Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 March 1953 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its eighth continuous term in office since the 1932 election. It was the first electoral test for Vince Gair, who had become Premier of Queensland 14 months earlier after the death of Ned Hanlon.

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1953 Queensland state election

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All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	93.80 ( 1.29 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Vince Gair Frank Nicklin Party Labor Coalition Leader since 17 January 1952 (1952-01-17) 21 May 1941 Leader's seat South Brisbane Landsborough Last election 42 seats 31 seats Seats won 50 23 Seat change 8 8 Popular vote 323,882 243,757 Percentage 53.21% 40.05% Swing 6.34 9.11
Premier before election Vince Gair Labor Elected Premier Vince Gair Labor

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The result was a considerable swing to the Labor government.

¹ 737,579 electors were enrolled to vote at the election; however, 11 seats (14.7% of the total) were uncontested, eight of them Labor-held seats representing 49,466 enrolled voters, as well as two Country seats representing 20,053 voters and one Liberal seat representing 10,711 voters.

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1953 election.

• Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
• In addition, Labor retained the seat of Kedron, which it had won from the Liberals at the 1951 by-election.

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1953
• Gair Ministry