All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
93.01 ( 0.79 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
50 seats
23 seats
Seats won
49
24
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
335,311
290,299
Percentage
51.22%
44.34%
Swing
1.99
4.30
Premier before election
Vince Gair
Labor
Elected Premier
Vince Gair
Labor
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 19 May 1956 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its ninth continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Vince Gair's second election as Premier.
Labor would not win another election in the state until 1989.
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