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 Ministerial 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

Ministerial

Labor

Candidates

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

Electorate Held by Ministerial candidate Labor candidate Independent candidate(s)
 
Albert Ministerial John Appel
Aubigny Ministerial Alfred James Luke John Connelly
Balonne Labor Jasper Harvey Edward Land
Barcoo Labor Albert Catchlove T. J. Ryan
Bowen Labor Edward Caine Myles Ferricks
Bremer Ministerial James Cribb William Hefferan
Brisbane Ministerial Edward Barrow Forrest Mick Kirwan
Bulimba Ministerial Walter Barnes Hugh McMinn
Bundaberg Labor James MacLeod George Barber
Buranda Ministerial William Stephens John Huxham
Burke Independent Charles Collins William Murphy
Burnett Ministerial Bernard Corser Alfred Jones
Burrum Ministerial Colin Rankin Albert Whitford
Cairns Independent William McCormack John Mann
Carnarvon Ministerial Donald Gunn Tom Crawford
Charters Towers Labor Robert Williams John Mullan
Chillagoe Labor Archibald Frew Ted Theodore
Cook Ministerial Henry Douglas Harry Ryan
Cooroora Ministerial Harry Walker William Frederick Jones
Cunningham Ministerial Francis Grayson Percy McCawley
Dalby Ministerial William Vowles Robert Turnbull
Drayton Ministerial William Bebbington James Desmond William Binns
Eacham Labor Michael Woods William Gillies
East Toowoomba Ministerial Robert Roberts George Walden
Enoggera Ministerial Richard Trout William Field Lloyd
Fassifern Ministerial Arnold Wienholt
Fitzroy Ministerial Kenneth Grant Charles Bluett
Flinders Labor John May
Fortitude Valley Labor Edwin Fowles David Bowman
Gregory Labor Francis North William Hamilton
Gympie Labor George Mackay George Ryland Daniel Mulcahy (Ind. Labor)
Herbert Labor Frederick O'Rourke William Lennon
Ipswich Ministerial James Blair William Ryott Maughan
Ithaca N/A Arthur Hawthorn John Gilday
Kennedy Labor Osborn Fenwick James O'Sullivan
Keppel Ministerial James Brennan James Larcombe Frank Lennon (Ind. Min.)
Kurilpa Ministerial James Allan James Sharpe
Leichhardt Labor William Fox Herbert Hardacre
Lockyer Ministerial William Armstrong
Logan Ministerial James Stodart Wolfgang Arnold
Mackay Ministerial Walter Paget Charles Tait
Maranoa Labor Aaron Hoskin John McEwan Hunter
Maree Ministerial David Hunter William Bertram
Maryborough Ministerial Edward Corser William Mitchell
Merthyr Ministerial Thomas Welsby Peter McLachlan
Mirani Ministerial Edward Swayne Philip Kirwan
Mitchell Labor John Cross John Payne
Mount Morgan Independent James Stopford James Crawford
Mundingburra Labor William Little Thomas Foley
Murilla Ministerial Godfrey Morgan Frank Allen
Murrumba Ministerial James Forsythe Gideon George Dennis
Musgrave Ministerial John White Henry Cattermull
Nanango Ministerial Robert Hodge Maurice Harland
Normanby Ministerial George Fox George Martens
Nundah Ministerial Thomas Bridges Robert McCormack
Oxley Ministerial Digby Denham Charles Martin
Paddington Ministerial John Walsh John Fihelly
Pittsworth Ministerial Donald Mackintosh Matthias Dwyer
Port Curtis Labor John Kessell Edward Breslin
Queenton Labor Frederick Johnson Vern Winstanley
Rockhampton Labor George Curtis John Adamson
Rosewood Ministerial Harry Stevens Patrick Madden William Ruhno
John Fyfe Rea
South Brisbane Ministerial Thomas Bouchard Joseph Sherry
Stanley Ministerial Henry Plantagenet Somerset
Toombul Ministerial Andrew Lang Petrie Daniel Dowling
Toowong Ministerial Edward Macartney Lewis McDonald
Toowoomba Ministerial James Tolmie Michael Alke
Townsville Ministerial Robert Philp Alexander Austin
Warrego Labor Duncan McDonald Harry Coyne
Warwick Ministerial George Barnes Angus Sinclair
Wide Bay Ministerial Charles Booker Andrew Thompson
Windsor N/A Hugh Denis Macrossan Walter Russell Crampton

See also

References

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