Candidates of the 1953 Queensland state election
This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1953 Queensland state election. The election was held on 7 March 1953.
The main parties in the election were the Labor Party, led by Premier Vince Gair, the Country Party, led by Leader of the Opposition Frank Nicklin, and the Liberal Party, led by Kenneth Morris.
By-elections
- On 18 November 1950, Michael Brosnan (Labor) was elected to succeed Samuel Brassington (Labor), who had died on 4 October 1950, as the member for Fortitude Valley.
- On 3 March 1951, John Dufficy (Labor) was elected to succeed Harry O'Shea (Labor), who had died on 4 November 1950, as the member for Warrego.
- On 14 April 1951, Eric Lloyd (Labor) was elected to succeed Arthur Bruce Pie (Liberal), who had resigned on 6 January 1951, as the member for Kedron.
- On 5 April 1952, Leonard Eastment was elected to succeed Ned Hanlon (Labor), who had died on 15 January 1952, as the member for Ithaca.
- On 25 October 1952, Viv Cooper (Labor) was elected to succeed Walter Ingram (Labor), who had died on 24 July 1952, as the member for Keppel.
Retiring members
Labor
Country
Liberal
Candidates
Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate | Liberal candidate | Other party candidate(s) | Independent candidate(s) |
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| Aubigny | Country | Walter Sparkes | V. B. Sullivan | |||
| Balonne | Labor | John Taylor | C. J. P. Dunshea | |||
| Barambah | Country | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | ||||
| Barcoo | Labor | Edward Davis | ||||
| Baroona | Labor | William Power | ||||
| Belyando | Labor | Tom Foley | ||||
| Bremer | Labor | Jim Donald | ||||
| Brisbane | Labor | John Henry Mann | C. G. Nonmus (Social Credit) L. Hansen (Communist) |
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| Bulimba | Labor | Robert Gardner | R. V. Holt | |||
| Bundaberg | Labor | Ted Walsh | W. R. M. Howard | J. H. Julin | ||
| Buranda | Labor | Richard Kidston Brown | C. R. Holt | |||
| Burdekin | Independent | W. G. Wall | Arthur Coburn | |||
| Cairns | Labor | Thomas Crowley | A. C. Keller | C. N. Dyer (Communist) C. T. Crawley (Protestant Labor) |
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| Callide | Country | Patrick Moore | Vincent Jones | |||
| Carnarvon | Labor | Paul Hilton | Eric McCorkell | |||
| Carpentaria | Labor | Alfred Smith | William Aplin | |||
| Charters Towers | Labor | Arthur Jones | ||||
| Chermside | Liberal | K. S. McRae | Alex Dewar | |||
| Clayfield | Liberal | Harold Taylor | ||||
| Condamine | Country | Leslie Diplock | Frederick Allpass | |||
| Cook | Country | Bunny Adair | Carlisle Wordsworth | |||
| Cooroora | Country | Geoffrey Arnell | David Low | |||
| Coorparoo | Liberal | Gerald Maher | Thomas Hiley | |||
| Cunningham | Country | Robert Bradfield | Alan Fletcher | |||
| Darlington | Country | Charles Knoll | Thomas Plunkett Jr. | William Yarrow (Communist) | ||
| Fassifern | Country | Adolf Muller | O. W. Hooper | |||
| Fitzroy | Labor | James Clark | W. J. Hoare | Eric Browne (Communist) | ||
| Flinders | Labor | Ernest Riordan | ||||
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Michael Brosnan | J. Marion (Social Credit) Albert Graham (Communist) |
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| Gregory | Labor | George Devries | ||||
| Haughton | Labor | Colin McCathie | Frederick Purdie | Ernest O'Brien (NQLP) | ||
| Hinchinbrook | Labor | Cecil Jesson | J. Ryan | D. D. Jeffrey | ||
| Ipswich | Labor | Ivor Marsden | R. L. Cobb (Communist) | |||
| Isis | Country | J. Barron | Jack Pizzey | |||
| Ithaca | Labor | Leonard Eastment | D. S. Lowndes | H. J. Heritage (Communist) | ||
| Kedron | Labor | Eric Lloyd | J. Lloyd | |||
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | John Albert Turner | M. P. Lahey | |||
| Keppel | Labor | Viv Cooper | A. G. Ganter | T. C. Birkbeck | ||
| Kurilpa | Labor | Thomas Moores | L. M. Derrick | R. N. Boorman (Social Credit) Anna Slater (Communist) |
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| Landsborough | Country | Frank Nicklin | ||||
| Lockyer | Liberal | John Hilton | Gordon Chalk | |||
| Mackay | Labor | Fred Graham | F. A. Johnson | |||
| Mackenzie | Labor | Patrick Whyte | J. W. Lawrence | |||
| Marodian | Country | Sydney Campbell | James Heading | |||
| Maryborough | Labor | David Farrell | C. H. Reed (Communist) | C. Tanner | ||
| Merthyr | Labor | Bill Moore | William Knox | |||
| Mirani | Country | Roger Scanlan | Ernie Evans | |||
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Vlad Darveniza | Kenneth Morris | |||
| Mount Gravatt | Labor | Felix Dittmer | Daniel Rowley | George Bordujenko (Communist) | ||
| Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Byrne | J. J. Castor | B. L. R. Clark (Communist) | ||
| Mulgrave | Country | Charles English | Robert Watson | |||
| Mundingburra | NQLP | D. T. J. Gleeson | C. J. Wordsworth | Tom Aikens (NQLP) | ||
| Murrumba | Country | K. J. Griffith | David Nicholson | |||
| Nash | Labor | Greg Kehoe | Ronald Witham | |||
| Norman | Liberal | William Baxter | R. L. Brock | |||
| North Toowoomba | Labor | Leslie Wood | J. L. Groom | |||
| Nundah | Labor | Frank Roberts | N. C. Taylor | |||
| Port Curtis | Labor | James Burrows | J. E. Hinds | |||
| Rockhampton | Labor | James Larcombe | T. F. Donohoe | Tom Kelly | ||
| Roma | Country | Alfred Dohring | William Ewan | |||
| Sandgate | Country | Herbert Robinson | Eric Decker | |||
| Sherwood | Liberal | Robert Mansfield | Thomas Kerr | P. B. O'Dowd | ||
| Somerset | Country | Alexander Skinner | J. Brough | |||
| South Brisbane | Labor | Vince Gair | G. L. Wadeson | J. W. Parker (Ind. Labor) | ||
| Southport | Country | Edgar Hill | Eric Gaven | |||
| Tablelands | Labor | Harold Collins | J. D. Baldock | Richard Anear (Communist) | ||
| Toowong | Liberal | Frank Venables | Alan Munro | |||
| Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | F. T. Farnell | |||
| Townsville | Labor | George Keyatta | A. D. Hooper | D. J. Gormley (NQLP) Hugh Fay (Communist) |
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| Warrego | Labor | John Dufficy | ||||
| Warwick | Country | J. J. O'Brien | Otto Madsen | |||
| Whitsunday | Country | H. MacLennan | Lloyd Roberts | Jim Henderson Communist) | ||
| Windsor | Labor | Thomas Rasey | J. A. Cutting | |||
| Wynnum | Labor | William Gunn | Charles Mengel | |||
| Yeronga | Liberal | Tom Doyle | Winston Noble |
See also
- Queensland state election, 1953
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
- List of political parties in Australia
References
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.