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			64	0.7	−0.4
Turnout			8,726	95.2	+0.5
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Hinchinbrook

1957 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	3,057	35.2	−16.9
	Country	John Row	2,473	28.5	+28.5
	Independent	Francis Curro	1,652	19.0	+19.0
	Queensland Labor	John Argaet	1,497	17.3	+17.3
Total formal votes			8,679	98.4	−0.1
Informal votes			144	1.6	+0.1
Turnout			8,823	94.4	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Ipswich

1957 Queensland state election: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	4,320	45.6	−15.6
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	3,179	33.5	−4.3
	Queensland Labor	Robert Johnstone	1,982	20.9	+20.9
Total formal votes			9,481	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			54	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			9,535	95.1	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.2

Isis

1957 Queensland state election: Isis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Pizzey	6,230	68.0	+5.7
	Queensland Labor	Edward McDonnell	2,935	32.0	+32.0
Total formal votes			9,165	96.6	−2.0
Informal votes			324	3.4	+2.0
Turnout			9,489	96.1	+2.8
	Country hold		Swing	+5.7

Ithaca

1957 Queensland state election: Ithaca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	4,222	43.9	−17.8
	Liberal	Alan Edwards	3,638	37.8	−0.5
	Queensland Labor	Anthony Machin	1,759	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			9,619	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			123	1.3	−0.1
Turnout			9,489	96.1	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.0

Kedron

1957 Queensland state election: Kedron

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	8,410	42.6	−18.4
	Liberal	Joseph Harris	7,119	36.1	−2.9
	Queensland Labor	Clive Uhr	4,203	21.3	+21.3
Total formal votes			19,732	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			203	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			19,935	95.9	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.8

Kelvin Grove

1957 Queensland state election: Kelvin Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Tooth	4,150	41.6	−4.1
	Labor	Bert Turner	3,754	37.7	−16.6
	Queensland Labor	John Dawson	2,061	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			9,965	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			97	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			10,062	94.9	+1.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.8

Keppel

1957 Queensland state election: Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Merv Thackeray	3,730	30.9	−27.6
	Queensland Labor	Viv Cooper	3,151	26.1	+26.1
	Liberal	Tom Griffith	3,063	25.3	−16.2
	Independent	Rex Pilbeam	2,139	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			12,083	99.5	+0.3
Informal votes			58	0.5	−0.3
Turnout			12,141	96.2	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.3

Kurilpa

1957 Queensland state election: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Connolly	3,167	37.5	−5.2
	Queensland Labor	Tom Moores	2,737	32.4	+32.4
	Labor	Myles Kane	2,421	28.7	−28.6
	Independent	George Fry	109	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			8,434	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			113	1.3	−0.3
Turnout			8,547	93.2	+3.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+11.3

Landsborough

1957 Queensland state election: Landsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frank Nicklin	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Lockyer

1957 Queensland state election: Lockyer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Chalk	7,600	78.9	−21.1
	Independent	Jim Dwyer	2,032	21.1	+21.1
Total formal votes			9,632	98.2
Informal votes			180	1.8
Turnout			9,812	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−21.1

Mackay

1957 Queensland state election: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Graham	3,175	42.0	−16.0
	Liberal	William Field	2,939	38.8	−0.7
	Queensland Labor	Joseph Griffin	1,452	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			7,566	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			84	1.1	0.0
Turnout			7,650	95.2	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.9

Mackenzie

1957 Queensland state election: Mackenzie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nev Hewitt	2,523	55.1	+4.6
	Labor	William James	1,140	24.9	−24.6
	Queensland Labor	John Thomas Cook	920	20.1	+20.1
Total formal votes			4,583	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			35	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			4,618	93.5	+4.0
	Country hold		Swing	+18.4

Marodian

1957 Queensland state election: Marodian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Heading	6,307	75.3	−24.7
	Labor	William Weir	2,073	24.7	+24.7
Total formal votes			8,380	98.4
Informal votes			135	1.6
Turnout			8,515	95.3
	Country hold		Swing	−24.7

Maryborough

1957 Queensland state election: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Horace Davies	5,297	53.1	−13.1
	Country	James Dunn	3,218	32.3	−1.5
	Queensland Labor	Clement Gott	1,461	14.6	+14.6
Total formal votes			9,976	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			142	1.4	−0.1
Turnout			10,118	96.6	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.0

Merthyr

1957 Queensland state election: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Ramsden	3,151	37.0	−3.2
	Queensland Labor	Bill Moore	3,028	35.6	+35.6
	Labor	Tom Campbell	2,336	27.4	−32.4
Total formal votes			8,515	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			88	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			8,603	94.1	+3.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Mirani

1957 Queensland state election: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,770	56.7	−2.5
	Labor	James Chataway	1,889	22.5	−18.3
	Queensland Labor	Waller O'Grady	1,749	20.8	+20.8
Total formal votes			8,408	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			83	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			8,491	95.8	+1.7
	Country hold		Swing	+12.4

