Elections were held in the
Australian state
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of
Queensland
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on 1 June 1963 to elect the 78 members of the state's
Legislative Assembly.
The major parties contesting the election were the
Country Party led by
Premier Frank Nicklin
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Liberal Party
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led by
Alan Munro, the
Labor Party led by
Jack Duggan and the
Queensland Labor Party
The Queensland Labor Party (QLP) was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair. In 1962 the party became the Queensland se ...
led by
Paul Hilton. The Country and Liberal parties governed in coalition.
This election marked the return of
preferential voting {{short description, Election systems
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after
first past the post
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voting had been used for elections from 1944 to 1960.
The Country-Liberal coalition won a third term in office at the election.
Key dates
Results
: 839,323 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but the Labor-held seat of
Burke
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was not contested.
Seats changing party representation
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1963 election.
See also
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1960–1963
*
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1963–1966
This is a list of members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1963 to 1966, as elected at the 1963 state election held on 1 June 1963.
: On 3 August 1963, the Country member for Warwick, Otto Madsen, died. Country candidate ...
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Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1963
*
Nicklin Ministry
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References
{{Queensland elections
Elections in Queensland
1963 elections in Australia
1960s in Queensland
June 1963 events in Australia