QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 MARCH 1953 ======================================================================================== SEATS IN ORDER OF STRENGTH FOR LABOR PARTY ======================================================================================== District Member Margin Swing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 BARCOO Edward W DAVIS * Unopposed 02 BAROONA Hon William J POWER * Unopposed 03 BELYANDO Hon Thomas A FOLEY * Unopposed 04 BREMER James DONALD * Unopposed 05 CHARTERS TOWERS Hon Arthur JONES * Unopposed 06 FLINDERS Hon Ernest J RIORDAN * Unopposed 07 GREGORY Hon George H DEVRIES * Unopposed 08 WARREGO John J DUFFICY * Unopposed 09 IPSWICH Ivor MARSDEN * 44.6 over Communist 10 BRISBANE John H MANN * 28.0 over Social Credit 11 FORTITUDE VALLEY Michael T BROSNAN * 24.5 12 FITZROY James CLARK * 20.4 +08.5 13 HINCHINBROOK Cecil G JESSON * 19.5 +13.7 14 WYNNUM William M GUNN * 19.5 +08.5 15 HAUGHTON Colin G McCATHIE * 19.0 +11.3 16 MOURILYAN Peter BYRNE * 19.0 +16.5 17 BUNDABERG Hon Edward J WALSH * 18.4 18 PORT CURTIS James BURROWS * 17.8 +10.0 19 TABLELANDS Hon Harold H COLLINS * 17.7 +10.8 20 SOUTH BRISBANE Hon Vincent C GAIR * 16.9 +10.4 21 TOOWOOMBA Hon John E DUGGAN * 16.1 +10.4 22 KURILPA Thomas MOORES * 16.0 +08.6 23 TOWNSVILLE George KEYATTA * 16.0 +09.4 24 KEDRON Eric G LLOYD * 15.8 +17.9 25 ITHACA Leonard EASTMENT * 15.7 +05.0 26 MACKAY Frederick D GRAHAM * 14.5 +09.5 27 MOUNT GRAVATT Dr Felix C S DITTMER * 14.5 +11.3 28 CAIRNS Thomas M CROWLEY * 14.2 +05.1 29 BULIMBA Robert J GARDNER * 14.0 +13.8 30 MERTHYR Hon William M MOORE * 13.8 +08.2 31 BURANDA Richard K BROWN * 13.5 +10.5 32 ROCKHAMPTON Hon James LARCOMBE * 13.1 +11.8 33 CARPENTARIA Alfred J SMITH * 12.7 -03.0 34 KELVIN GROVE John A TURNER * 11.9 +05.7 35 NUNDAH Frank E ROBERTS * 11.9 +09.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Swing needed for CP-Lib majority 36 NORTH TOOWOOMBA Leslie A WOOD * 11.8 +07.4 37 CARNARVON Hon Paul J R HILTON * 11.4 +10.6 38 BALONNE John R TAYLOR * 11.2 +07.3 39 WINDSOR Thomas W RASEY * 10.2 +10.1 40 NORMAN William E BAXTER 09.2 +10.4 41 KEPPEL Vivian J N COOPER * 08.8 +02.7 42 MARYBOROUGH David J FARRELL * 06.5 over independent 43 NASH G Brian KEHOE + 06.1 +06.0 44 SANDGATE Herbert F ROBINSON 05.9 +09.9 45 MACKENZIE Patrick J WHYTE * 05.1 +03.8 46 COOK Herbert A ADAIR 03.1 +03.9 47 ROMA Alfred DOHRING 01.6 +04.9 48 MULGRAVE Charles B ENGLISH 01.1 +03.5 49 SOMERSET Alexander J SKINNER 01.0 +08.8 50 CONDAMINE Leslie F DIPLOCK 00.5 +12.6 COUNTRY PARTY-LIBERAL PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 SHERWOOD Thomas C KERR * (Lib) 01.0 +07.4 52 CHERMSIDE Alexander T DEWAR * (Lib) 01.6 +08.5 53 YERONGA Dr H Winston NOBLE * (Lib) 01.9 +09.7 54 WHITSUNDAY Lloyd H S ROBERTS * 02.4 +02.1 55 MOUNT COOT-THA Kenneth J MORRIS * (Lib) 07.3 +02.8 56 COORPAROO Thomas A D HILEY * (Lib) 07.5 +05.5 57 MURRUMBA David E NICHOLSON * 07.8 +07.3 58 MIRANI Ernest EVANS * 07.9 +05.1 59 ISIS Jack C A PIZZEY * 08.7 +03.2 60 AUBIGNY W B James G SPARKES * 09.3 over independent 61 SOUTHPORT Eric J GAVEN * 10.2 -00.1 62 TOOWONG Alan W MUNRO * (Lib) 12.8 +04.2 63 CALLIDE Vincent E JONES * 13.9 +01.9 64 WARWICK Otto O MADSEN * 14.8 +03.6 65 LOCKYER Gordon W W CHALK * (Lib) 17.1 +01.9 66 MARODIAN James A HEADING * 17.6 +02.2 67 DARLINGTON Thomas F PLUNKETT * 18.0 68 FASSIFERN Adolf G MULLER * 18.1 +08.1 69 CUNNINGHAM Alan R FLETCHER + 18.4 70 COOROORA David A LOW * 20.1 +02.5 71 BARAMBAH Johannes BJELKE-PETERSEN * Unopposed 72 CLAYFIELD Harold B TAYLOR * (Lib) Unopposed 73 LANDSBOROUGH G Francis R NICKLIN * Unopposed OTHER SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 BURDEKIN Arthur COBURN * (Ind) 08.0 over Labor 75 MUNDINGBURRA Thomas AIKENS (NQLP) 08.8 over Labor * Sitting member + New member in seat held by party