Candidates of the 1957 Queensland state election

The 1957 Queensland state election was held on 3 August 1957.

Since the previous election in 1956, the Labor Party had split, with all but one of the ministry and a number of supporters forming the separate Queensland Labor Party.

By-elections

• On 8 December 1956, Pat Hanlon (Labor) was elected to succeed Leonard Eastment (Labor), who had died on 29 July 1956, as the member for Ithaca.

Retiring Members

• Note: Gregory QLP MLA George Devries nominated for re-election, but died before polling day; the election for Gregory was thus postponed.

Country

• Tom Plunkett MLA (Darlington)

Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	QLP candidate	Other candidates
Aubigny	Country		Jim Sparkes (CP)
Balonne	Labor	John Taylor	Eddie Beardmore (CP)	Henry Bunton
Barambah	Country		Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)	Thomas O'Neill
Barcoo	Labor	Ned Davis	Raymond Paynter (CP)	Stanley Barry
Baroona	Labor	Norman Buchan	Robert Thomasson (Lib)	Bill Power
Belyando	Labor	John Williams	Clarence Whyte (CP)	Tom Foley
Bremer	Labor	Jim Donald	George Groth (Lib)	Frank Corbutt
Brisbane	Labor	Johnno Mann	Roger Moore (Lib)	Daniel Casey
Bulimba	Labor	Jack Houston	Bill Lickiss (Lib)	Bob Gardner
Bundaberg	Labor	William Elson-Green	Thomas Pulsford (CP)	Ted Walsh
Buranda	Labor	Dick Brown	Keith Hooper (Lib)	Michael Lyons	John Handasyde (Ind)
Burdekin	Independent	John Grafton		Oliver Andersen	Arthur Coburn (Ind)
Cairns	Labor	Watty Wallace	Clement Cummings (CP)	James Bidner
Callide	Country		Vince Jones (CP)
Carnarvon	Labor	Douglas Gow	Fred Rogers (CP)	Paul Hilton
Carpentaria	Labor	Alec Inch	William Aplin (CP)	Norm Smith
Charters Towers	Labor	Robert Davies	Kieth Siemon (Lib)	Arthur Jones
Chermside	Liberal	Leslie Sampson	Alex Dewar (Lib)	John Parry
Clayfield	Liberal		Harold Taylor (Lib)		James Ryan (Ind)
Condamine	Labor	William Eggington	Stewart Keys (CP)	Les Diplock
Cook	Labor	Seymour Chataway	Carlisle Wordsworth (CP)	Bunny Adair
Cooroora	Country	Ralph Smith	David Low (CP)
Coorparoo	Liberal	Bernard Ouston	Thomas Hiley (Lib)
Cunningham	Country		Alan Fletcher (CP)		Leslie Ott (Ind)
Darlington	Country	Charles Knoll	Leslie Harrison (CP)		Henry Longfield (Ind) Michael Smith (Ind)
Fassifern	Country		Alf Muller (CP)	Kenneth Rawle
Fitzroy	Labor	Jim Clark	Gordon Dunn (Lib)	John Norton
Flinders	Labor	Frank Forde	Bill Longeran (CP)	Bob Katter	Charles Corney (Ind)
Fortitude Valley	Labor	Jack Egerton	Bob Windsor (Lib)	Mick Brosnan
Gregory	Labor	unknown	Wally Rae (CP)	George Devries (died)
		Jack Duggan		K Smith
Haughton	Labor	Vivien Owens	William Clayton (CP)	Colin McCathie
Hinchinbrook	Labor	Cecil Jesson	John Row (CP)	John Argaet	Francis Curro (Ind)
Ipswich	Labor	Ivor Marsden	Wylie Gibbs (Lib)	Robert Johnstone
