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.
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateQLP candidateOther 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 Jack 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 Frank 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
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