Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1963

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1963 Queensland state election. The election was held on 1 June 1963.

By-elections

• On 1 July 1961, Eugene O'Donnell (Labor) was elected to succeed Edward Davis (Labor), who had died on 10 March 1961, as the member for Barcoo.
• On 1 July 1961, Ron Camm (Country) was elected to succeed Lloyd Roberts, who had died on 11 March 1961, as the member for Whitsunday

Retiring Members

Liberal

• Graham Hart (Mount Gravatt)
• Kenneth Morris (Mount Coot-tha)
• Harold Taylor (Clayfield)

Labor

• James Burrows (Port Curtis)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Country candidate	Liberal candidate	Labor candidate	QLP candidate	Other party candidate(s)
Albert	Country	Cec Carey		Eugene Ulrick		Ernest Harley
Ashgrove	Liberal		Douglas Tooth	Terry Kearney	George Cook
Aspley	Liberal		Fred Campbell	Edward Humbler	Brian Balaam
Aubigny	QLP	Somerset Thorn		Bruce Strachan	Les Diplock
Balonne	Country	Edwin Beardmore		Russell Hall
Barambah	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen		William Weir		Percy Edwards
Barcoo	Labor	Gordon Vandersee		Eugene O'Connell
Baroona	Labor		Dawn Stanton	Pat Hanlon	Douglas Garsden	Vincent Englart (Communist)
Belmont	Labor		Cecil Schuurs	Fred Newton	John Taylor
Bowen	Liberal		Peter Delamothe	John Gralton	Jim McCane
Brisbane	Labor		James Rowan	John Henry Mann	Jack O'Connell
Bulimba	Labor		Stan Latham	Jack Houston	Paul Tucker
Bundaberg	Independent		Matthew Tallon			Ted Walsh
Burdekin	Independent			Thomas Niven	Oliver Andersen	Arthur Coburn
Burke	Labor			Alex Inch
Burnett	Country	Claude Wharton		Denis Grace
Cairns	Labor	Charles Joy		George Wallace	Arthur Trembath
Callide	Country	Vincent Jones		Keith Coombs	Nancy Green	Alfred O'Rourke
Carnarvon	QLP	Henry McKechnie		Douglas Gow	Paul Hilton
Chatsworth	Liberal		Thomas Hiley	Bob Bradfield	Vince Garrigan
Clayfield	Liberal		John Murray	Norm Butler	Jack Dolan
Condamine	Country	Vic Sullivan		Reg Keating
Cook	Independent			Jack Bethel		Bunny Adair
Cooroora	Country	David Low		Lancelot Sanderson
Cunningham	Country	Alan Fletcher		Brian Davis	Herbert Scott
Fassifern	Ind. Country	Albert Hall		Denis O'Brien	Kenneth Rawle	Adolf Muller (Ind. Country)
Flinders	Country	Bill Lonergan		Charles Rattray	John Judge, Jr.
Greenslopes	Liberal		Keith Hooper	John Baxter Hughes	Terry Burns	Eric Allen (Social Credit) Edmund Crisp (Communist)
Gregory	Country	Wally Rae		Martin Laracy	Bill Hutchinson
Gympie	Country	Max Hodges		Blair Jamieson	Denis Tanner
Hawthorne	Labor		Bill Kaus	William Baxter	Rogers Judge
Hinchinbrook	Country	John Row		Kevin Cavanagh	Jack Williams	George Bordujenko (Communist)
Ipswich East	Labor		Hedley Scriven	Jim Donald	Andrij Janicky	Vic Robb (Social Credit)
Ipswich West	Labor		Jim Cochrane	Ivor Marsden	Len Maguire
Isis	Country	Jack Pizzey		George Hooper	Tom Carroll	Arnold Jones (Social Credit)
Ithaca	Liberal		Robert Windsor	Lou Clifford	James Ashe	Bruce Tannock (Social Credit)
