Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1912

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1912 Queensland state election. The election was held on 27 April 1912.

The main parties in the election were the Liberal Party, led by Premier Digby Denham and the Labor Party, led by Leader of the Opposition David Bowman.

The election was the first conducted under the Electoral Districts Act 1910 which allowed for 72 single-member electorates based on the principle of one vote one value.

Retiring Members

Liberal

Labor

Candidates

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

Electorate Held by Liberal candidate Labor candidate Independent candidate(s)
 
AlbertLiberalJohn Appel
AubignyLiberalAlfred James LukeJohn Connelly
BalonneLaborJasper HarveyEdward Land
BarcooLaborAlbert CatchloveT. J. Ryan
BowenLaborEdward CaineMyles Ferricks
BremerLiberalJames CribbWilliam Hefferan
BrisbaneLiberalEdward Barrow ForrestMick Kirwan
BulimbaLiberalWalter BarnesHugh McMinn
BundabergLaborJames MacLeodGeorge Barber
BurandaLiberalWilliam StephensJohn Huxham
BurkeIndependentCharles CollinsWilliam Murphy
BurnettLiberalBernard CorserAlfred Jones
BurrumLiberalColin RankinAlbert Whitford
CairnsIndependentWilliam McCormackJohn Mann
CarnarvonLiberalDonald GunnTom Crawford
Charters TowersLaborRobert WilliamsJohn Mullan
ChillagoeLaborArchibald FrewTed Theodore
CookLiberalHenry DouglasHarry Ryan
CoorooraLiberalHarry WalkerWilliam Frederick Jones
CunninghamLiberalFrancis GraysonPercy McCawley
DalbyLiberalWilliam VowlesRobert Turnbull
DraytonLiberalWilliam BebbingtonJames DesmondWilliam Binns
EachamLaborMichael WoodsWilliam Gillies
East ToowoombaLiberalRobert RobertsGeorge Walden
EnoggeraLiberalRichard TroutWilliam Field Lloyd
FassifernLiberalArnold Wienholt
FitzroyLiberalKenneth GrantCharles Bluett
FlindersLaborJohn May
Fortitude ValleyLaborEdwin FowlesDavid Bowman
GregoryLaborFrancis NorthWilliam Hamilton
GympieLaborGeorge MackayGeorge RylandDaniel Mulcahy (Ind. Labor)
HerbertLaborFrederick O'RourkeWilliam Lennon
IpswichLiberalJames BlairWilliam Ryott Maughan
IthacaN/AArthur HawthornJohn Gilday
KennedyLaborOsborn FenwickJames O'Sullivan
KeppelLiberalJames BrennanJames LarcombeFrank Lennon (Ind. Min.)
KurilpaLiberalJames AllanJames Sharpe
LeichhardtLaborWilliam FoxHerbert Hardacre
LockyerLiberalWilliam Drayton Armstrong
LoganLiberalJames StodartWolfgang Arnold
MackayLiberalWalter PagetCharles Tait
MaranoaLaborAaron HoskinJohn McEwan Hunter
MareeLiberalDavid HunterWilliam Bertram
MaryboroughLiberalEdward CorserWilliam Mitchell
MerthyrLiberalThomas WelsbyPeter McLachlan
MiraniLiberalEdward SwaynePhilip Kirwan
MitchellLaborJohn CrossJohn Payne
Mount MorganIndependentJames StopfordJames Crawford
MundingburraLaborWilliam LittleThomas Foley
MurillaLiberalGodfrey MorganFrank Allen
MurrumbaLiberalJames ForsytheGideon George Dennis
MusgraveLiberalJohn WhiteHenry Cattermull
NanangoLiberalRobert HodgeMaurice Harland
NormanbyLiberalGeorge FoxGeorge Martens
NundahLiberalThomas BridgesRobert McCormack
OxleyLiberalDigby DenhamCharles Martin
PaddingtonLiberalJohn WalshJohn Fihelly
PittsworthLiberalDonald MackintoshMatthias Dwyer
Port CurtisLaborJohn KessellEdward Breslin
QueentonLaborFrederick JohnsonVern Winstanley
RockhamptonLaborGeorge CurtisJohn Adamson
RosewoodLiberalHarry StevensPatrick MaddenWilliam Ruhno
John Fyfe Rea
South BrisbaneLiberalThomas BouchardJoseph Sherry
StanleyLiberalHenry Plantagenet Somerset
ToombulLiberalAndrew Lang PetrieDaniel Dowling
ToowongLiberalEdward MacartneyLewis McDonald
ToowoombaLiberalJames TolmieMichael Alke
TownsvilleLiberalRobert PhilpAlexander Austin
WarregoLaborDuncan McDonaldHarry Coyne
WarwickLiberalGeorge BarnesAngus Sinclair
Wide BayLiberalCharles BookerAndrew Thompson
WindsorN/AHugh Denis MacrossanWalter Russell Crampton

See also

References

  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
  • "Queensland Elections", Adelaide Advertiser, 29 April 1912, page 9.
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