Candidates of the 1956 Queensland state election

The 1956 Queensland state election was held on 19 May 1956.

By-elections

• On 28 November 1953, Horace Davies (Labor) was elected to succeed David Farrell (Labor), who had died on 17 August 1953, as the member for Maryborough.
• On 12 March 1955, Frank Forde (Labor) was elected to succeed Ernest Riordan (Labor), who had died on 9 December 1954, as the member for Flinders.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Thomas Crowley MLA (Cairns)
• James Larcombe MLA (Rockhampton)

Liberal

• Tom Kerr MLA (Sherwood)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Aubiugny	Country	William Alexander	Jim Sparkes (CP)
Balonne	Labor	John Taylor	Eric McCorkell (CP)
Barambah	Country		Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)
Barcoo	Labor	Ned Davis	Wally Rae (CP)
Baroona	Labor	Bill Power	Robert Thomasson (Lib)	Kevin Loughlin (CPA)
Belyando	Labor	Tom Foley	Timothy Donnelly (CP)
Bremer	Labor	Jim Donald	George Groth (Lib)
Brisbane	Labor	Johnno Mann	Roger Moore (Lib)	Peter Day (Ind)
Bulimba	Labor	Bob Gardner	John Mills (Lib)	Herbert Ricketts (Ind)
Bundaberg	Labor	Ted Walsh
Buranda	Labor	Dick Brown	Keith Hooper (Lib)
Burdekin	Independent	Henry Skinner		Arthur Coburn* (Ind) Howard Connors (CPA)
Cairns	Labor	Watty Wallace	Harold Mulry (CP)	Henry Smallwood (Ind)
Callide	Country	Eric Willis	Vince Jones (CP)
Carnarvon	Labor	Paul Hilton	Fred Rogers (CP)
Carpentaria	Labor	Norm Smith	William Aplin (CP)
Charters Towers	Labor	Arthur Jones	Jan Karlik (Lib)
Chermside	Liberal	Dudley Ryder	Alex Dewar (Lib)
Clayfield	Liberal		Harold Taylor (Lib)	James Ryan (Ind)
Condamine	Labor	Les Diplock	Stewart Keys (CP)
Cook	Labor	Bunny Adair	John Crossland (CP)
Cooroora	Country	Geoffrey Arnell	David Low (CP)
Coorparoo	Liberal	Geoffrey Maher	Thomas Hiley (Lib)
Cunningham	Country	John McCafferty	Alan Fletcher (CP)
Darlington	Country	Charles Knoll	Tom Plunkett (CP)
Fassifern	Country		Alf Muller (CP)
Fitzroy	Labor	Jim Clark	Gerard Davies (Lib)	Eric Browne (CPA)
Flinders	Labor	Frank Forde	Bill Longeran (CP)
Fortitude Valley	Labor	Mick Brosnan	Bob Windsor (Lib)	Jim Henderson (CPA)
Gregory	Labor	George Devries	Robert Campbell (CP)
Haughton	Labor	Colin McCathie	Edwin Pearse (Lib)
Hinchinbrook	Labor	Cecil Jesson	Francis Curro (Lib)
Ipswich	Labor	Ivor Marsden	Wylie Gibbs (Lib)	Mev Welsby (CPA)
Isis	Country	Hylton Salter	Jack Pizzey (CP)
Ithaca	Labor	Leonard Eastment	Alan Edwards (Lib)
Kedron	Labor	Eric Lloyd	Albert Johnson (Lib)
Kelvin Grove	Labor	Bert Turner	Douglas Tooth (Lib)
Keppel	Labor	Viv Cooper	Tom Griffith (Lib)
Kurilpa	Labor	Tom Moores	Doug Berry (Lib)
Landsborough	Country	Vincent Crosby	Frank Nicklin (CP)
Lockyer	Liberal		Gordon Chalk (Lib)
Mackay	Labor	Fred Graham	David Treacy (Lib)	James Rowen (Ind)
Mackenzie	Labor	Paddy Whyte	Nev Hewitt (CP)
Marodian	Country		James Heading (CP)
Maryborough	Labor	Horace Davies	James Dunn (CP)
Merthyr	Labor	Bill Moore	Sam Ramsden (Lib)
Mirani	Country	Roger Scanlan	Ernie Evans (CP)
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	Vlad Darveniza	Kenneth Morris (Lib)
Mount Gravatt	Labor	Felix Dittmer	Eric Handy (Lib)
Mourilyan	Labor	Peter Byrne	Eric Fox (CP)	John Twaddle (CPA)
Mulgrave	Labor	Charles English	Bob Watson (CP)
Mundingburra	NQ Labor	John Brennan		Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Murrumba	Country	Charles Myers	David Nicholson (CP)
Nash	Labor	Greg Kehoe	Max Hodges (CP)
Norman	Labor	Bill Baxter	George Regan (Lib)
North Toowoomba	Labor	Les Wood	Sidney Webb (Lib)
Nundah	Labor	Jim Hadley	William Knox (Lib)
Port Curtis	Labor	Jim Burrows	Thomas Pulsford (CP)
Rockhampton	Labor	Mick Gardner	Rex Pilbeam (Lib)	Tom Kelly (Ind)
Roma	Labor	Alfred Dohring	William Ewan (CP)
Sandgate	Labor	Herbert Robinson	Thomas Ahearn (Lib)
Sherwood	Liberal	Bart Lourigan	John Herbert (Lib)	Margaret Fisher (Ind) Eugene Marshall (CPA)
Somerset	Labor	Alexander Skinner	Nigel McConnel (CP)
South Brisbane	Labor	Vince Gair		Jack Noonan (Ind) Frank Roberts (Ind)
Southport	Country	William Belford	Eric Gaven (CP)
Tablelands	Labor	Harold Collins	Clarence West (CP)
Toowong	Liberal		Alan Munro (Lib)
Toowoomba	Labor	Jack Duggan	Edward Hall (Lib)
Townsville	Labor	George Keyatta	Roy Pope (Lib)	Jack Abercrombie (Ind) Hugh Fay (CPA)
Warrego	Labor	John Dufficy	William Mills (CP)
Warwick	Country	Frank Drew	Otto Madsen (CP)
Whitsunday	Country	George Burns	Lloyd Roberts (CP)
Windsor	Labor	Tom Rasey	Margaret Gordon (Lib)
Wynnum	Labor	Bill Gunn	Charles Mengel (Lib)
Yeronga	Liberal	Norman Stutz	Winston Noble (Lib)	Jim Dwyer (Ind)

See also

• 1956 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.