Isis	Country		Jack Pizzey (CP)	Edward McDonnell
Ithaca	Labor	Pat Hanlon	Alan Edwards (Lib)	Anthony Machin
Kedron	Labor	Eric Lloyd	Joseph Harris (Lib)	Clive Uhr
Kelvin Grove	Labor	Bert Turner	Douglas Tooth (Lib)	John Dawson
Keppel	Labor	Merv Thackeray	Tom Griffith (Lib)	Viv Cooper	Rex Pilbeam (Ind)
Kurilpa	Labor	Myles Kane	Peter Connolly (Lib)	Tom Moores	George Fry (Ind)
Landsborough	Country		Frank Nicklin (CP)
Lockyer	Liberal		Gordon Chalk (Lib)		Jim Dwyer (Ind)
Mackay	Labor	Fred Graham	William Field (Lib)	Joseph Griffin
Mackenzie	Country	William James	Nev Hewitt (CP)	J T Cook
Marodian	Country	William Weir	James Heading (CP)
Maryborough	Labor	Horace Davies	James Dunn (CP)	Clement Gott
Merthyr	Labor	Tom Campbell	Sam Ramsden (Lib)	Bill Moore
Mirani	Country	James Chataway	Ernie Evans (CP)	Waller O'Grady
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	Desmond Raven	Kenneth Morris (Lib)	John Lynch
Mount Gravatt	Labor	Felix Dittmer	Graham Hart (Lib)	Charles Edwards	Harold Boone (Ind)
Mourilyan	Labor	Peter Byrne	Edmund Webb (CP)	Alfred Drew	Cecil Evans (Ind)
Mulgrave	Labor	Leslie Trembath	Bob Watson (CP)	Charles English
Mundingburra	NQ Labor	Jim Mahony			Tom Aikens* (NQLP) G F Evans (Ind)
Murrumba	Country	Bertram Krause	David Nicholson (CP)	Michael Ryan
Nash	Labor	George Hooper	Max Hodges (CP)	Greg Kehoe
Norman	Labor	Bill Baxter	George Regan (Lib)	Norman Tacey
North Toowoomba	Labor	Les Wood	Herbert Yeates (Lib)	Francis Bowdler
Nundah	Labor	Dudley Ryder	William Knox (Lib)	Jim Hadley
Port Curtis	Labor	Jim Burrows	Colin Wilson (CP)	Samuel Andrewartha
Rockhampton	Labor	James Fraser	James Marshall (Lib)	Mick Gardner	Thomas Kelly (Ind) Rex Pilbeam (Ind)
Roma	Labor	William Hay	William Ewan (CP)	Alfred Dohring	James Clarke (Ind)
Sandgate	Labor	Harry Dean	Thomas Ahearn (Lib)	Herbert Robinson
Sherwood	Liberal	Doug Sherrington	John Herbert (Lib)	Harry Wright
Somerset	Labor	Evan Marginson	Harold Richter (CP)	Alexander Skinner
South Brisbane	Labor	Tom Doyle	William Henry (Lib)	Vince Gair
Southport	Country	William Bedford	Eric Gaven (CP)
Tablelands	Labor	Sidney Tullipan	Tom Gilmore (CP)	Harold Collins
Toowong	Liberal		Alan Munro (Lib)
Toowoomba	Labor	Jack Duggan	Mervyn Anderson (Lib)	T D McCawley	Vera Lacaze (Ind)
Townsville	Labor	George Keyatta	Roy Pope (Lib)	Lionel Tomlins
Warrego	Labor	John Dufficy	Arnold White (CP)	John Glynn
Warwick	Country		Otto Madsen (CP)	George Wilkinson
Whitsunday	Country	Ralph Staples	Lloyd Roberts (CP)	Bernard Lewis
Windsor	Labor	Kenneth Kemshead	Ray Smith (Lib)	Tom Rasey
Wynnum	Labor	Bill Gunn	Peter McAdam (Lib)	James Pendergast	William St George-Grambauer (Ind)
Yeronga	Liberal	Roy Dent	Winston Noble (Lib)	William Quaill

See also

• 1957 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957–1960
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.