# Candidates of the 1960 Queensland state election

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.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | QLP candidate | Other 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 | |