Mount Coot-tha

1957 Queensland state election: Mount Coot-tha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kenneth Morris	8,723	58.4	−4.0
	Labor	Desmond Raven	3,254	21.8	−15.8
	Queensland Labor	John Lynch	2,967	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			14,944	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			148	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			15,092	94.9	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.4

Mount Gravatt

1957 Queensland state election: Mount Gravatt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Hart	10,562	39.7	−0.7
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	10,434	39.3	−20.3
	Queensland Labor	Charles Edwards	5,432	20.4	+20.4
	Independent	Harold Boone	145	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			26,573	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			370	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			26,943	95.2	+1.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.9

Mourilyan

1957 Queensland state election: Mourilyan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Byrne	3,246	42.2	−17.3
	Country	Edmund Webb	2,619	34.1	−4.1
	Queensland Labor	Alfred Drew	1,740	22.6	+22.6
	Independent	Cecil Evans	81	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			7,686	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			112	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			7,798	95.9	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.5

Mulgrave

1957 Queensland state election: Mulgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bob Watson	3,407	45.2	−2.9
	Queensland Labor	Charles English	2,331	31.0	+31.0
	Labor	Leslie Trembath	1,792	23.8	−28.1
Total formal votes			7,530	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			77	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			7,607	94.4	+1.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Bob Watson. It was held on 6 June 1959.

1959 Mulgrave state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	3,281	47.1	+1.9
	Labor	Leslie Trembath	2,331	33.5	+9.7
	Queensland Labor	Charles English	1,349	19.4	−11.6
Total formal votes			6,961	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			80	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			7,041	85.5	−8.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mundingburra

1957 Queensland state election: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	7,488	75.1	−2.8
	Labor	Jim Mahony	1,920	19.3	−2.8
	Independent	George Fletcher Evans	564	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			9,972	98.7	+0.7
Informal votes			132	1.3	−0.7
Turnout			10,104	94.2	+0.6
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Murrumba

1957 Queensland state election: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Nicholson	9,112	61.8	−0.2
	Labor	Bertram Krause	2,868	19.5	−18.5
	Queensland Labor	Michael Ryan	2,756	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			14,736	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			161	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			14,897	94.9	+1.2
	Country hold		Swing	+14.1

Nash

1957 Queensland state election: Nash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Max Hodges	4,331	41.5	−2.5
	Queensland Labor	Greg Kehoe	3,696	35.4	+35.4
	Labor	George Hooper	2,414	23.1	−32.9
Total formal votes			10,441	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			78	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			10,519	96.8	+1.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Norman

1957 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	4,478	41.1	−15.0
	Liberal	George Regan	4,376	40.2	−3.7
	Queensland Labor	Norman Tacey	2,033	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			10,887	98.7	−0.2
Informal votes			148	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			11,035	95.6	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.5

North Toowoomba

1957 Queensland state election: North Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Wood	4,183	44.3	−14.7
	Liberal	Herbert Yeates	3,610	38.2	−2.8
	Queensland Labor	Francis Bowdler	1,646	17.4	+17.4
Total formal votes			9,439	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			64	0.7	−0.4
Turnout			9,503	94.5	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.3

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Les Wood. It was held on 31 May 1958.

1958 North Toowoomba state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Duggan	5,765	63.0	+18.7
	Liberal	Geoffrey Godsall	2,912	31.8	−6.4
	Queensland Labor	Tim Whittaker	471	5.2	−12.2
Total formal votes			9,148	99.0	−0.3
Informal votes			89	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			9,237	92.8	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Nundah

1957 Queensland state election: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Knox	4,421	39.3	−5.2
	Queensland Labor	Jim Hadley	3,526	31.3	+31.3
	Labor	Dudley Ryder	3,307	29.4	−26.1
Total formal votes			11,254	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			124	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			11,378	95.4	+0.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Port Curtis

1957 Queensland state election: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Burrows	4,757	49.4	−15.1
	Country	Colin Wilson	3,460	35.9	+0.4
	Queensland Labor	Samuel Andrewartha	1,412	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			9,629	99.5	+0.2
Informal votes			46	0.5	−0.2
Turnout			9,675	96.2	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.6

Rockhampton

1957 Queensland state election: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Mick Gardner	3,245	36.3	+36.3
	Liberal	James Marshall	2,589	29.0	−20.3
	Labor	James Fraser	2,203	24.6	−25.4
	Independent	Rex Pilbeam	895	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Thomas Kelly	9	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			8,941	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			51	0.6	−0.4
Turnout			8,992	95.7	+0.2
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Roma

1957 Queensland state election: Roma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Ewan	2,568	46.1	−3.8
	Queensland Labor	Alfred Dohring	2,006	36.0	+36.0
	Labor	William Hay	855	15.4	−34.7
	Independent	James Clarke	141	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			5,570	99.2	−0.2
Informal votes			43	0.8	+0.2
Turnout			5,613	94.8	+1.3
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Sandgate

