Candidates of the 1963 Queensland state election

The 1963 Queensland state election was held on 1 June 1963.

The Queensland Labor Party (QLP) formally affiliated with the national Democratic Labor Party (DLP) in 1962, resulting in two of its members resigning to sit as independents. Seats won by the QLP in 1960 are listed as DLP-held below.

By-elections

On 1 July 1961, Eugene O'Donnell (Labor) was elected to succeed Edward Davis (Labor), who had died on 10 March 1961, as the member for Barcoo.
On 1 July 1961, Ron Camm (Country) was elected to succeed Lloyd Roberts, who had died on 11 March 1961, as the member for Whitsunday

Retiring Members

Note: Mount Gravatt Liberal MLA Graham Hart resigned shortly before the election; no by-election was held.

=Labor=

Jim Burrows MLA (Port Curtis)

=Liberal=

Kenneth Morris MLA (Mount Coot-tha)
Harold Taylor MLA (Clayfield)

Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

class="wikitable" !Electorate !Held by !Labor candidate !Coalition candidate !DLP candidate !Other candidates
bgcolor="#cccccc" \|		{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\|	{{Australian party style\|Nationals QLD}}\|	{{Australian party style\|dlp}}\|	bgcolor="#999999"\|
Albert	Country	Eugene Ulrick	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Cec Carey (CP)		Ernest Harley (Ind)
Ashgrove	Liberal	Terry Kearney	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Douglas Tooth (Lib)	George Cook
Aspley	Liberal	Edward Humbler	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Fred Campbell (Lib)	Brian Balaam
Aubigny	DLP	Bruce Strachan	Somerset Thorn (CP)	{{Australian party shading/DLP}}\|Les Diplock
Balonne	Country	Russell Hall	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Eddie Beardmore (CP)
Barambah	Country	William Weir	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)		Percy Edwards (Ind)
Barcoo	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Eugene O'Donnell	Gordon Vandersee (CP)
Baroona	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Pat Hanlon	Dawn Stanton (Lib)	Douglas Garsden	Vincent Englart (CPA)
Belmont	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Fred Newton	Cecil Schuurs (Lib)	John Taylor
Bowen	Liberal	John Gralton	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Peter Delamothe (Lib)	Jim McCane
Brisbane	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Johnno Mann	James Rowan (Lib)	Jack O'Connell
Bulimba	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Jack Houston	Stan Latham (Lib)	Paul Tucker
Bundaberg	DLP	Matthew Tallon			{{Australian party shading/Independent}}\|Ted Walsh (Ind)
Burdekin	Independent	Thomas Niven		Oliver Andersen	{{Australian party shading/Independent}}\|Arthur Coburn (Ind)
Burke	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Alec Inch
Burnett	Country	Denis Grace	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Claude Wharton (CP)
Cairns	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Watty Wallace	Charles Joy (CP)	Arthur Trembath
Callide	Country	Keith Coombs	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Vince Jones (CP)	Nancy Green	Alfred O'Rourke (Ind)
Carnarvon	DLP	Douglas Gow	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Henry McKechnie (CP)	Paul Hilton
Chatsworth	Liberal	Bob Bradfield	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Thomas Hiley (Lib)	Vince Garrigan
Clayfield	Liberal	Norm Butler	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|John Murray (Lib)	Jack Dolan
Condamine	Country	Reg Keating	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Vic Sullivan (CP)
Cook	DLP	Jack Bethel			{{Australian party shading/Independent}}\|Bunny Adair (Ind)
Cooroora	Country	Lancelot Sanderson	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|David Low (CP)		Theophilus Chapman (Ind)
Cunningham	Country	Brian Davis	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Alan Fletcher (CP)	Herbert Scott
Fassifern	Country	Denis O'Brien	Albert Hall (CP)	Kenneth Rawle	{{Australian party shading/Independent}}\|Alf Muller (Ind)
Flinders	Country	Charles Rattray	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Bill Longeran (CP)	John Judge
Greenslopes	Liberal	John Hughes	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Keith Hooper (Lib)	Terry Burns	Eric Allen (SC) Edmund Crisp (CPA)
Gregory	Country	Martin Laracy	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Wally Rae (CP)	Bill Hutchinson
Gympie	Country	Blair Jamieson	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Max Hodges (CP)	Denis Tanner
Hawthorne	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Bill Baxter	Bill Kaus (Lib)	Rogers Judge
Hinchinbrook	Country	Kevin Cavanagh	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|John Row (CP)	Jack Williams	George Bordujenko (CPA)
Ipswich East	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Jim Donald	Hedley Scriven (Lib)	Andrij Janicky	Vic Robb (SC)
Ipswich West	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Ivor Marsden	Jim Cochrane (Lib)	Len Maguire
Isis	Country	George Hooper	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Jack Pizzey (CP)	Tom Carroll	Arnold Jones (SC)
Ithaca	Liberal	Lou Clifford	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Bob Windsor (Lib)	James Ashe	Bruce Tannock (SC)
