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Queensland state election, 1960

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28 May 1960 (1960-05-28)
  
1963 →

20 seats
  
11 seats

Date
  
28 May 1960

42 seats
  
20 seats

46 seats
  
25 seats

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21 May 1941
  
18 August 1958 (1958-08-18)

18 August 1958 (1958-08-18)
  
26 April 1957 (1957-04-26)

Winner
  
Frank Nicklin

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the Electoral Districts Act 1958 which increased the Assembly from 75 to 78 seats and modified the zonal system first established by Labor ahead of the 1950 election.

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin, the Liberal Party led by Kenneth Morris, the Australian Labor Party led by Jack Duggan and the Queensland Labor Party led by Vince Gair. The Country and Liberal parties had formed a coalition.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a second term in office at the election, although the Labor Party recovered 5 seats and 11% of its vote from the 1957 election. Still, it was the first time since 1912 that a non-Labor government had been re-elected in Queensland.

Results

1 831,398 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but two Country seats representing 17,814 enrolled voters were unopposed.

References

Queensland state election, 1960 Wikipedia