1963 Queensland state election

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All 78 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout| 94.29 ( 1.75 pp)
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Leader  | Frank Nicklin | Jack Duggan | Paul Hilton
Party  | Country–Liberal Coalition | Labor | Queensland Labor
Leader since  | 21 May 1941  | 18 August 1958 (1958-08-18) | 28 May 1960
Leader's seat  | Landsborough | Toowoomba West | Carnarvon
(lost seat)
Last election  | 46 seats, 43.53%  | 25 seats, 39.89%  | 4 seats, 12.28%
Seats won  | 46 | 26  | 1
Seat change  |  |  1  |  3
Popular vote  | 339,806 | 337,928  | 55,711
Percentage  | 44.07% | 43.83%  | 7.23%
Swing  |  0.54  |  3.94  |  5.05

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| Premier before election

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

| Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 June 1963 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin, the Liberal Party led by Alan Munro, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan and the Queensland Labor Party led by Paul Hilton. The Country and Liberal parties governed in coalition.

This election marked the return of preferential voting after first past the post voting had been used for elections from 1944 to 1960.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a third term in office at the election.

## Key dates

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Date  | Event

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19 April 1963  | The Parliament was dissolved.[1]
19 April 1963  | Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election.[2]
26 April 1963  | Close of nominations.
1 June 1963  | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
5 July 1963  | The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
20 August 1960  | Parliament resumed for business.[3]

## Results

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See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1963

Queensland state election, 1 June 1963[4]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1960–1966 >>

Enrolled voters  | 830,436[1] |  |
Votes cast  | 783,034  |  | Turnout | 94.29  | +1.75
Informal votes  | 12,036  |  | Informal  | 1.54  | +0.23
Summary of votes by party
Party  | Primary votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change
| Labor | 337,928  | 43.83  | +3.94  | 26  | \+ 1
| Liberal | 183,185  | 23.76  | –0.27  | 20 | ± 0
| Country | 156,621  | 20.31  | +0.81  | 26 | ± 0
| Queensland Labor | 55,711  | 7.23  | –5.05  | 1  | – 3
| Independent (ex-QLP)  | 11,810  | 1.53  | +1.53  | 2  | \+ 2
| NQ Labor | 8,229  | 1.07  |  | 1  | ± 0
| Ind. Conservative  | 3,028  | 0.39  |  | 1  | \+ 1
| Independent | 12,052  | 1.56  | –2.60  | 1  | – 1
Total  | 770,998  |  |  | 78  |

| Popular vote

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Labor |

| 43.83%
Liberal |

| 23.76%
Country |

| 20.31%
Queensland Labor |

| 7.23%
NQ Labor |

| 1.07%
Independents |

| 3.49%

| Seats

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Labor |

| 33.33%
Country |

| 33.33%
Liberal |

| 25.64%
Queensland Labor |

| 1.28%
NQ Labor |

| 1.28%
Independents |

| 5.13%

1 839,323 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but the Labor-held seat of Burke was not contested.

## Seats changing party representation

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This table lists changes in party representation at the 1963 election.

Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party
Bundaberg | Ted Walsh |  | Democratic Labor  | Ted Walsh |  | Independent
Carnarvon | Paul Hilton |  | Democratic Labor  | Henry McKechnie |  | Country
Cook | Bunny Adair |  | Democratic Labor  | Bunny Adair |  | Independent
Fassifern | Alf Muller |  | Country  | Alf Muller |  | Independent
Redcliffe | Jim Houghton |  | Independent  | Jim Houghton |  | Country
Tablelands | Tom Gilmore |  | Country  | Edwin Wallis-Smith |  | Labor

## See also

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* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1960–1963
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1963–1966
* Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1963
* Nicklin Ministry

## References

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1. ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1963. p. 212:1713.
2. ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1963. p. 212:1715.
3. ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 July 1963. p. 213:1157.
4. ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 1 June 1963". Retrieved 22 February 2010.

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