1963 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 June 1963 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

1963 Queensland state election

1 June 1963 (1963-06-01)
All 78 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly 40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	94.29 ( 1.75 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan Paul Hilton Party Country/Liberal coalition Labor Queensland Labor Leader since 21 May 1941 18 August 1958 (1958-08-18) 28 May 1960 Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba West Carnarvon (lost seat) Last election 46 seats 25 seats 4 seats Seats won 46 seats 26 seats 1 seat Seat change 0 1 3 Percentage 44.07% 43.83% 7.23 Swing 0.54 3.94 5.05
Premier before election Frank Nicklin Country/Liberal coalition Elected Premier Frank Nicklin Country/Liberal coalition

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 1944-1960.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a third term in office at the election.

Key dates

Date	Event
19 April 1963	The Parliament was dissolved.[1]
19 April 1963	Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election.[2]
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.[3]

Results

Queensland state election, 1 June 1963[4] Legislative Assembly << 1960–1966 >>
Enrolled voters		830,436^[1]
Votes cast		783,034		Turnout	94.29	+1.75
Informal votes		12,036		Informal	1.54	+0.23
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	337,928	43.83	+3.94	26	+ 1
	Liberal	183,185	23.76	–0.27	20	± 0
	Country	156,621	20.31	+0.81	26	± 0
	Queensland Labor	55,711	7.23	–5.05	1	– 3
	Independent (ex-QLP)	11,810	1.53	+1.53	2	+ 2
	NQ Labor	8,229	1.07		1	± 0
	Ind. Conservative	3,028	0.39		1	+ 1
	Independent	12,052	1.56	–2.60	1	– 1
Total		770,998			78

¹ 839,323 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but the Labor-held seat of Burke was not contested.

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1963 election.

Seat	Incumbent member	Party		New member	Party
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

See also

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1960–1963
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1963–1966
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1963
• Nicklin Ministry

References

1. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1963. p. 212:1713.
2. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1960. p. 212:1715.
3. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 July 1960. p. 213:1157.
4. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 1 June 1963". Retrieved 22 February 2010.