Election Name: | 1963 Queensland state election |
Country: | Queensland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1960 Queensland state election |
Previous Year: | 1960 |
Next Election: | 1966 Queensland state election |
Next Year: | 1966 |
Seats For Election: | All 78 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly 40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
Turnout: | 94.29 (1.75 pp) |
Colour1: | 006946 |
Leader1: | Frank Nicklin |
Leader Since1: | 21 May 1941 |
Party1: | Country–Liberal Coalition |
Leaders Seat1: | Landsborough |
Popular Vote1: | 339,806 |
Percentage1: | 44.07% |
Swing1: | 0.54 |
Last Election1: | 46 seats, 43.53% |
Seats1: | 46 |
Leader2: | Jack Duggan |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Leaders Seat2: | Toowoomba West |
Popular Vote2: | 337,928 |
Percentage2: | 43.83% |
Swing2: | 3.94 |
Last Election2: | 25 seats, 39.89% |
Seats2: | 26 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Leader3: | Paul Hilton |
Leader Since3: | 28 May 1960 |
Party3: | Queensland Labor Party |
Leaders Seat3: | Carnarvon (lost seat) |
Popular Vote3: | 55,711 |
Percentage3: | 7.23% |
Swing3: | 5.05 |
Last Election3: | 4 seats, 12.28% |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Frank Nicklin |
Before Party: | Country/Liberal coalition |
After Election: | Frank Nicklin |
After Party: | Country/Liberal coalition |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 June 1963 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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.
Date | Event | |
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19 April 1963 | The Parliament was dissolved. | |
19 April 1963 | Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election. | |
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. |
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1963.
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839,323 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but the Labor-held seat of Burke was not contested.
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1963 election.
Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party | ||||
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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 | ||||