Candidates of the 1953 Queensland state election explained

The 1953 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 7 March 1953.

By-elections

Retiring Members

Labor

Country

Liberal

Candidates

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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateOther candidates
Jim Sparkes (CP) Vic Sullivan (Ind)
John Taylor Claude Dunshea (CP)
Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)
Ned Davis
Bill Power
Tom Foley
Jim Donald
Johnno Mann Laura Hansen (CPA)
Colin Nonmus (SC)
Bob Gardner Ronald Holt (Lib)
Ted Walsh Willie Howard (Lib) James Julin (Ind)
Dick Brown Cecil Holt (Lib)
William Wall Arthur Coburn (Ind)
Thomas Crowley Arthur Keller (CP) Charles Crawley (PLP)
Cedric Dyer (CPA)
Patrick Moore Vince Jones (CP)
Paul Hilton Eric McCorkell (CP)
Norm Smith William Aplin (CP)
Arthur Jones
Kenneth McRae Alex Dewar (Lib)
Harold Taylor (Lib)
Eric Allpass (CP)
Carlisle Wordsworth (CP)
Geoffrey Arnell David Low (CP)
Gerald Maher Thomas Hiley (Lib)
Robert Bradfield Alan Fletcher (CP)
Charles Knoll Tom Plunkett (CP) William Yarrow (CPA)
Alf Muller (CP) Oliver Hooper (Ind)
Jim Clark William Hoare (Lib) Eric Browne (CPA)
Ernest Riordan
Mick Brosnan Albert Graham (CPA)
John Marion (SC)
George Devries
Colin McCathie Frederick Purdie (CP) Ernest O'Brien (NQLP)
Cecil Jesson James Ryan (Lib) Douglas Jeffrey (Ind)
Ivor Marsden Richard Cobb (CPA)
John Barron Jack Pizzey (CP)
Leonard Eastment Douglas Lowndes (Lib) Herbert Heritage (CPA)
Eric Lloyd John Harris (Lib)
Bert Turner Mary Lahey (Lib)
Viv Cooper Alfred Ganter (CP) Tolstoy Birkbeck (Ind)
Tom Moores Lilian Derrick (Lib) Richard Boorman (SC)
Sydney Clare (Ind)
Anna Slater (CPA)
Frank Nicklin (CP)
John Hilton Gordon Chalk (Lib)
Fred Graham Flora Johnson (Lib)
Paddy Whyte James Lawrence (CP)
Sydney Campbell James Heading (CP)
David Farrell Charles Reed (CPA)
Cyril Tanner (Ind)
Bill Moore William Knox (Lib)
Roger Scanlan Ernie Evans (CP)
Vlad Darveniza Kenneth Morris (Lib)
Felix Dittmer Daniel Rowley (Lib) George Bordujenko (CPA)
Peter Byrne John Castor (CP) Bertie Clark (CPA)
Bob Watson (CP)
Daniel Gleeson Christopher Wordsworth (Lib) Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Kenneth Griffith David Nicholson (CP)
Ronald Witham (Lib)
Rex Brock (Lib)
Les Wood John Groom (Lib)
Frank Roberts Nellie Taylor (Lib)
Jim Burrows Julia Hinds (Lib)
James Larcombe Thomas Donohoe (Lib) Thomas Kelly (Ind)
William Ewan (CP)
Eric Decker (Lib)
Robert Mansfield Tom Kerr (Lib) Pablo O'Dowd (Ind)
James Brough (CP)
Vince Gair Geoffrey Wadeson (Lib) John Parker (Ind)
Edgar Hill Eric Gaven (CP)
Harold Collins James Baldock (CP) Richard Anear (CPA)
Frank Venables Alan Munro (Lib)
Jack Duggan Frank Farnell (Lib)
George Keyatta Archibald Hooper (Lib) Hugh Fay (CPA)
Kevin Gormley (NQLP)
John Dufficy
John O'Brien Otto Madsen (CP)
Hugh MacLennan Lloyd Roberts (CP) Jim Henderson (CPA)
Tom Rasey John Cutting (Lib)
Bill Gunn Charles Mengel (Lib)
Tom Doyle Winston Noble (Lib)

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