Queensland state election, 1963

1 June 1963 (1963-06-01)

All 78 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Frank Nicklin	Jack Duggan
Party	Country/Liberal coalition	Labor
Leader since	21 May 1941	18 August 1958 (1958-08-18)
Leader's seat	Landsborough	Toowoomba West
Last election	46 seats	25 seats
Seats won	46 seats	26 seats
Seat change	0	1
Percentage	44.07%	43.83%
Swing	0.54	3.94

Premier before election

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 June 1963 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin, the Liberal Party led by Alan Munro, the Australian Labor Party led by Jack Duggan and the Queensland Labor Party led by Paul Hilton. The Country and Liberal parties governed in coalition.

This election marked the return of preferential voting after first past the post voting had been used for elections from 1944-1960.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a third term in office at the election.

Key dates

Date	Event
19 April 1963	The Parliament was dissolved.^[1]
19 April 1963	Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election.^[2]
26 April 1963	Close of nominations.
1 June 1963	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
5 July 1963	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
20 August 1960	Parliament resumed for business.^[3]

Queensland state election, 1 June 1963^[4] Legislative Assembly << 1960 — 1966 >>
Enrolled voters		830,436^[1]
Votes cast		783,034		Turnout	94.29	+1.75
Informal votes		12,036		Informal	1.54	+0.23
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	337,928	43.83	+3.94	26	+ 1
	Liberal	183,185	23.76	–0.27	20	± 0
	Country	156,621	20.31	+0.81	26	± 0
	Queensland Labor	55,711	7.23	–5.05	1	– 3
	Independent (ex-QLP)	11,810	1.53	+1.53	2	+ 2
	North Queensland Labor	8,229	1.07		1	± 0
	Ind. Conservative	3,028	0.39		1	+ 1
	Independent	12,052	1.56	–2.60	1	– 1
Total		770,998			78

¹ 839,323 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but the Labor-held seat of Burke was not contested.

↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1963. p. 212:1713.
↑ Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1960. p. 212:1715. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Queensland Government Gazette. 18 July 1960. p. 213:1157. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 1 June 1963". Retrieved 22 February 2010.

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