List of Queensland state by-elections

The following is a list of state by-elections held in the Australian state of Queensland since the introduction of responsible government in 1859:

1910-1919
18th Rockhampton 25 February 1911 William Kidston   Ministerialist John Adamson   Labor 7 February 1911 Resignation No
18th Enoggera 25 February 1911 Arthur Hawthorn   Ministerialist Richard Trout   Ministerialist 7 February 1911 Appointed
to Council		 Yes
18th Dalby 2 April 1911 Joshua Thomas Bell   Ministerialist William Vowles   Ministerialist 10 March 1911 Death Yes
18th Rosewood 16 September 1911 Denis Keogh   Ministerialist Harry Stevens   Ministerialist 24 August 1911 Death Yes
18th Toowong 16 September 1911 Richard Cottell   Ministerialist Edward Macartney   Ministerialist 30 August 1911 Death Yes
18th Brisbane North 16 September 1911 Edward Macartney   Ministerialist Thomas Welsby   Ministerialist 5 September 1911 Resignation Yes
19th Port Curtis 12 October 1912 Edward Corser   Qld. Liberal Edward Corser   Qld. Liberal September 1912 Election voided Yes
19th Port Curtis 26 October 1912 Edward Breslin   Labor John Kessell   Qld. Liberal 9 October 1912 Election voided No
19th Fassifern 24 April 1913 Arnold Wienholt   Qld. Liberal Ernest Bell   Qld. Liberal 28 March 1913 Resignation Yes
19th Normanby 5 March 1914 George Fox   Qld. Liberal Edward Archer   Qld. Liberal 27 January 1914 Death Yes
20th Gregory 18 August 1915 William Hamilton   Labor George Pollock   Labor 10 July 1915 Appointment
to Council		 Yes
20th Fortitude Valley 1 April 1916 David Bowman   Labor Thomas Wilson   Labor 25 February 1916 Death Yes
20th Maryborough 31 March 1917 Alfred Jones   Labor David Weir   Labor 15 February 1917 Appointment
to Council		 Yes
20th Rockhampton 12 May 1917 John Adamson   Independent Frank Forde   Labor 21 March 1917 Resignation No
21st Barcoo 20 December 1919 T. J. Ryan   Labor Frank Bulcock   Labor 14 October 1919 Resignation Yes
21st Leichhardt 20 December 1919 Herbert Hardacre   Labor Tom Foley   Labor 14 October 1919 Resignation Yes
21st Maranoa 20 December 1919 John McEwan Hunter   Labor Thomas Spencer   Country 22 October 1919 Death No

1920-1929
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
21st Herbert 10 April 1920 William Lennon   Labor Percy Pease   Labor 16 January 1920 Resignation Yes
22nd Paddington 18 March 1922 John Fihelly   Labor Alfred Jones   Labor 7 February 1922 Resignation Yes
23rd Warrego 13 October 1923 John Coyne   Labor Randolph Bedford   Labor 31 July 1923 Resignation Yes
23rd Buranda 16 August 1924 John Huxham   Labor Edward Hanson   Labor 31 July 1924 Resignation Yes
23rd Toowoomba 4 April 1925 Frank Brennan   Labor Evan Llewellyn   Labor 26 February 1925 Resignation Yes
23rd Chillagoe 16 January 1926 Ted Theodore   Labor John O'Keefe   Labor 22 September 1925 Resignation Yes
23rd Eacham 16 January 1926 William Gillies   Labor Cornelius Ryan   Labor 24 October 1925 Resignation Yes
24th Balonne 6 August 1927 Edward Land   Labor Samuel Brassington   Labor 2 May 1927 Death Yes
24th Stanley 25 February 1928 Frederick Lancelot Nott   CPNP Ernest Grimstone   CPNP 5 December 1927 Death Yes
24th Mitchell 26 May 1928 John Payne   Labor Richard Bow   Labor 24 January 1928 Death Yes
24th Burnett 13 October 1928 Bernard Corser   CPNP Robert Boyd   CPNP 16 August 1928 Death Yes
25th Maryborough 26 October 1929 David Weir   Labor John Blackley   CPNP 22 September 1929 Death No

