7 March 1953 (1953-03-07) 1956 → 42 seats 31 seats 8 8 Date 7 March 1953 | 17 January 1952 (1952-01-17) 21 May 1941 50 seats 23 seats 53.21% 40.05% | |
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Winner Vince Gair | ||
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.
Results
The result was a considerable swing to the Labor government.
1 737,579 electors were enrolled to vote at the election; however, 11 seats (14.7% of the total) were uncontested, eight of them Labor-held seats representing 49,466 enrolled voters, as well as two Country seats representing 20,053 voters and one Liberal seat representing 10,711 voters.References
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