1963 Queensland state election

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

1963 Queensland state election
1 June 1963 (1963-06-01)
All 78 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout94.29 (Increase 1.75 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan Paul Hilton
Party 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 25 seats 4 seats
Seats won 46 26 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 3
Popular vote 339,806 337,928 55,711
Percentage 44.07% 43.83% 7.23%
Swing Increase 0.54 Increase 3.94 Decrease 5.05
Premier before election

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

 Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

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
Date Event
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
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
Labor
 
 43.83%
Liberal
 
 23.76%
Country
 
 20.31%
Queensland Labor
 
 7.23%
NQ Labor
 
 1.07%
Independents
 
 3.49%
Seats
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

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

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
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

References
  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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