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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 John 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.
