Candidates of the 1960 Queensland state election

The 1960 Queensland state election was held on 28 May 1960.

By-elections

• On 31 May 1958, Jack Duggan (Labor) was elected to succeed Les Wood (Labor), who had died on 29 March 1958, as the member for North Toowoomba.
• On 6 June 1959, Carlisle Wordsworth (Country) was elected to succeed Bob Watson (Country), who had died on 26 March 1959, as the member for Mulgrave. However, he himself died on 7 May 1960.

Retiring Members

• Note: Mulgrave Country MLA Carlisle Wordsworth had died before the election; no by-election was held.

Labor

• George Keyatta MLA (Townsville)

Country

• James Heading MLA (Marodian)

Liberal

• Peter Connolly MLA (Kurilpa)

Queensland Labor

• Arthur Jones MLA (Charters Towers)
• Bill Power MLA (Baroona)

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
Albert	Country	Cecil Jesson	Cec Carey (CP)		Ernest Harley (Ind) Grace Plunkett (Ind CP)
Ashgrove	Liberal	Bert Turner	Douglas Tooth (Lib)	Thomas Heike
Aspley	Liberal	Nellie Carver	Fred Campbell (Lib)	George Kerr
Aubigny	Country	Bruce Strachan	Jim Sparkes (CP)	Les Diplock
Balonne	Country	William Dendle	Eddie Beardmore (CP)
Barambah	Country	Bill Weir	Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)	Daniel Curtain
Barcoo	Labor	Ned Davis	Fred Gowland (CP)	Tom Foley
Baroona	QLP	Pat Hanlon	Roger Moore (Lib)	Geoffrey Maule
Belmont	Labor	Fred Newton	Bill Hewitt (Lib)	Jean Reville
Bowen	Liberal	William Klaka	Peter Delamothe (Lib)	James Berryman	James Nisbet (CPA)
Brisbane	Labor	Johnno Mann	Jim Rowan (Lib)	Lionel Orreal
Bulimba	Labor	Jack Houston	Ronald Kelk (Lib)	Bob Gardner
Bundaberg	QLP	John Salter	Robert Howard (Lib)	Ted Walsh
Burdekin	Independent	Fred Page		Colin McCathie	Arthur Coburn (Ind)
Burke	QLP	Alec Inch	Alexander Hindson (CP)	Norm Smith
Burnett	Country	Denis Grace	Claude Wharton (CP)	Edward McDonnell
Cairns	Labor	Watty Wallace	Albert Baggott (CP)	William Allendorf
Callide	Country	Oliver Edwards	Vince Jones (CP)
Carnarvon	QLP	Douglas Gow	Fred Rogers (CP)	Paul Hilton
Chatsworth	Liberal	Joseph Ferguson	Thomas Hiley (Lib)	Terry Burns
Clayfield	Liberal	Edgar Abel	Harold Taylor (Lib)	Harry Wright
Condamine	QLP	Leslie Beaumont	Vic Sullivan (CP)		James Drabsch (Ind)
Cook	QLP	John Bethel	William Simms (CP)	Bunny Adair
Cooroora	Country	Lancelot Sanderson	David Low (CP)
Cunningham	Country		Alan Fletcher (CP)
Fassifern	Country	Denis O'Brien	Alf Muller (CP)
Flinders	Country	Frank Forde	Bill Longeran (CP)	Patrick McLaughlin
Greenslopes	Liberal	John Hughes	Keith Hooper (Lib)	Michael Lyons	Eric Allen (SC)
Gregory	Country	Martin Laracy	Wally Rae (CP)
Gympie	Country	Blair Jamieson	Max Hodges (CP)	Denis Tanner
Hawthorne	Labor	Bill Baxter	Clive Harburg (Lib)	Greg Kehoe
Hinchinbrook	Labor	Kevin Cavanagh	John Row (CP)	Victor Bodero	William Wilson (Ind)
Ipswich East	Labor	Jim Donald	Hedley Scriven (Lib)	Charles Archer
Ipswich West	Labor	Ivor Marsden	Harry Groth (Lib)	Selby Guymer	Thomas Millar (CPA)
Isis	Country		Jack Pizzey (CP)
Ithaca	Labor	Manfred Cross	Bob Windsor (Lib)	John O'Connell
