# Candidates of the 1956 Queensland state election

The 1956 Queensland state election was held on 19 May 1956.

## By-elections

* On 28 November 1953, Horace Davies (Labor) was elected to succeed David Farrell (Labor), who had died on 17 August 1953, as the member for Maryborough.
* On 12 March 1955, Frank Forde (Labor) was elected to succeed Ernest Riordan (Labor), who had died on 9 December 1954, as the member for Flinders.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Thomas Crowley MLA (Cairns)
* James Larcombe MLA (Rockhampton)

### Liberal

* Tom Kerr MLA (Sherwood)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| Aubiugny | Country | William Alexander | Jim Sparkes (CP) | |
| Balonne | Labor | John Taylor | Eric McCorkell (CP) | |
| Barambah | Country | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP) | |
| Barcoo | Labor | Ned Davis | Wally Rae (CP) | |
| Baroona | Labor | Bill Power | Robert Thomasson (Lib) | Kevin Loughlin (CPA) |
| Belyando | Labor | Tom Foley | Timothy Donnelly (CP) | |
| Bremer | Labor | Jim Donald | George Groth (Lib) | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Johnno Mann | Roger Moore (Lib) | Peter Day (Ind) |
| Bulimba | Labor | Bob Gardner | John Mills (Lib) | Herbert Ricketts (Ind) |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Ted Walsh | | |
| Buranda | Labor | Dick Brown | Keith Hooper (Lib) | |
| Burdekin | Independent | Henry Skinner | | Arthur Coburn* (Ind) Howard Connors (CPA) |
| Cairns | Labor | Watty Wallace | Harold Mulry (CP) | Henry Smallwood (Ind) |
| Callide | Country | Eric Willis | Vince Jones (CP) | |
| Carnarvon | Labor | Paul Hilton | Fred Rogers (CP) | |
| Carpentaria | Labor | Norm Smith | William Aplin (CP) | |
| Charters Towers | Labor | Arthur Jones | Jan Karlik (Lib) | |
| Chermside | Liberal | Dudley Ryder | Alex Dewar (Lib) | |
| Clayfield | Liberal | | Harold Taylor (Lib) | James Ryan (Ind) |
| Condamine | Labor | Les Diplock | Stewart Keys (CP) | |
| Cook | Labor | Bunny Adair | John Crossland (CP) | |
| Cooroora | Country | Geoffrey Arnell | David Low (CP) | |
| Coorparoo | Liberal | Geoffrey Maher | Thomas Hiley (Lib) | |
| Cunningham | Country | John McCafferty | Alan Fletcher (CP) | |
| Darlington | Country | Charles Knoll | Tom Plunkett (CP) | |
| Fassifern | Country | | Alf Muller (CP) | |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Jim Clark | Gerard Davies (Lib) | Eric Browne (CPA) |
| Flinders | Labor | Frank Forde | Bill Longeran (CP) | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Mick Brosnan | Bob Windsor (Lib) | Jim Henderson (CPA) |
| Gregory | Labor | George Devries | Robert Campbell (CP) | |
| Haughton | Labor | Colin McCathie | Edwin Pearse (Lib) | |
| Hinchinbrook | Labor | Cecil Jesson | Francis Curro (Lib) | |
| Ipswich | Labor | Ivor Marsden | Wylie Gibbs (Lib) | Mev Welsby (CPA) |
| Isis | Country | Hylton Salter | Jack Pizzey (CP) | |
| Ithaca | Labor | Leonard Eastment | Alan Edwards (Lib) | |
| Kedron | Labor | Eric Lloyd | Albert Johnson (Lib) | |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | Bert Turner | Douglas Tooth (Lib) | |
| Keppel | Labor | Viv Cooper | Tom Griffith (Lib) | |
| Kurilpa | Labor | Tom Moores | Doug Berry (Lib) | |
| Landsborough | Country | Vincent Crosby | Frank Nicklin (CP) | |
| Lockyer | Liberal | | Gordon Chalk (Lib) | |
| Mackay | Labor | Fred Graham | David Treacy (Lib) | James Rowen (Ind) |
| Mackenzie | Labor | Paddy Whyte | Nev Hewitt (CP) | |
| Marodian | Country | | James Heading (CP) | |
| Maryborough | Labor | Horace Davies | James Dunn (CP) | |
| Merthyr | Labor | Bill Moore | Sam Ramsden (Lib) | |
| Mirani | Country | Roger Scanlan | Ernie Evans (CP) | |
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Vlad Darveniza | Kenneth Morris (Lib) | |
| Mount Gravatt | Labor | Felix Dittmer | Eric Handy (Lib) | |
| Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Byrne | Eric Fox (CP) | John Twaddle (CPA) |
| Mulgrave | Labor | Charles English | Bob Watson (CP) | |
| Mundingburra | NQ Labor | John Brennan | | Tom Aikens (NQLP) |
| Murrumba | Country | Charles Myers | David Nicholson (CP) | |
| Nash | Labor | Greg Kehoe | Max Hodges (CP) | |
| Norman | Labor | Bill Baxter | George Regan (Lib) | |
| North Toowoomba | Labor | Les Wood | Sidney Webb (Lib) | |
| Nundah | Labor | Jim Hadley | William Knox (Lib) | |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Jim Burrows | Thomas Pulsford (CP) | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | Mick Gardner | Rex Pilbeam (Lib) | Tom Kelly (Ind) |
| Roma | Labor | Alfred Dohring | William Ewan (CP) | |
| Sandgate | Labor | Herbert Robinson | Thomas Ahearn (Lib) | |
| Sherwood | Liberal | Bart Lourigan | John Herbert (Lib) | Margaret Fisher (Ind) Eugene Marshall (CPA) |
| Somerset | Labor | Alexander Skinner | Nigel McConnel (CP) | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Vince Gair | | Jack Noonan (Ind) Frank Roberts (Ind) |
| Southport | Country | William Belford | Eric Gaven (CP) | |
| Tablelands | Labor | Harold Collins | Clarence West (CP) | |
| Toowong | Liberal | | Alan Munro (Lib) | |
| Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | Edward Hall (Lib) | |
| Townsville | Labor | George Keyatta | Roy Pope (Lib) | Jack Abercrombie (Ind) Hugh Fay (CPA) |
| Warrego | Labor | John Dufficy | William Mills (CP) | |
| Warwick | Country | Frank Drew | Otto Madsen (CP) | |
| Whitsunday | Country | George Burns | Lloyd Roberts (CP) | |
| Windsor | Labor | Tom Rasey | Margaret Gordon (Lib) | |
| Wynnum | Labor | Bill Gunn | Charles Mengel (Lib) | |
| Yeronga | Liberal | Norman Stutz | Winston Noble (Lib) | Jim Dwyer (Ind) |