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

• On 18 November 1950, Michael 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 Arthur 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

Labor

• Thomas Dunstan (Nash)

Country

• Duncan MacDonald (Somerset)
• Malcolm McIntyre (Cunningham)

Liberal

• Louis Luckins (Norman)

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

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

References

• Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.