1960 Queensland state election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1960 Queensland state election

| country = Queensland

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1957 Queensland state election

| previous_year = 1957

| next_election = 1963 Queensland state election

| next_year = 1963

| elected_members = Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1960–1963

| outgoing_members = Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957–1960

| registered = 813,584 {{increase}}{{small|8.9%}}

| seats_for_election = All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
{{small|40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority}}

| election_date = 28 May 1960

| turnout = 752,927 (92.54%)
({{decrease}}2.04 pp)

| party1 = Country

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Frank Nicklin 1959.jpg|bSize = 135|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 2|oLeft = 7}}

| leader1 = Frank Nicklin

| leader_since1 = 21 May 1941

| leaders_seat1 = Landsborough

| last_election1 = 24 seats

| seats_before1 = 23{{efn|Carlisle Wordsworth of Mulgrave died on 7 May 1960, reducing the number of Country MPs by one before the state election three weeks in advance.}}

| seats1 = 26

| seats_after1 =

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 3

| popular_vote1 = 139,720

| percentage1 = 19.50%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 0.49 pp

| party2 = Labor

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = JE Duggan, 1963.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 8}}

| leader2 = Jack Duggan

| leader_since2 = 18 August 1958

| leaders_seat2 = Toowoomba West

| last_election2 = 20 seats

| seats_before2 = 20 seats

| seats_needed2 =

| seats2 = 25 seats

| seats_after2 =

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 5

| popular_vote2 = 296,430

| percentage2 = 39.89%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 10.99 pp

| party4 = Queensland Liberal Party

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Queensland State Archives 6448 Mr Morris receiving Address of Loyalty migrant children at Parliament House June 1959 (cropped).png|bSize = 135|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 5|oLeft = 4}}

| leader4 = Kenneth Morris

| leader_since4 = 17 August 1954

| leaders_seat4 = Mount Coot-tha

| last_election4 = 18 seats

| seats_before4 = 18

| seats_needed4 =

| seats4 = 20

| seats_after4 =

| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 2

| popular_vote4 = 178,567

| percentage4 = 24.03%

| swing4 = {{increase}} 0.8 pp

| party5 = Queensland Labor Party (1957–1978)

| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png|bSize = 135|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 2|oLeft = 6}}

| leader5 = Vince Gair

| leader_since5 = 26 April 1957

| leaders_seat5 = South Brisbane
(lost seat)

| last_election5 = 11 seats

| seats_before5 = 11

| seats_needed5 =

| seats5 = 4

| seats_after5 =

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 7

| popular_vote5 = 91,212

| percentage5 = 12.28%

| swing5 = {{decrease}} 11.12 pp

| map_image = 1960 Queensland state election.svg

| map_size = 400px

| map_caption = Winning margin by electorate.

| title = Premier

| before_election = Frank Nicklin

| before_party = Country

| after_election = Frank Nicklin

| after_party = Country

}}

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the Electoral Districts Act 1958, which increased the Assembly from 75 to 78 seats and modified the zonal system first established by Labor ahead of the 1950 election.

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin, the Liberal Party led by Kenneth Morris, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan and the Queensland Labor Party led by Vince Gair. The Country and Liberal parties had formed a coalition.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a second term in office at the election, although the Labor Party recovered five seats and 11% of its vote from the 1957 election. Still, it was the first time since 1912 that a non-Labor government had been re-elected in Queensland.