1957 Queensland state election

1957 Queensland state election

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All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	747,455 4.9%
Turnout	706,909 (94.58%) (1.69 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan Party Country Labor Leader since 21 May 1941 24 April 1957 Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba (lost seat) Last election 16 seats 49 seats Seats won 24 seats 20 seats Seat change 8 29 Popular vote 139,720 201,971 Percentage 19.99% 28.90% Swing 0.72 pp 5.98 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Kenneth Morris Vince Gair Party Liberal Queensland Labor Leader since 17 August 1954 26 April 1957 Leader's seat Mount Coot-tha South Brisbane Last election 8 seats New party Seats won 18 seats 11 seats Seat change 10 11 Popular vote 162,372 163,534 Percentage 23.23% 23.40% Swing 7.34 pp 23.40 pp
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election Vince Gair Queensland Labor Elected Premier Frank Nicklin Country

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier Jack Duggan, and the Country-Liberal coalition led by Frank Nicklin.

The elections, only 15 months into the parliamentary term, were made necessary by the collapse of the nine-term Labor government. Gair had formed the Queensland Labor Party after being expelled from the Labor Party, and attempted to stay in power as a minority government. However, a request for supply was denied on 12 June, forcing the election. The Country-Liberal Coalition won a decisive victory, taking 42 seats against only 31 for the two Labor factions combined.