# Candidates of the 1957 Queensland state election

The 1957 Queensland state election was held on 3 August 1957.
Since the previous election in 1956, the Labor Party had split, with all but one of the ministry and a number of supporters forming the separate Queensland Labor Party.

## 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

* Note: Gregory QLP MLA George Devries nominated for re-election, but died before polling day; the election for Gregory was thus postponed to 5 October 1957.

### Country

* Tom Plunkett MLA (Darlington)

## 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 |
| Aubigny | Country | | Jim Sparkes (CP) | | |
| Balonne | Labor | John Taylor | Eddie Beardmore (CP) | Henry Bunton | |
| Barambah | Country | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP) | Thomas O'Neill | |
| Barcoo | Labor | Ned Davis | Raymond Paynter (CP) | Stanley Barry | |
| Baroona | Labor | Norman Buchan | Robert Thomasson (Lib) | Bill Power | |
| Belyando | Labor | John Williams | Clarence Whyte (CP) | Tom Foley | |
| Bremer | Labor | Jim Donald | George Groth (Lib) | Frank Corbutt | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Johnno Mann | Roger Moore (Lib) | Daniel Casey | |
| Bulimba | Labor | Jack Houston | Bill Lickiss (Lib) | Bob Gardner | |
| Bundaberg | Labor | William Elson-Green | Thomas Pulsford (CP) | Ted Walsh | |
| Buranda | Labor | Dick Brown | Keith Hooper (Lib) | Michael Lyons | John Handasyde (Ind) |
| Burdekin | Independent | John Grafton | | Oliver Andersen | Arthur Coburn (Ind) |
| Cairns | Labor | Watty Wallace | Clement Cummings (CP) | James Bidner | |
| Callide | Country | | Vince Jones (CP) | | |
| Carnarvon | Labor | Douglas Gow | Fred Rogers (CP) | Paul Hilton | |
| Carpentaria | Labor | Alec Inch | William Aplin (CP) | Norm Smith | |
| Charters Towers | Labor | Robert Davies | Kieth Siemon (Lib) | Arthur Jones | |
| Chermside | Liberal | Leslie Sampson | Alex Dewar (Lib) | John Parry | |
| Clayfield | Liberal | | Harold Taylor (Lib) | | James Ryan (Ind) |
| Condamine | Labor | William Eggington | Stewart Keys (CP) | Les Diplock | |
| Cook | Labor | Seymour Chataway | Carlisle Wordsworth (CP) | Bunny Adair | |
| Cooroora | Country | Ralph Smith | David Low (CP) | | |
| Coorparoo | Liberal | Bernard Ouston | Thomas Hiley (Lib) | | |
| Cunningham | Country | | Alan Fletcher (CP) | | Leslie Ott (Ind) |
| Darlington | Country | Charles Knoll | Leslie Harrison (CP) | | Henry Longfield (Ind) Michael Smith (Ind) |
| Fassifern | Country | | Alf Muller (CP) | Kenneth Rawle | |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Jim Clark | Gordon Dunn (Lib) | John Norton | |
| Flinders | Labor | Frank Forde | Bill Longeran (CP) | Bob Katter | Charles Corney (Ind) |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Jack Egerton | Bob Windsor (Lib) | Mick Brosnan | |
| Gregory | Labor | unknown | Wally Rae (CP) | George Devries (died) | |
| Gregory | Labor | Jack Duggan | Wally Rae (CP) | Keith Smith | |
| Haughton | Labor | Vivien Owens | William Clayton (CP) | Colin McCathie | |
| Hinchinbrook | Labor | Cecil Jesson | John Row (CP) | John Argaet | Francis Curro (Ind) |
| Ipswich | Labor | Ivor Marsden | Wylie Gibbs (Lib) | Robert Johnstone | |
| Isis | Country | | Jack Pizzey (CP) | Edward McDonnell | |
