The 1972 Queensland state election was held on 27 May 1972.

Retiring members Note: Albert Liberal MLA Bill Heatley, Balonne Country MLA Harold Hungerford and Callide Country MLA Vince Jones had died prior to the election, while Bowen Liberal MLA Peter Delamothe had resigned; no by-elections had been held to replace them.

Labor Eric Lloyd MLA (Kedron)

Country Sir David Nicholson MLA (Murrumba) Sir Harold Richter MLA (Somerset) John Row MLA (Hinchinbrook)

Democratic Labor Les Diplock MLA (Aubigny)

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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateIndependent candidates Albert Liberal Bill D'Arcy Robert Allen (Lib) Ivan Gibbs (CP) Thomas McKenzie John Black William WollsteinArcherfield Labor Kevin Hooper Cyril Morgan (Lib) Barry Weedon Ashgrove Liberal Walter Tutt Douglas Tooth (Lib) Bert Vann Ivan AlcornAspley Liberal John Steensen Fred Campbell (Lib) Noel Hutchinson Auburn Country Roden Carter Nev Hewitt (CP) Lindsay Sharpe Balonne Country Bob Drenan Don Neal (CP) John Donnelly William DendleBarambah Country Neville Reinke Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP) Mary Ryan Percy EdwardsBaroona Labor Pat Hanlon John Andrews (Lib) Maurice O'Connor Barron River Labor Bill Wood Micheli Borzi (CP) Rex Silver (Lib) Thomas White Belmont Labor Fred Newton Maurice Hughes (Lib) Thomas Connor Belyando Labor Eugene O'Donnell Vince Lester (CP) Brisbane Labor Brian Davis Harold Lowes (Lib) Kenneth Walpole Llewellyn DaviesBulimba Labor Jack Houston Megan Wilding (Lib) Paul Tucker Bundaberg Labor Lou Jensen Alan Birchley Burdekin Country Ronald Nuttall Val Bird (CP) Emil Liebrecht Burnett Country Granville Batkines Claude Wharton (CP) Leonard Galligan Cairns Labor Ray Jones Arthur Kalman (CP) David Palmer (Lib) Bernard Marsh Callide Country Charles Tutt Lindsay Hartwig (CP) Edgar Lanigan Carnarvon Country Neil Sullivan Henry McKechnie (CP) Raymond Macnamara Chatsworth Liberal H Zehr Bill Hewitt (Lib) Maurice Sheehan Clayfield Liberal John Stephens John Murray (Lib) Francis Andrews Condamine Country Gladys Krause Vic Sullivan (CP) William Hickey Charles RussellCook Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith Graham Gordon (CP) Benjamin Nona Cooroora Country Anthony Dames David Low (CP) Alexander Browne Cunningham Country Brian Graham Alan Fletcher (CP) Eugene Connolly Everton Labor Gerry Jones Denver Beanland (Lib) Fred Roberts (CP) Lyle Jehn Theoron ToonFassifern Country Murray Freiberg Selwyn Muller (CP) Luke O'Reilly Flinders Country Peter Lindenmayer Bill Longeran (CP) Greenslopes Liberal Lewis Wyvill Keith Hooper (Lib) Denis Cochran Lynn AberdeenGregory Country Gordon Harding Wally Rae (CP) Gympie Country Alex Pringle Max Hodges (CP) Benedict Kehoe Cecil RiversHinchinbrook Country James Byrne Ted Row (CP) Peter Wood Ipswich Labor Phillip Dwyer Llewellyn Edwards (Lib) Francis Carroll David Laird Victor Robb Douglas WoodIpswich West Labor Vi Jordan Allan Whybird (Lib) Ernest Devin Robert MaxwellIsis Labor Jim Blake Kenneth Murphy (Lib) Alfred Plath (CP) Eric AndrewIthaca Liberal Sylvester Martin Col Miller (Lib) Mervyn Eunson Kurilpa Liberal Frank Gardiner Clive Hughes (Lib) Edward Doherty Michael NeenanLandsborough Country Roger Jeffries Mike Ahern* (CP) David Barker (Lib) Lockyer Liberal Lindesay Jones Sir Gordon Chalk (Lib) Lytton Labor Tom Burns John Ottway (Lib) John O'Connell Mackay Labor John Breen Robert Gray (Lib) Charles Johnstone (CP) Ed CaseyMansfield Liberal Raymond Lynch Bill Kaus (Lib) John Thompson William KenneyMaryborough Liberal Edward Weber Gilbert Alison (Lib) Matthews Minnegal Merthyr Liberal Denis Pie Don Lane (Lib) James Moss Mirani Country Bernard Kirwan Tom Newbery (CP) Mount Coot-tha Liberal Ian De Lacy Bill Lickiss (Lib) Cecilia Edwards Mount Gravatt Liberal Bill Avery Geoff Chinchen (Lib) Michael Scragg Mount Isa Labor Alec Inch Lillian Noakes (CP) John Turner Mourilyan Labor Peter Moore Peter Mitchell (CP) Geoffrey Higham Mulgrave Country Leslie Scheu Roy Armstrong (CP) Murrumba Country Alex Barr Des Frawley* (CP) Kathleen MacAdam (Lib) Paul Maguire Nudgee Labor Jack Melloy Alan Camp (Lib) Gordon Blain Nundah Liberal Ian Brusasco William Knox (Lib) Ambrose Shannon Pine Rivers Labor Ken Leese William Battershill (Lib) Allan Male (CP) Brian Flynn Port Curtis Labor Martin Hanson Marguerita Glen Redcliffe Country Jack Trueman John Hodges (Lib) Jim Houghton* (CP) Thomas Grundy Redlands Labor Ted Baldwin Edward Fitzgerald (Lib) Dick Wood (CP) Kenneth Bayliss Rockhampton Labor Keith Wright Terence Molloy (CP) Rex Pilbeam (Lib) Robert Bom Rockhampton North Labor Les Yewdale Peter Vamvakaris (Lib) John McKenna Merv ThackerayRoma Country Marcus Thew Ken Tomkins (CP) Patrick Feeney Salisbury Labor Doug Sherrington Rosemary Kyburz (Lib) Kenneth Wall Sandgate Labor Harry Dean Ivan Brown (Lib) Bernard Beston Sherwood Liberal Kerry Keating John Herbert (Lib) Clarice Weedon Somerset Country Henry Riis Bill Gunn (CP) Roland Forgan Robert WilkieSouth Brisbane Labor Fred Bromley Joseph Fenton (Lib) Viliam Simek Col Bennett Anton TerpstraSouth Coast Country Ronald Todd Bruce Bishop (Lib) Russ Hinze* (CP) Victor Kearney Douglas RoughtonStafford Labor Roy Harvey Percy Smith (Lib) James Hancock Surfers Paradise Country Keith Hunt John McIlwain (Lib) Bruce Small* (CP) Frederick Bassani William Daniel Eileen PetersToowong Liberal Donald Dignam Charles Porter (Lib) Brian O'Brien Toowoomba North Labor Ray Bousen Nellie Robinson (CP) Athol Zerbst (Lib) John Davis Toowoomba South Labor Peter Wood Allison Dickson (Lib) John Peel (CP) Francis Mullins Townsville Liberal Mike Reynolds Owen Griffiths (CP) Norman Scott-Young* (Lib) William Higgins Townsville South Independent Alex Wilson Kerry Smith Tom AikensTownsville West Labor Perc Tucker Keith Rundle (Lib) Jean Thomas (CP) Brian Hurney Warrego Labor Jack Aiken John Nevell (CP) Warwick Country Raymond Lyons David Cory (CP) Daniel Skehan Norman StuartWavell Liberal Herbert Bromley Arthur Crawford (Lib) Peter Flanagan Whitsunday Country Graeme Bowen Ron Camm (CP) Bernard Lewis Windsor Liberal Bryan Walsh Bob Moore (Lib) Thomas Heike Wolston Labor Evan Marginson Dirk Plooy (Lib) Leonard Maguire George WhyteWynnum Labor Ted Harris Brian Cahill (Lib) Gordon Randall Yeronga Liberal Clem Jones Norm Lee (Lib) Harry Wright

See also 1972 Queensland state election Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1969–1972 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972–1974 List of political parties in Australia

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