Candidates of the 1953 Queensland state election

• On 18 November 1950, Mick Brosnan (Labor) was elected to succeed Samuel Brassington (Labor), who had died on 4 October 1950, as the member for Fortitude Valley.
• On 3 March 1951, John Dufficy (Labor) was elected to succeed Harry O'Shea (Labor), who had died on 4 November 1950, as the member for Warrego.
• On 14 April 1951, Eric Lloyd (Labor) was elected to succeed Bruce Pie (Liberal), who had resigned on 6 January 1951, as the member for Kedron.
• On 5 April 1952, Leonard Eastment was elected to succeed Ned Hanlon (Labor), who had died on 15 January 1952, as the member for Ithaca.
• On 25 October 1952, Viv Cooper (Labor) was elected to succeed Walter Ingram (Labor), who had died on 24 July 1952, as the member for Keppel.

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

• 1953 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
• List of political parties in Australia

• Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.