1953 Queensland state election

1953 Queensland state election

← 1950 7 March 1953 (1953-03-07) 1956 →

All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout93.80 (Increase 1.29 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Vince Gair Frank Nicklin
Party Labor Coalition
Leader since 17 January 1952 (1952-01-17) 21 May 1941
Leader's seat South Brisbane Landsborough
Last election 42 seats 31 seats
Seats won 50 23
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 8
Popular vote 323,882 243,757
Percentage 53.21% 40.05%
Swing Increase 6.34 Decrease 9.11

Premier before election

Vince Gair
Labor

Elected Premier

Vince Gair
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 March 1953 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its eighth continuous term in office since the 1932 election. It was the first electoral test for Vince Gair, who had become Premier of Queensland 14 months earlier after the death of Ned Hanlon.