Candidates of the 1953 Queensland state election

The 1953 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 7 March 1953.

## By-elections[edit]

* On 18 November 1950, Mick 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 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[edit]

### Labor[edit]

* Thomas Dunstan MLA (Nash)

### Country[edit]

* Duncan MacDonald MLA (Somerset)
* Malcolm McIntyre MLA (Cunningham)

### Liberal[edit]

* Louis Luckins MLA (Norman)

## Candidates[edit]

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

Electorate  | Held by  | Labor candidate  | Coalition candidate  | Other candidates

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Aubigny | Country |  | Jim Sparkes (CP) | Vic Sullivan (Ind)
Balonne | Labor | John Taylor | Claude Dunshea (CP) |
Barambah | Country |  | Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP) |
Barcoo | Labor | Ned Davis |  |
Baroona | Labor | Bill Power |  |
Belyando | Labor | Tom Foley |  |
Bremer | Labor | Jim Donald |  |
Brisbane | Labor | Johnno Mann |  | Laura Hansen (CPA)
Colin Nonmus (SC)
Bulimba | Labor | Bob Gardner | Ronald Holt (Lib) |
Bundaberg | Labor | Ted Walsh | Willie Howard (Lib) | James Julin (Ind)
Buranda | Labor | Dick Brown | Cecil Holt (Lib) |
Burdekin | Independent | William Wall |  | Arthur Coburn (Ind)
Cairns | Labor | Thomas Crowley | Arthur Keller (CP) | Charles Crawley (PLP)
Cedric Dyer (CPA)
Callide | Country | Patrick Moore | Vince Jones (CP) |
Carnarvon | Labor | Paul Hilton | Eric McCorkell (CP) |
Carpentaria | Labor | Norm Smith | William Aplin (CP) |
Charters Towers | Labor | Arthur Jones |  |
Chermside | Liberal | Kenneth McRae | Alex Dewar (Lib) |
Clayfield | Liberal |  | Harold Taylor (Lib) |
Condamine | Country | Les Diplock | Eric Allpass (CP) |
Cook | Country | Bunny Adair | Carlisle Wordsworth (CP) |
Cooroora | Country | Geoffrey Arnell | David Low (CP) |
Coorparoo | Liberal | Gerald Maher | Thomas Hiley (Lib) |
Cunningham | Country | Robert Bradfield | Alan Fletcher (CP) |
Darlington | Country | Charles Knoll | Tom Plunkett (CP) | William Yarrow (CPA)
Fassifern | Country |  | Alf Muller (CP) | Oliver Hooper (Ind)
Fitzroy | Labor | Jim Clark | William Hoare (Lib) | Eric Browne (CPA)
Flinders | Labor | Ernest Riordan |  |
Fortitude Valley | Labor | Mick Brosnan |  | Albert Graham (CPA)
John Marion (SC)
Gregory | Labor | George Devries |  |
Haughton | Labor | Colin McCathie | Frederick Purdie (CP) | Ernest O'Brien (NQLP)
Hinchinbrook | Labor | Cecil Jesson | James Ryan (Lib) | Douglas Jeffrey (Ind)
Ipswich | Labor | Ivor Marsden |  | Richard Cobb (CPA)
Isis | Country | John Barron | Jack Pizzey (CP) |
Ithaca | Labor | Leonard Eastment | Douglas Lowndes (Lib) | Herbert Heritage (CPA)
Kedron | Labor | Eric Lloyd | John Harris (Lib) |
Kelvin Grove | Labor | Bert Turner | Mary Lahey (Lib) |
Keppel | Labor | Viv Cooper | Alfred Ganter (CP) | Tolstoy Birkbeck (Ind)
Kurilpa | Labor | Tom Moores | Lilian Derrick (Lib) | Richard Boorman (SC)
Sydney Clare (Ind)
Anna Slater (CPA)
Landsborough | Country |  | Frank Nicklin (CP) |
Lockyer | Liberal | John Hilton | Gordon Chalk (Lib) |
Mackay | Labor | Fred Graham | Flora Johnson (Lib) |
Mackenzie | Labor | Paddy Whyte | James Lawrence (CP) |
Marodian | Country | Sydney Campbell | James Heading (CP) |
Maryborough | Labor | David Farrell |  | Charles Reed (CPA)
Cyril Tanner (Ind)
Merthyr | Labor | Bill Moore | William Knox (Lib) |
Mirani | Country | Roger Scanlan | Ernie Evans (CP) |
Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Vlad Darveniza | Kenneth Morris (Lib) |
Mount Gravatt | Labor | Felix Dittmer | Daniel Rowley (Lib) | George Bordujenko (CPA)
Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Byrne | John Castor (CP) | Bertie Clark (CPA)
Mulgrave | Country | Charles English | Bob Watson (CP) |
Mundingburra | NQ Labor | Daniel Gleeson | Christopher Wordsworth (Lib) | Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Murrumba | Country | Kenneth Griffith | David Nicholson (CP) |
Nash | Labor | Greg Kehoe | Ronald Witham (Lib) |
Norman | Liberal | Bill Baxter | Rex Brock (Lib) |
North Toowoomba | Labor | Les Wood | John Groom (Lib) |
Nundah | Labor | Frank Roberts | Nellie Taylor (Lib) |
Port Curtis | Labor | Jim Burrows | Julia Hinds (Lib) |
Rockhampton | Labor | James Larcombe | Thomas Donohoe (Lib) | Thomas Kelly (Ind)
Roma | Country | Alfred Dohring | William Ewan (CP) |
Sandgate | Liberal | Herbert Robinson | Eric Decker (Lib) |
Sherwood | Liberal | Robert Mansfield | Tom Kerr (Lib) | Pablo O'Dowd (Ind)
Somerset | Country | Alexander Skinner | James Brough (CP) |
South Brisbane | Labor | Vince Gair | Geoffrey Wadeson (Lib) | John Parker (Ind)
Southport | Country | Edgar Hill | Eric Gaven (CP) |
Tablelands | Labor | Harold Collins | James Baldock (CP) | Richard Anear (CPA)
Toowong | Liberal | Frank Venables | Alan Munro (Lib) |
Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | Frank Farnell (Lib) |
Townsville | Labor | George Keyatta | Archibald Hooper (Lib) | Hugh Fay (CPA)
Kevin Gormley (NQLP)
Warrego | Labor | John Dufficy |  |
Warwick | Country | John O'Brien | Otto Madsen (CP) |
Whitsunday | Country | Hugh MacLennan | Lloyd Roberts (CP) | Jim Henderson (CPA)
Windsor | Labor | Tom Rasey | John Cutting (Lib) |
Wynnum | Labor | Bill Gunn | Charles Mengel (Lib) |
Yeronga | Liberal | Tom Doyle | Winston Noble (Lib) |

## See also[edit]

* 1953 Queensland state election
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
* List of political parties in Australia

## References[edit]

* 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.