# 1960 Queensland state election

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 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. |
| 19 April 1960 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. |
| 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. |

## Results

Queensland state election, 28 May 1960 Legislative Assembly
<< 1957–1963 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 813,584 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 752,927 | | Turnout | 92.54 | –2.04 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,897 | | Informal | 1.31 | +0.17 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 296,430 | 39.89 | +11.00 | 25 | + 5 |
| | Liberal | 178,567 | 24.03 | +0.80 | 20 | + 2 |
| | Country | 144,865 | 19.50 | –0.49 | 26 | + 2 |
| | Queensland Labor | 91,212 | 12.28 | –11.12 | 4 | – 7 |
| | Independent | 30,897 | 4.16 | | 3 | + 2 |
| | Other | 1,059 | 0.14 | | 0 | ± 0 |
| Total | Total | 743,030 | | | 78 | |
Popular vote
Labor
39.89%
Liberal
24.03%
Country
19.50%
Queensland Labor
12.28%
Independents
4.16%
Others
0.14% :
Seats
Country
33.33%
Labor
32.05%
Liberal
25.64%
Queensland Labor
5.13%
Independents
3.85% :
    $^1$ 831,398 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but two Country seats representing 17,814 enrolled voters were unopposed.

## Seats changing party representation

There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, increasing the amount of seats from 75 to 78. The seat changes are as follows.

### Abolished seats

| Seat | Incumbent member | Party |
| Belyando | Tom Foley | Queensland Labor |
| Bremer | Jim Donald | Labor |
| Buranda | Keith Hooper | Liberal |
| Carpentaria | Norm Smith | Queensland Labor |
| Charters Towers | Arthur Jones | Queensland Labor |
| Chermside | Alex Dewar | Liberal |
| Coorparoo | Thomas Hiley | Liberal |
| Fitzroy | Jim Clark | Labor |
| Fortitude Valley | Bob Windsor | Liberal |
| Haughton | Colin McCathie | Queensland Labor |
| Ipswich | Ivor Marsden | Labor |
| Kelvin Grove | Douglas Tooth | Liberal |
| Keppel | Merv Thackeray | Labor |
| Marodian | James Heading | Country |
| Mundingburra | Tom Aikens | NQ Labor |
| Nash | Max Hodges | Country |
| North Toowoomba | Jack Duggan | Labor |
| Rockhampton | Mick Gardner | Queensland Labor |
| Southport | Eric Gaven | Country |
| Toowoomba | Mervyn Anderson | Liberal |
| Townsville | George Keyatta | Labor |
* Members listed in italics retired at this election.

### New seats

| Seat | Party | Elected member |
| Albert | Country | Cec Carey |
| Ashgrove | Liberal | Douglas Tooth |
| Aspley | Liberal | Fred Campbell |
| Belmont | Labor | Fred Newton |
| Bowen | Liberal | Peter Delamothe |
| Burke | Labor | Alec Inch |
| Burnett | Country | Claude Wharton |
| Chatsworth | Liberal | Thomas Hiley |
| Greenslopes | Liberal | Keith Hooper |
| Gympie | Country | Max Hodges |
| Hawthorne | Labor | Bill Baxter |
| Ipswich East | Labor | Jim Donald |
| Ipswich West | Labor | Ivor Marsden |
| Nudgee | Labor | Jack Melloy |
| Redcliffe | Independent | Jim Houghton |
| Rockhampton North | Labor | Merv Thackeray |
| Rockhampton South | Liberal | Rex Pilbeam |
| Salisbury | Labor | Doug Sherrington |
| South Coast | Country | Eric Gaven |
| Toowoomba East | Liberal | Mervyn Anderson |
| Toowoomba West | Labor | Jack Duggan |
| Townsville North | Labor | Perc Tucker |
| Townsville South | NQ Labor | Tom Aikens |
| Wavell | Liberal | Alex Dewar |

### Seats changing hands

| Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party |
| Aubigny | Jim Sparkes | Country | Les Diplock | Queensland Labor |
| Baroona | Bill Power | Queensland Labor | Pat Hanlon | Labor |
| Condamine | Les Diplock | Queensland Labor | Vic Sullivan | Country |
| Hinchinbrook | Cecil Jesson | Labor | John Row | Country |
| Ithaca | Pat Hanlon | Labor | Bob Windsor | Liberal |
| Sandgate | Thomas Ahearn | Liberal | Harry Dean | Labor |
| South Brisbane | Vince Gair | Queensland Labor | Col Bennett | Labor |
* Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.