# Candidates of the 1953 Queensland state election

The 1953 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 7 March 1953.

## By-elections

* On 18 November 1950, Mick Brosnan (Labor) was elected to succeed Samuel Brassington (Labor), who had died on 4 October 1950, as the member for Fortitude Valley.
* On 3 March 1951, John Dufficy (Labor) was elected to succeed Harry O'Shea (Labor), who had died on 4 November 1950, as the member for Warrego.
* On 14 April 1951, Eric Lloyd (Labor) was elected to succeed Bruce Pie (Liberal), who had resigned on 6 January 1951, as the member for Kedron.
* On 5 April 1952, Leonard Eastment was elected to succeed Ned Hanlon (Labor), who had died on 15 January 1952, as the member for Ithaca.
* On 25 October 1952, Viv Cooper (Labor) was elected to succeed Walter Ingram (Labor), who had died on 24 July 1952, as the member for Keppel.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Thomas Dunstan MLA (Nash)

### Country

* Duncan MacDonald MLA (Somerset)
* Malcolm McIntyre MLA (Cunningham)

### Liberal

* Louis Luckins MLA (Norman)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| Aubigny | Country | | Jim Sparkes (CP) | Vic Sullivan (Ind) |
| Balonne | Labor | John Taylor | Claude Dunshea (CP) | |
| Barambah | Country | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP) | |
| Barcoo | Labor | Ned Davis | | |
| Baroona | Labor | Bill Power | | |
| Belyando | Labor | Tom Foley | | |
| Bremer | Labor | Jim Donald | | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Johnno Mann | | Laura Hansen (CPA) Colin Nonmus (SC) |
| Bulimba | Labor | Bob Gardner | Ronald Holt (Lib) | |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Ted Walsh | Willie Howard (Lib) | James Julin (Ind) |
| Buranda | Labor | Dick Brown | Cecil Holt (Lib) | |
| Burdekin | Independent | William Wall | | Arthur Coburn (Ind) |
| Cairns | Labor | Thomas Crowley | Arthur Keller (CP) | Charles Crawley (PLP) Cedric Dyer (CPA) |
| Callide | Country | Patrick Moore | Vince Jones (CP) | |
| Carnarvon | Labor | Paul Hilton | Eric McCorkell (CP) | |
| Carpentaria | Labor | Norm Smith | William Aplin (CP) | |
| Charters Towers | Labor | Arthur Jones | | |
| Chermside | Liberal | Kenneth McRae | Alex Dewar (Lib) | |
| Clayfield | Liberal | | Harold Taylor (Lib) | |
| Condamine | Country | Les Diplock | Eric Allpass (CP) | |
| Cook | Country | Bunny Adair | Carlisle Wordsworth (CP) | |
| Cooroora | Country | Geoffrey Arnell | David Low (CP) | |
| Coorparoo | Liberal | Gerald Maher | Thomas Hiley (Lib) | |
| Cunningham | Country | Robert Bradfield | Alan Fletcher (CP) | |
| Darlington | Country | Charles Knoll | Tom Plunkett (CP) | William Yarrow (CPA) |
| Fassifern | Country | | Alf Muller (CP) | Oliver Hooper (Ind) |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Jim Clark | William Hoare (Lib) | Eric Browne (CPA) |
| Flinders | Labor | Ernest Riordan | | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Mick Brosnan | | Albert Graham (CPA) John Marion (SC) |
| Gregory | Labor | George Devries | | |
| Haughton | Labor | Colin McCathie | Frederick Purdie (CP) | Ernest O'Brien (NQLP) |
| Hinchinbrook | Labor | Cecil Jesson | James Ryan (Lib) | Douglas Jeffrey (Ind) |
| Ipswich | Labor | Ivor Marsden | | Richard Cobb (CPA) |
| Isis | Country | John Barron | Jack Pizzey (CP) | |
| Ithaca | Labor | Leonard Eastment | Douglas Lowndes (Lib) | Herbert Heritage (CPA) |
| Kedron | Labor | Eric Lloyd | John Harris (Lib) | |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | Bert Turner | Mary Lahey (Lib) | |
| Keppel | Labor | Viv Cooper | Alfred Ganter (CP) | Tolstoy Birkbeck (Ind) |
| Kurilpa | Labor | Tom Moores | Lilian Derrick (Lib) | Richard Boorman (SC) Sydney Clare (Ind) Anna Slater (CPA) |
| Landsborough | Country | | Frank Nicklin (CP) | |
| Lockyer | Liberal | John Hilton | Gordon Chalk (Lib) | |
| Mackay | Labor | Fred Graham | Flora Johnson (Lib) | |
| Mackenzie | Labor | Paddy Whyte | James Lawrence (CP) | |
| Marodian | Country | Sydney Campbell | James Heading (CP) | |
| Maryborough | Labor | David Farrell | | Charles Reed (CPA) Cyril Tanner (Ind) |
| Merthyr | Labor | Bill Moore | William Knox (Lib) | |
| Mirani | Country | Roger Scanlan | Ernie Evans (CP) | |
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Vlad Darveniza | Kenneth Morris (Lib) | |
| Mount Gravatt | Labor | Felix Dittmer | Daniel Rowley (Lib) | George Bordujenko (CPA) |
| Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Byrne | John Castor (CP) | Bertie Clark (CPA) |
| Mulgrave | Country | Charles English | Bob Watson (CP) | |
| Mundingburra | NQ Labor | Daniel Gleeson | Christopher Wordsworth (Lib) | Tom Aikens (NQLP) |
| Murrumba | Country | Kenneth Griffith | David Nicholson (CP) | |
| Nash | Labor | Greg Kehoe | Ronald Witham (Lib) | |
| Norman | Liberal | Bill Baxter | Rex Brock (Lib) | |
| North Toowoomba | Labor | Les Wood | John Groom (Lib) | |
| Nundah | Labor | Frank Roberts | Nellie Taylor (Lib) | |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Jim Burrows | Julia Hinds (Lib) | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | James Larcombe | Thomas Donohoe (Lib) | Thomas Kelly (Ind) |
| Roma | Country | Alfred Dohring | William Ewan (CP) | |
| Sandgate | Liberal | Herbert Robinson | Eric Decker (Lib) | |
| Sherwood | Liberal | Robert Mansfield | Tom Kerr (Lib) | Pablo O'Dowd (Ind) |
| Somerset | Country | Alexander Skinner | James Brough (CP) | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Vince Gair | Geoffrey Wadeson (Lib) | John Parker (Ind) |
| Southport | Country | Edgar Hill | Eric Gaven (CP) | |
| Tablelands | Labor | Harold Collins | James Baldock (CP) | Richard Anear (CPA) |
| Toowong | Liberal | Frank Venables | Alan Munro (Lib) | |
| Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | Frank Farnell (Lib) | |
| Townsville | Labor | George Keyatta | Archibald Hooper (Lib) | Hugh Fay (CPA) Kevin Gormley (NQLP) |
| Warrego | Labor | John Dufficy | | |
| Warwick | Country | John O'Brien | Otto Madsen (CP) | |
| Whitsunday | Country | Hugh MacLennan | Lloyd Roberts (CP) | Jim Henderson (CPA) |
| Windsor | Labor | Tom Rasey | John Cutting (Lib) | |
| Wynnum | Labor | Bill Gunn | Charles Mengel (Lib) | |
| Yeronga | Liberal | Tom Doyle | Winston Noble (Lib) | |