| Ithaca | Labor | Pat Hanlon | Alan Edwards (Lib) | Anthony Machin | |
| Kedron | Labor | Eric Lloyd | Joseph Harris (Lib) | Clive Uhr | |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | Bert Turner | Douglas Tooth (Lib) | John Dawson | |
| Keppel | Labor | Merv Thackeray | Tom Griffith (Lib) | Viv Cooper | Rex Pilbeam (Ind) |
| Kurilpa | Labor | Myles Kane | Peter Connolly (Lib) | Tom Moores | George Fry (Ind) |
| Landsborough | Country | | Frank Nicklin (CP) | | |
| Lockyer | Liberal | | Gordon Chalk (Lib) | | Jim Dwyer (Ind) |
| Mackay | Labor | Fred Graham | William Field (Lib) | Joseph Griffin | |
| Mackenzie | Country | William James | Nev Hewitt (CP) | John Thomas Cook | |
| Marodian | Country | William Weir | James Heading (CP) | | |
| Maryborough | Labor | Horace Davies | James Dunn (CP) | Clement Gott | |
| Merthyr | Labor | Tom Campbell | Sam Ramsden (Lib) | Bill Moore | |
| Mirani | Country | James Chataway | Ernie Evans (CP) | Waller O'Grady | |
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Desmond Raven | Kenneth Morris (Lib) | John Lynch | |
| Mount Gravatt | Labor | Felix Dittmer | Graham Hart (Lib) | Charles Edwards | Harold Boone (Ind) |
| Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Byrne | Edmund Webb (CP) | Alfred Drew | Cecil Evans (Ind) |
| Mulgrave | Labor | Leslie Trembath | Bob Watson (CP) | Charles English | |
| Mundingburra | NQ Labor | Jim Mahony | | | Tom Aikens* (NQLP) Gordon Evans (Ind) |
| Murrumba | Country | Bertram Krause | David Nicholson (CP) | Michael Ryan | |
| Nash | Labor | George Hooper | Max Hodges (CP) | Greg Kehoe | |
| Norman | Labor | Bill Baxter | George Regan (Lib) | Norman Tacey | |
| North Toowoomba | Labor | Les Wood | Herbert Yeates (Lib) | Francis Bowdler | |
| Nundah | Labor | Dudley Ryder | William Knox (Lib) | Jim Hadley | |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Jim Burrows | Colin Wilson (CP) | Samuel Andrewartha | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | James Fraser | James Marshall (Lib) | Mick Gardner | Thomas Kelly (Ind) Rex Pilbeam (Ind) |
| Roma | Labor | William Hay | William Ewan (CP) | Alfred Dohring | James Clarke (Ind) |
| Sandgate | Labor | Harry Dean | Thomas Ahearn (Lib) | Herbert Robinson | |
| Sherwood | Liberal | Doug Sherrington | John Herbert (Lib) | Harry Wright | |
| Somerset | Labor | Evan Marginson | Harold Richter (CP) | Alexander Skinner | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Tom Doyle | William Henry (Lib) | Vince Gair | |
| Southport | Country | William Bedford | Eric Gaven (CP) | | |
| Tablelands | Labor | Sidney Tullipan | Tom Gilmore (CP) | Harold Collins | |
| Toowong | Liberal | | Alan Munro (Lib) | | |
| Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | Mervyn Anderson (Lib) | Thomas McCawley | Vera Lacaze (Ind) |
| Townsville | Labor | George Keyatta | Roy Pope (Lib) | Lionel Tomlins | |
| Warrego | Labor | John Dufficy | Arnold White (CP) | John Glynn | |
| Warwick | Country | | Otto Madsen (CP) | George Wilkinson | |
| Whitsunday | Country | Ralph Staples | Lloyd Roberts (CP) | Bernard Lewis | |
| Windsor | Labor | Kenneth Kemshead | Ray Smith (Lib) | Tom Rasey | |
| Wynnum | Labor | Bill Gunn | Peter McAdam (Lib) | James Pendergast | William St George-Grambauer (Ind) |
| Yeronga | Liberal | Roy Dent | Winston Noble (Lib) | William Quaill | |