Kedron	Labor		Hubertus Toonen	Eric Lloyd	Ted Doherty	Ron Burrows
Kurilpa	Liberal		Clive Hughes	Bernie Dokter	Maurice Sheehan	Paul Kenealy (Social Credit)
Landsborough	Country	Frank Nicklin		Frank Freemantle
Lockyer	Liberal		Gordon Chalk	James Keim	Brian Hannan	James Dwyer
Logan	Country	Robert Harrison		William Ware	Frank Andrews
Mackay	Labor	John Matson		Fred Graham	Edwin Relf
Mackenzie	Country	Neville Hewitt		Patrick O'Brien
Maryborough	Labor	Robert Hunter		Horace Davies	Vincent Wenck	Douglas Devenish (Social Credit)
Merthyr	Liberal		Ray Ramsden	Tom Campbell	Geoffrey Traill
Mirani	Country	Ernie Evans		George Moody
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal		Bill Lickiss	Norm Maddock	Max Muller
Mount Gravatt	Liberal		Geoff Chinchen	Stuart Barnes	Eric Allingham
Mourilyan	Labor	Alf Martinuzzi		Peter Byrne	Geoff Higham
Mulgrave	Country	Roy Armstrong		Stanley Scoines	Charles English
Murrumba	Country	David Nicholson		Norman Kruger	John Leo Carter	Francis O'Mara
Norman	Labor		Cyril Ryan	Fred Bromley	Harry Wright	David Gray (Social Credit)
Nudgee	Labor		Dennis Hedges	Jack Melloy	Mick O'Connor
Nundah	Liberal		William Knox	Frank Roberts	Denis Cleary
Port Curtis	Labor			Martin Hanson	Doug McClarty	Tom Kelly
Redcliffe	Country	Jim Houghton		Colin McInnes	Michsel Doyle	Eric Pritchard Ernest Sykes
Rockhampton	Labor		Phil German	Merv Thackeray	Richard Wasson
Rockhampton South	Liberal		Rex Pilbeam	Charles White	Stan Doolan	Brian Dillon
Roma	Country	William Ewan		Herbert Williamson	Bryan Hurley
Salisbury	Labor		Keith Brough	Doug Sherrington	Miroslav Jansky
Sandgate	Labor		Maurice White	Harold Dean	Austin McShane
Sherwood	Liberal		John Herbert	Vincent Kitson	Len Galligan
Somerset	Country	Harold Richter		John Walters
South Brisbane	Liberal		Gabrielle Horan	Col Bennett	Greg Kehoe
South Coast	Country	Eric Gaven		Irene Weir	Douglas Schwede
Tablelands	Country	Tom Gilmore		Edwin Wallis-Smith	Leo McManus	Dino Bertoldo
Toowong	Liberal		Alan Munro	Leslie McGrath	Brian O'Brien
Toowoomba East	Liberal		Mervyn Anderson	Peter Wood	Frank Mullins
Toowoomba West	Labor		August Dietz	Jack Duggan	Terry Morris
Townsville North	Labor		Robert Bonnett	Perc Tucker	Kiernan Dorney	Alfred Reeves
Townsville South	NQLP			Arthur Trower		Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Warrego	Labor	Michael Turner		John Dufficy
Warwick	Country	Otto Madsen		Reggie Wenham	Daniel Skehan
Wavell	Liberal		Alex Dewar	Benjamin Harriss	Vincent Bedsor	Merv Goldstiver (Social Credit)
Whitsunday	Country	Ron Camm		John Barry
Windsor	Liberal		Percy Smith	George Georgouras	Owen O'Donoghue
Wynnum	Labor		Oswald Brunner	William Gunn	Kevin O'Regan
Yeronga	Liberal		Winston Noble	Cyril Cusack	Mary Andrews	Roy Phipps (Social Credit)

See also

• Queensland state election, 1963
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1960–1963
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1963–1966
• 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.
• "Notice of Result of Elections". Queensland Government Gazette. 5 July 1963. p. 213:931–944.