The 1956 Queensland state election was held on 19 May 1956.
Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Alexander | Jim Sparkes (CP) | |||||
| John Taylor | Eric McCorkell (CP) | |||||
| Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP) | ||||||
| Ned Davis | Wally Rae (CP) | |||||
| Bill Power | Robert Thomasson (Lib) | Kevin Loughlin (CPA) | ||||
| Tom Foley | Timothy Donnelly (CP) | |||||
| Jim Donald | George Groth (Lib) | |||||
| Johnno Mann | Roger Moore (Lib) | Peter Day (Ind) | ||||
| Bob Gardner | John Mills (Lib) | Herbert Ricketts (Ind) | ||||
| Ted Walsh | ||||||
| Dick Brown | Keith Hooper (Lib) | |||||
| Henry Skinner | Arthur Coburn | |||||
| Harold Mulry (CP) | Henry Smallwood (Ind) | |||||
| Eric Willis | Vince Jones (CP) | |||||
| Paul Hilton | Fred Rogers (CP) | |||||
| Norm Smith | William Aplin (CP) | |||||
| Arthur Jones | Jan Karlik (Lib) | |||||
| Dudley Ryder | Alex Dewar (Lib) | |||||
| Harold Taylor (Lib) | James Ryan (Ind) | |||||
| Les Diplock | Stewart Keys (CP) | |||||
| Bunny Adair | John Crossland (CP) | |||||
| Geoffrey Arnell | David Low (CP) | |||||
| Geoffrey Maher | Thomas Hiley (Lib) | |||||
| John McCafferty | Alan Fletcher (CP) | |||||
| Charles Knoll | Tom Plunkett (CP) | |||||
| Alf Muller (CP) | ||||||
| Jim Clark | Gerard Davies (Lib) | Eric Browne (CPA) | ||||
| Frank Forde | Bill Longeran (CP) | |||||
| Mick Brosnan | Bob Windsor (Lib) | Jim Henderson (CPA) | ||||
| George Devries | Robert Campbell (CP) | |||||
| Colin McCathie | Edwin Pearse (Lib) | |||||
| Cecil Jesson | Francis Curro (Lib) | |||||
| Ivor Marsden | Wylie Gibbs (Lib) | Mev Welsby (CPA) | ||||
| Hylton Salter | Jack Pizzey (CP) | |||||
| Leonard Eastment | Alan Edwards (Lib) | |||||
| Eric Lloyd | Albert Johnson (Lib) | |||||
| Bert Turner | Douglas Tooth (Lib) | |||||
| Viv Cooper | Tom Griffith (Lib) | |||||
| Tom Moores | Doug Berry (Lib) | |||||
| Vincent Crosby | Frank Nicklin (CP) | |||||
| Gordon Chalk (Lib) | ||||||
| Fred Graham | David Treacy (Lib) | James Rowen (Ind) | ||||
| Paddy Whyte | Nev Hewitt (CP) | |||||
| James Heading (CP) | ||||||
| Horace Davies | James Dunn (CP) | |||||
| Bill Moore | Sam Ramsden (Lib) | |||||
| Roger Scanlan | Ernie Evans (CP) | |||||
| Vlad Darveniza | Kenneth Morris (Lib) | |||||
| Felix Dittmer | Eric Handy (Lib) | |||||
| Peter Byrne | Eric Fox (CP) | John Twaddle (CPA) | ||||
| Charles English | Bob Watson (CP) | |||||
| John Brennan | Tom Aikens (NQLP) | |||||
| Charles Myers | David Nicholson (CP) | |||||
| Greg Kehoe | Max Hodges (CP) | |||||
| Bill Baxter | George Regan (Lib) | |||||
| Les Wood | Sidney Webb (Lib) | |||||
| William Knox (Lib) | ||||||
| Jim Burrows | Thomas Pulsford (CP) | |||||
| Rex Pilbeam (Lib) | Tom Kelly (Ind) | |||||
| Alfred Dohring | William Ewan (CP) | |||||
| Herbert Robinson | Thomas Ahearn (Lib) | |||||
| Bart Lourigan | John Herbert (Lib) | Margaret Fisher (Ind) Eugene Marshall (CPA) | ||||
| Alexander Skinner | Nigel McConnel (CP) | |||||
| Vince Gair | Jack Noonan (Ind) Frank Roberts (Ind) | |||||
| William Belford | Eric Gaven (CP) | |||||
| Harold Collins | Clarence West (CP) | |||||
| Alan Munro (Lib) | ||||||
| Jack Duggan | Edward Hall (Lib) | |||||
| George Keyatta | Roy Pope (Lib) | Jack Abercrombie (Ind) Hugh Fay (CPA) | ||||
| John Dufficy | William Mills (CP) | |||||
| Frank Drew | Otto Madsen (CP) | |||||
| George Burns | Lloyd Roberts (CP) | |||||
| Tom Rasey | Margaret Gordon (Lib) | |||||
| Bill Gunn | Charles Mengel (Lib) | |||||
| Norman Stutz | Winston Noble (Lib) | Jim Dwyer (Ind) |