1960 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the Electoral Districts Act 1958 which increased the Assembly from 75 to 78 seats and modified the zonal system first established by Labor ahead of the 1950 election.

1960 Queensland state election

28 May 1960 (1960-05-28)
All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	92.54 ( 2.04 pp)
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 18 August 1958 (1958-08-18) 26 April 1957 (1957-04-26) Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba West South Brisbane (lost seat) Last election 42 seats 20 seats 11 seats Seats won 46 seats 25 seats 4 seats Seat change 4 5 7 Percentage 43.53% 39.89% 12.28% Swing 0.31 11.00 11.12
Premier before election Frank Nicklin Country/Liberal coalition Elected Premier Frank Nicklin Country/Liberal coalition

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin, the Liberal Party led by Kenneth Morris, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan and the Queensland Labor Party led by Vince Gair. The Country and Liberal parties had formed a coalition.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a second term in office at the election, although the Labor Party recovered 5 seats and 11% of its vote from the 1957 election. Still, it was the first time since 1912 that a non-Labor government had been re-elected in Queensland.