1957 Queensland state election: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Ahearn	6,620	37.2	−6.2
	Labor	Harry Dean	6,323	35.5	−21.1
	Queensland Labor	Herbert Robinson	4,867	27.3	+27.3
Total formal votes			17,810	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			173	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			17,983	95.3	+2.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.7

Sherwood

1957 Queensland state election: Sherwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Herbert	8,934	49.3	−1.8
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	5,810	32.1	−13.1
	Queensland Labor	Harry Wright	3,381	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			18,125	98.9	+1.9
Informal votes			198	1.1	−1.9
Turnout			18,323	94.4	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

Somerset

1957 Queensland state election: Somerset

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harold Richter	3,700	41.0	−3.1
	Queensland Labor	Alexander Skinner	3,246	36.0	+36.0
	Labor	Evan Marginson	2,078	23.0	−32.9
Total formal votes			9,024	99.5	+0.2
Informal votes			42	0.5	−0.2
Turnout			9,066	95.4	+0.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

South Brisbane

1957 Queensland state election: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Vince Gair	3,598	44.1	+44.1
	Liberal	William Henry	2,593	31.8	+31.8
	Labor	Tom Doyle	1,974	24.2	−34.4
Total formal votes			8,165	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			104	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			8,269	93.7	+1.8
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Southport

1957 Queensland state election: Southport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Eric Gaven	9,650	73.9	+7.9
	Labor	William Bedford	3,401	26.1	−7.9
Total formal votes			13,051	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			154	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			13,205	93.9	+2.2
	Country hold		Swing	+7.9

Tablelands

1957 Queensland state election: Tablelands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Gilmore	3,359	37.5	+3.9
	Queensland Labor	Harold Collins	3,279	36.6	+36.6
	Labor	Sidney Tullipan	2,321	25.9	−40.5
Total formal votes			8,959	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			64	0.7	−0.4
Turnout			9,023	92.3	+1.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Toowong

1957 Queensland state election: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Munro	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toowoomba

1957 Queensland state election: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mervyn Anderson	4,031	41.3	+4.3
	Labor	Jack Duggan	3,781	38.7	−24.3
	Queensland Labor	Thomas Desmond McCawley	1,654	16.9	+16.9
	Independent	Vera Lacaze	301	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			9,767	99.5	+0.8
Informal votes			49	0.5	−0.8
Turnout			9,816	94.5	+1.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+14.6

Townsville

1957 Queensland state election: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Keyatta	2,631	40.1	−6.8
	Liberal	Roy Pope	2,290	34.9	−1.3
	Queensland Labor	Lionel Tomlins	1,637	25.0	+25.0
Total formal votes			6,558	98.4	−0.7
Informal votes			105	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			6,663	92.2	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.9

Warrego

1957 Queensland state election: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dufficy	2,358	44.8	−22.9
	Country	Arnold White	1,550	29.4	−2.9
	Queensland Labor	John Glynn	1,361	25.8	+25.8
Total formal votes			5,269	99.0	+0.6
Informal votes			53	1.0	−0.6
Turnout			5,322	89.4	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.4

Warwick

1957 Queensland state election: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,695	65.3	+1.7
	Queensland Labor	George Wilkinson	3,026	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			8,721	98.4	−0.7
Informal votes			142	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			8,863	95.8	−0.4
	Country hold		Swing	+1.7

Whitsunday

1957 Queensland state election: Whitsunday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	4,861	55.3	−4.1
	Labor	Ralph Staples	2,555	29.1	−11.5
	Queensland Labor	Bernard Lewis	1,374	15.6	+15.6
Total formal votes			8,790	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			94	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			8,884	95.0	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	+6.1

Windsor

1957 Queensland state election: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Smith	3,760	38.9	−4.8
	Queensland Labor	Tom Rasey	3,733	38.6	+38.6
	Labor	Kenneth Kemshead	2,165	22.4	−33.9
Total formal votes			9,658	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			100	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			9,758	95.3	+0.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Wynnum

1957 Queensland state election: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Gunn	7,807	52.3	−13.1
	Liberal	Peter McAdam	5,170	34.6	0.0
	Queensland Labor	James Pendergast	1,821	12.2	+12.2
	Independent	William St George-Grambauer	126	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			14,924	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			170	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			15,094	95.1	+2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

Yeronga

1957 Queensland state election: Yeronga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,660	54.6	−3.3
	Labor	Roy Dent	2,903	23.8	−16.7
	Queensland Labor	William Quaill	2,635	21.6	+21.6
Total formal votes			12,198	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			98	0.8	−0.2
Turnout			12,296	95.7	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.7

See also

• 1957 Queensland state election
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1957
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957-1960

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 3 August 1957" . Retrieved 25 January 2010.