1963 Queensland state election
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Elections were held in the
Legislative Assembly
.
The major parties contesting the election were the
Paul Hilton
. The Country and Liberal parties governed in coalition.
This election marked the return of
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.
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] | ||||||
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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 | ||
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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 |
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
- ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1963. p. 212:1713.
- ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1963. p. 212:1715.
- ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 July 1963. p. 213:1157.
- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 1 June 1963". Retrieved 22 February 2010.