Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1957

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1957 Queensland state election. The election was held on 3 August 1957.

The election followed a split in April 1957 in the Australian Labor Party, which had been in government for 39 of the previous 42 years. The main parties in the election were the Queensland Labor Party (QLP), led by Premier Vince Gair; the Labor Party, led by former Deputy Premier Jack Duggan, the Country Party, led by Leader of the Opposition Frank Nicklin, and the Liberal Party, led by Kenneth Morris.

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

QLP

George Devries (Gregory) — died before the election.

Country

Thomas Plunkett Jr. (Darlington)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Country candidate	Liberal candidate	QLP candidate	Other party candidate(s)

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

References

Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.

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