Queensland state election, 1960
Queensland state election, 1960
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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.
Key dates
Date |
Event |
13 April 1960 |
The Parliament was dissolved.[1] |
19 April 1960 |
Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[2] |
26 April 1960 |
Close of nominations. |
28 May 1960 |
Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
9 June 1960 |
The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted. |
8 July 1960 |
The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
23 August 1960 |
Parliament resumed for business.[3] |
Results
Queensland state election, 28 May 1960[4] Legislative Assembly
<< 1957 — 1963 >> |
Enrolled voters |
813,584[1] |
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Votes cast |
752,927 |
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Turnout |
92.54 |
–2.04 |
Informal votes |
9,897 |
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Informal |
1.31 |
+0.17 |
Summary of votes by party |
Party |
Primary votes |
% |
Swing |
Seats |
Change |
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Labor |
296,430 |
39.89 |
+11.00 |
25 |
+ 5 |
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Liberal |
178,567 |
24.03 |
+0.80 |
20 |
+ 2 |
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Country |
139,720 |
18.80 |
–0.49 |
26 |
+ 2 |
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Queensland Labor |
91,212 |
12.28 |
–11.12 |
4 |
– 7 |
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North Queensland Labor |
7,488 |
1.01 |
–0.25 |
1 |
± 0 |
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Ind. Labor |
2,257 |
0.32 |
+0.26 |
0 |
± 0 |
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Ind. Conservative |
2,723 |
0.39 |
+0.39 |
0 |
± 0 |
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Independent |
30,897 |
4.16 |
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2 |
+ 1 |
Total |
743,030 |
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78 |
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- 1 831,398 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but two Country seats representing 17,814 enrolled voters were unopposed.
See also
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