1960 Queensland state election

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1960 Queensland state election
Flag of Queensland.svg
  1957 28 May 1960 1963  

All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered813,584 Increase2.svg8.9%
Turnout752,927 (92.54%)
(Decrease2.svg2.04 pp)
 First partySecond party
  Frank Nicklin 1959.jpg Jack Duggan.jpg
Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan
Party Country Labor
Leader since21 May 194118 August 1958
Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba West
Last election24 seats20 seats
Seats before23 seats [lower-alpha 1] 20 seats
Seats won26 seats25 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote139,720296,430
Percentage19.50%39.89%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.49 pp Increase2.svg 10.99 pp

 Third partyFourth party
  Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png
Leader Kenneth Morris Vince Gair
Party Liberal Queensland Labor
Leader since17 August 195426 April 1957
Leader's seat Mount Coot-tha South Brisbane
(lost seat)
Last election18 seats11 seats
Seats before18 seats11 seats
Seats won20 seats4 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote178,56791,212
Percentage24.03%12.28%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.8 pp Decrease2.svg 11.12 pp

1960 Qld parliament composition.svg
Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election

Frank Nicklin
Country

Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the Electoral Districts Act 1958 which increased the Assembly from 75 to 78 seats and modified the zonal system first established by Labor ahead of the 1950 election.

Contents

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin, the Liberal Party led by Kenneth Morris, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan and the Queensland Labor Party led by Vince Gair. The Country and Liberal parties had formed a coalition.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a second term in office at the election, although the Labor Party recovered 5 seats and 11% of its vote from the 1957 election. Still, it was the first time since 1912 that a non-Labor government had been re-elected in Queensland.

Key dates

DateEvent
13 April 1960The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
19 April 1960Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
26 April 1960Close of nominations.
28 May 1960Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
9 June 1960The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted.
8 July 1960The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
23 August 1960Parliament resumed for business. [3]

Results

Queensland state election, 28 May 1960 [4]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19571963 >>

Enrolled voters813,584 [1]
Votes cast752,927 Turnout 92.54–2.04
Informal votes9,897Informal1.31+0.17
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 296,43039.89+11.0025+ 5
  Liberal 178,56724.03+0.8020+ 2
  Country 144,86519.50–0.4926+ 2
  Queensland Labor 91,21212.28–11.124– 7
  Independent 30,8974.163+ 2
 Other1,0590.140± 0
Total743,030  78 
Popular vote
Labor
39.89%
Liberal
24.03%
Country
19.50%
Queensland Labor
12.28%
Independents
4.16%
Others
0.14%
Seats
Country
33.33%
Labor
32.05%
Liberal
25.64%
Queensland Labor
5.13%
Independents
3.85%
1 831,398 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but two Country seats representing 17,814 enrolled voters were unopposed.

Seats changing party representation

There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, increasing the amount of seats from 75 to 78. The seat changes are as follows.

Abolished seats

SeatIncumbent memberParty
Belyando Tom Foley  Queensland Labor
Bremer Jim Donald  Labor
Buranda Keith Hooper  Liberal
Carpentaria Norm Smith  Queensland Labor
Charters Towers Arthur Jones  Queensland Labor
Chermside Alex Dewar  Liberal
Coorparoo Thomas Hiley  Liberal
Fitzroy Jim Clark  Labor
Fortitude Valley Bob Windsor  Liberal
Haughton Colin McCathie  Queensland Labor
Ipswich Ivor Marsden  Labor
Kelvin Grove Douglas Tooth  Liberal
Keppel Merv Thackeray  Labor
Marodian James Heading  Country
Mundingburra Tom Aikens  NQ Labor
Nash Max Hodges  Country
North Toowoomba Jack Duggan  Labor
Rockhampton Mick Gardner  Queensland Labor
Southport Eric Gaven  Country
Toowoomba Mervyn Anderson  Liberal
Townsville George Keyatta  Labor

New seats

SeatPartyElected member
Albert  Country Cec Carey
Ashgrove  Liberal Douglas Tooth
Aspley  Liberal Fred Campbell
Belmont  Labor Fred Newton
Bowen  Liberal Peter Delamothe
Burke  Labor Alec Inch
Burnett  Country Claude Wharton
Chatsworth  Liberal Thomas Hiley
Greenslopes  Liberal Keith Hooper
Gympie  Country Max Hodges
Hawthorne  Labor Bill Baxter
Ipswich East  Labor Jim Donald
Ipswich West  Labor Ivor Marsden
Nudgee  Labor Jack Melloy
Redcliffe  Independent Jim Houghton
Rockhampton North  Labor Merv Thackeray
Rockhampton South  Liberal Rex Pilbeam
Salisbury  Labor Doug Sherrington
South Coast  Country Eric Gaven
Toowoomba East  Liberal Mervyn Anderson
Toowoomba West  Labor Jack Duggan
Townsville North  Labor Perc Tucker
Townsville South  NQ Labor Tom Aikens
Wavell  Liberal Alex Dewar

Seats changing hands

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Aubigny Jim Sparkes  Country Les Diplock  Queensland Labor
Baroona Bill Power  Queensland Labor Pat Hanlon  Labor
Condamine Les Diplock  Queensland Labor Vic Sullivan  Country
Hinchinbrook Cecil Jesson  Labor John Row  Country
Ithaca Pat Hanlon  Labor Bob Windsor  Liberal
Sandgate Thomas Ahearn  Liberal Harry Dean  Labor
South Brisbane Vince Gair  Queensland Labor Col Bennett  Labor

See also

Notes

  1. Carlisle Wordsworth of Mulgrave died on 7 May 1960, reducing the number of Country MPs by one before the state election three weeks in advance.

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References

  1. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 13 April 1960. p. 203:1855.
  2. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 19 April 1960. p. 203:1923.
  3. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 21 July 1960. p. 204:1629.
  4. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 28 May 1960" . Retrieved 12 February 2010.