Kedron	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Eric Lloyd	Hubertus Toonen (Lib)	Ted Doherty	Ron Burrows (Ind)
Kurilpa	Liberal	Bernie Dokter	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Clive Hughes (Lib)	Maurice Sheehan	Paul Kenealy (SC)
Landsborough	Country	Frank Freemantle	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Frank Nicklin (CP)
Lockyer	Liberal	James Keim	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Gordon Chalk (Lib)	Brian Hannan	James Dwyer (Ind)
Logan	Country	William Ware	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Leslie Harrison (CP)	Frank Andrews
Mackay	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Fred Graham	John Matson (CP)	Edwin Relf
Mackenzie	Country	Patrick O'Brien	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Nev Hewitt (CP)
Maryborough	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Horace Davies	Robert Hunter (CP)	Vincent Wenck	Douglas Devenish (SC)
Merthyr	Liberal	Tom Campbell	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Sam Ramsden (Lib)	Geoffrey Traill
Mirani	Country	George Moody	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Ernie Evans (CP)
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	Norm Maddock	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Bill Lickiss (Lib)	Max Muller
Mount Gravatt	Liberal	Stuart Barnes	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Geoff Chinchen (Lib)	Eric Allingham
Mourilyan	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Peter Byrne	Alf Martinuzzi (CP)	Geoff Higham
Mulgrave	Country	Stanley Scoines	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Roy Armstrong (CP)	Charles English
Murrumba	Country	Norman Kruger	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|David Nicholson (CP)	John Carter	Francis O'Mara (Ind)
Norman	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Fred Bromley	Cyril Ryan (Lib)	Harry Wright	David Gray (SC)
Nudgee	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Jack Melloy	Dennis Hedges (Lib)	Mick O'Connor
Nundah	Liberal	Frank Roberts	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|William Knox (Lib)	Denis Cleary
Port Curtis	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Martin Hanson		Doug McClarty	Tom Kelly (Ind)
Redcliffe	Independent	Colin McInnes	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Jim Houghton (CP)	Michael Doyle	Eric Pritchard (Ind) Ernest Sykes (Ind)
Rockhampton North	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Merv Thackeray	Phil German (Lib)	Richard Wasson
Rockhampton South	Liberal	Charles White	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Rex Pilbeam (Lib)	Stan Doolan	Brian Dillon (Ind)
Roma	Country	Herbert Williamson	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|William Ewan (CP)	Bryan Hurley
Salisbury	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Doug Sherrington	Keith Brough (Lib)	Miroslav Jansky
Sandgate	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Harry Dean	Maurice White (Lib)	Austin McShane
Sherwood	Liberal	Vincent Kitson	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|John Herbert (Lib)	Len Galligan
Somerset	Country	John Walters	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Harold Richter (CP)
South Brisbane	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Col Bennett	Gabrielle Horan (Lib)	Greg Kehoe
South Coast	Country	Irene Weir	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Eric Gaven (CP)	Douglas Schwede
Tablelands	Country	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Edwin Wallis-Smith	Tom Gilmore (CP)	Leo McManus	Dino Bertoldo (Ind)
Toowong	Liberal	Leslie McGrath	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Alan Munro (Lib)	Brian O'Brien
Toowoomba East	Liberal	Peter Wood	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Mervyn Anderson (Lib)	Frank Mullins
Toowoomba West	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Jack Duggan	August Dietz (Lib)	Terry Morris
Townsville North	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Perc Tucker	Robert Bonnett (Lib)	Kiernan Dorney	Alfred Reeves (Ind)
Townsville South	NQ Labor	Arthur Trower			{{Australian party shading/Independent}}\|Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Warrego	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|John Dufficy	Michael Turner (CP)
Warwick	Country	Reggie Wenham	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Otto Madsen (CP)	Daniel Skehan
Wavell	Liberal	Benjamin Harriss	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Alex Dewar (Lib)	Vincent Bedsor	Merv Goldstiver (SC)
Whitsunday	Country	John Barry	{{Australian party shading/Nationals}}\|Ron Camm (CP)
Windsor	Liberal	George Georgouras	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Ray Smith (Lib)	Owen O'Donoghue
Wynnum	Labor	{{Australian party shading/Labor}}\|Bill Gunn	Oswald Brunner (Lib)	Kevin O'Regan
Yeronga	Liberal	Cyril Cusack	{{Australian party shading/Liberal}}\|Winston Noble (Lib)	Mary Andrews	Roy Phipps (SC)

References

{{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Colin A.|title=Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964|year=1974|publisher=Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University|location=Canberra|isbn=0-7081-0301-4}}

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