Kedron	Labor	Eric Lloyd	Ronald Burrows (Lib)		Harold Whitlock (Ind)
Kurilpa	Liberal	Arthur Larkin	Clive Hughes (Lib)	Paul Tucker
Landsborough	Country	Frank McLoughlin	Frank Nicklin (CP)
Lockyer	Liberal		Gordon Chalk (Lib)		James Dwyer (Ind) John Martin (Ind CP) Edwin Olm (Ind Lab)
Logan	Country	Vincent Sheppard	Leslie Harrison (CP)
Mackay	Labor	Fred Graham	John Matson (CP)	Terence Hayes
Mackenzie	Country	Charles White	Nev Hewitt (CP)
Maryborough	Labor	Horace Davies	Ronald Christensen (CP)
Merthyr	Liberal	Tom Campbell	Sam Ramsden (Lib)	Mick O'Connor
Mirani	Country	George Moody	Ernie Evans (CP)	Waller O'Grady
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	James Davis	Kenneth Morris (Lib)	Bryan Hurley
Mount Gravatt	Liberal	Fred Pearson	Graham Hart (Lib)	Rupert Kneen	Eric King (Ind)
Mourilyan	Labor	Peter Byrne	Edmund Webb (CP)	Geoff Higham
Mulgrave	Country	Stanley Scoines	Roy Armstrong (CP)	Charles English	James Hesp (Ind)
Murrumba	Country	Norm Kruger	David Nicholson (CP)
Norman	Labor	Fred Bromley	Cyril Ryan (Lib)	George Hartnett	Edmund Crisp (CPA)
Nudgee	Labor	Jack Melloy	William Banks (Lib)	Walter Barnes	William Hill (CPA)
Nundah	Liberal	Michael Sweeney	William Knox (Lib)	Jim Hadley
Port Curtis	Labor	Jim Burrows			Desmond Neill-Ballantine (Ind)
Redcliffe	Country	Kenneth Griffith	Seymour Gomersall (CP)	Edward Dignan	Alexander Black (Ind) Jim Houghton* (Ind)
Rockhampton North	Labor	Merv Thackeray	Hector MacDonald (Lib)	James Verney
Rockhampton South	QLP	Jim Clark	Rex Pilbeam (Lib)	Mick Gardner
Roma	Country	John Taylor	William Ewan (CP)		Richard Condon (Ind)
Salisbury	Labor	Doug Sherrington	Norman Edwards (Lib)	William Tresillian	Walter Stubbins (CPA)
Sandgate	Liberal	Harry Dean	Thomas Ahearn (Lib)	Hindrick Lokhorst
Sherwood	Liberal	Gordon Thomson	John Herbert (Lib)
Somerset	Country	Robert Warren	Harold Richter (CP)	Alexander Skinner
South Brisbane	QLP	Col Bennett	Charles O'Brien (Lib)	Vince Gair
South Coast	Country	William Darveniza	Eric Gaven (CP)		John Fitzgerald (Ind)
Tablelands	Country	Edwin Wallis-Smith	Tom Gilmore (CP)	Arthur Mottarelly
Toowong	Liberal		Alan Munro (Lib)	Roger Judge
Toowoomba East	Liberal	Peter Wood	Mervyn Anderson (Lib)	Leonard Green
Toowoomba West	Labor	Jack Duggan	Lawrence Storey (Lib)	Kenneth Rawle
Townsville North	Labor	Perc Tucker	Roy Annable (Lib)	Ronald Comerford	P F Bishop (CPA) Archibald Hooper (Ind)
Townsville South	NQ Labor	Bill Edmonds			Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Warrego	Labor	John Dufficy		John Glynn
Warwick	Country	Reggie Wenham	Otto Madsen (CP)	George Campbell
Wavell	Liberal	Benjamin Harriss	Alex Dewar (Lib)	Kevin O'Dea
Whitsunday	Country	Stanley Dalton	Lloyd Roberts (CP)	Bernard Lewis
Windsor	Liberal	George Georgouras	Ray Smith (Lib)	Percy Hotham
Wynnum	Labor	Bill Gunn	George Dodd (Lib)	George Campbell
Yeronga	Liberal	John O'Donnell	Winston Noble (Lib)	Francis Wickings

See also

• 1960 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957–1960
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1960–1963
• 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.