Queensland state election, 1957

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All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Frank Nicklin	Jack Duggan	Vince Gair
Party	Country/Liberal coalition	Labor	Queensland Labor
Leader since	21 May 1941	24 April 1957 (1957-04-24)	26 April 1957 (1957-04-26)
Leader's seat	Landsborough	Toowoomba (lost seat)	South Brisbane
Last election	24 seats	49 seats	–
Seats won	42 seats	20 seats	11 seats
Seat change	18	29	11
Percentage	43.22%	28.90%	23.40%
Swing	1.12	22.32	23.40

Premier before election

Vince Gair
Queensland Labor

Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

Vince Gair
Queensland Labor

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

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 Australian 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 Australian 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.

On 18 April 1957, the Queensland Central Executive of the Labor Party passed a vote of no confidence in Premier Gair, and on 24 April, despite having gained a unanimous vote of support from the Cabinet, he was expelled from the Labor Party. On 26 April, Gair and 25 MLAs met and formed the Queensland Labor Party (QLP) with those present, with Gair as leader. Those at the meeting included all of the Cabinet except Deputy Premier Duggan and two ex-Labor Independents. All these were also expelled from the party. Duggan resigned from the ministry on 29 April and became leader of the Labor Party, which commanded the support of 22 MLAs.

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