All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
93.80 ( 1.29 pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Vince Gair
Frank Nicklin
Party
Labor
Coalition
Leader since
17 January 1952 (1952-01-17)
21 May 1941
Leader's seat
South Brisbane
Landsborough
Last election
42 seats
31 seats
Seats won
50
23
Seat change
8
8
Popular vote
323,882
243,757
Percentage
53.21%
40.05%
Swing
6.34
9.11
Premier before election
Vince Gair
Labor
Elected Premier
Vince Gair
Labor
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 March 1953 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its eighth continuous term in office since the 1932 election. It was the first electoral test for Vince Gair, who had become Premier of Queensland 14 months earlier after the death of Ned Hanlon.
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