One Nation state secretary and candidate Jim Savage says he misses the values and lifestyle of 1950s Australia.

But Mr Savage said his nostalgia for the era did not mean he was regressive.

One Nation candidate Jim Savage says he misses the values and lifestyle of the 1950s.

The candidate for Lockyer said when Pauline Hanson said something, she meant it, referencing when former prime minister John Howard reminisced about the glory days of the '50s, only to later apologise and say he was misunderstood.

"If I was accused of the same thing, I would say 'absolutely, you are damn right'," Mr Savage told ABC Radio Brisbane on Monday.