Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1953

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

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)
   
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)
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)
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)
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)
S. Clare
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)
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

References

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