Results of the Queensland state election, 1953 (A-L)

Queensland state election, 7 March 1953 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1950–1956 >>
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 for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1953: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ned Davis	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1953: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Power	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Belyando

Queensland state election, 1953: Belyando

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Foley	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1953: Bremer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Donald	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Jones	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Chermside

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: Clayfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Harold Taylor	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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.

Flinders state by-election, 1955

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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Devries	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Haughton

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Queensland state election, 1953: Landsborough

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

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1953 (M-Z)
• Queensland state election, 1953
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1953
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953-1956

References

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.