1953 Queensland state election

none June 2020 August 2019 1953 Queensland state election Queensland parliamentary no 1950 Queensland state election 1950 1956 Queensland state election 1956 All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 93.80 ( 1.29 pp) yes 1953 03 07 150x150px Vince Gair yes 1952 01 17 Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) South Brisbane 323,882 53.21% 6.34 42 seats 50 8 150x150px Frank Nicklin 21 May 1941 Country–Liberal Coalition Landsborough 243,757 40.05% 9.11 31 seats 23 8 Premier Vince Gair Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Vince Gair Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 March 1953 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its eighth continuous term in office since the 1932 election. It was the first electoral test for Vince Gair, who had become Premier of Queensland 14 months earlier after the death of Ned Hanlon. Key dates Date Event 6 February 1953 The Parliament was dissolved.182 469 A Proclamation 6 February 1953 6 February 1953 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.172 471 6 February 1953 13 February 1953 Close of nominations. 7 March 1953 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50549799 Put a '1' in that square The Courier-Mail Brisbane 6 March 1953 19 December 2020 3 National Library of Australia 16 March 1953 The Gair Ministry was reconstituted. 5 June 1953 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 4 August 1953 Parliament was summoned for business.183 1151 A Proclamation 2 July 1953 Results Results of the Queensland state election, 1953 The result was a considerable swing to the Labor government. Queensland state election, 7 March 1953http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=789 Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 March 1953 Australian Government and Politics Database 25 January 2010 Legislative Assembly Queensland state election 1950 1956 657,349cont 1 1 616,611 93.80 +1.29 7,912 1.28 +0.17 yes Labor QLD 323,882 53.21% +6.34 50 +8 Liberal QLD 129,633 21.30% –8.61 8 –3 Country QLD 114,124 18.75% –0.50 15 –5 NQ 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 Independent Labor QLD 824 0.13% –0.42 0 ±0 Independent 25,505 4.19% +2.90 1 ±0 608,699 75 |} Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 53.21 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 21.30 Country National Party of Australia – Queensland 18.75 NQ Labor #CD5C5C 1.10 Social Credit #B87333 0.67 Communist #C00000 0.65 Independents Independent 4.33 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 66.67 Country National Party of Australia – Queensland 20.00 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 10.67 NQ Labor #CD5C5C 1.33 Independents Independent 1.33 cont 1 1 737,579 electors were enrolled to vote at the election; however, 11 seats (14.7% of the total) were uncontested, eight of them Labor-held seats representing 49,466 enrolled voters, as well as two Country seats representing 20,053 voters and one Liberal seat representing 10,711 voters. Seats changing party representation This table lists changes in party representation at the 1953 election. Seat Incumbent member Party New member PartyCondamineEric Allpass CountryLes Diplock LaborCookCarlisle Wordsworth CountryBunny Adair LaborMulgraveBob Watson CountryCharles English LaborNormanLouis Luckins LiberalBill Baxter LaborRomaWilliam Ewan CountryAlfred Dohring LaborSandgateEric Decker LiberalHerbert Robinson LaborSomersetDuncan MacDonald CountryAlexander Skinner Labor Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. In addition, Labor retained the seat of Kedron, which it had won from the Liberals at the 1951 by-election. See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956 Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1953 Gair Ministry References Category:Elections in Queensland Category:1953 elections in Australia Category:1950s in Queensland Category:March 1953 in Australia