1930-1939
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
25th Cairns 10 May 1930 William McCormack   Labor John O'Keefe   Labor 21 February 1930 Death Yes
25th Fassifern 28 June 1930 Ernest Bell   CPNP Arnold Wienholt   Independent 2 May 1930 Death No
26th Wynnum 29 April 1933 Walter Barnes   CPNP James Bayley   CPNP 19 February 1933 Death Yes
26th Fortitude Valley 15 July 1933 Thomas Wilson   Labor Samuel Brassington   Labor 19 May 1933 Death Yes
26th Stanley 9 December 1933 Ernest Grimstone   CPNP Roy Bell   CPNP 22 October 1933 Death Yes
26th East Toowoomba 18 August 1934 Robert Roberts   CPNP James Annand   CPNP 2 June 1934 Death Yes
27th Toowoomba 14 December 1935 Evan Llewellyn   Labor John Duggan   Labor 28 November 1935 Resignation Yes
27th Brisbane 4 April 1936 Robert Funnell   Labor John Henry Mann   Labor 3 January 1936 Death Yes
27th Keppel 4 April 1936 Owen Daniel   CPNP David Daniel   CPNP 5 January 1936 Death Yes
27th Bowen 20 June 1936 Charles Collins   Labor Ernest Riordan   Labor 28 March 1936 Death Yes
27th Maryborough 27 February 1937 James Stopford   Labor William Demaine   Labor 30 November 1936 Death Yes
27th Warrego 4 December 1937 Randolph Bedford   Labor Randolph Bedford   Labor 8 September 1937 Resignation Yes
28th Charters Towers 27 May 1939 William Wellington   Labor Arthur Jones   Labor 2 March 1939 Death Yes
28th Gregory 27 May 1939 George Pollock   Labor Charles Brown   Independent 24 March 1939 Death No
28th Townsville 27 May 1939 Maurice Hynes   Labor George Keyatta   Labor 27 March 1939 Death Yes

1940-1949
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
28th Merthyr 9 November 1940 James Keogh   Labor Bill Moore   Labor 31 August 1940 Death Yes
28th Herbert 9 November 1940 Percy Pease   Labor Stephen Theodore   Labor 17 September 1940 Death Yes
29th Cairns 31 October 1942 John O'Keefe   Labor Lou Barnes   Ind. Labor 27 January 1942 Death No
29th Mackay 20 March 1943 William Forgan Smith   Labor Fred Graham   Labor 9 December 1942 Resignation Yes
29th Oxley 20 March 1943 Thomas Nimmo   United Australia Thomas Kerr   United Australia 6 February 1943 Death Yes
29th Barcoo 1 May 1943 Frank Bulcock   Labor Edward Davis   Labor 15 December 1942 Resignation Yes
29th Hamilton 9 October 1943 Arthur Bruce Pie   Ind. Democrat John Beals Chandler   QPP 30 June 1943 Resignation No
31st Ipswich 10 September 1949 David Gledson   Labor Ivor Marsden   Labor 14 May 1949 Death Yes
31st Kurilpa 10 September 1949 Patrick Copley   Labor Thomas Moores   Labor 18 July 1949 Death Yes

1950-1959
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
32nd Fortitude Valley 18 November 1950 Samuel Brassington   Labor Michael Brosnan   Labor 4 October 1950 Death Yes
32nd Warrego 3 March 1951 Harry O'Shea   Labor John Dufficy   Labor 4 November 1950 Death Yes
32nd Kedron 14 April 1951 Arthur Bruce Pie   Liberal Eric Lloyd   Labor 6 January 1951 Resignation No
32nd Bulimba 14 April 1951 Robert Gardner   Labor Robert Gardner   Labor 18 January 1951 Election voided Yes
32nd Ithaca 5 April 1952 Ned Hanlon   Labor Leonard Eastment   Labor 15 January 1952 Death Yes
32nd Keppel 25 October 1952 Walter Ingram   Labor Viv Cooper   Labor 24 July 1952 Death Yes
33rd Maryborough 28 November 1953 David Farrell   Labor Horace Davies   Labor 17 August 1953 Death Yes
33rd Flinders 12 March 1955 Ernest Riordan   Labor Frank Forde   Labor 9 December 1954 Death Yes
34th Ithaca 8 December 1956 Leonard Eastment   Labor Pat Hanlon   Labor 29 July 1956 Death Yes
35th Flinders 17 May 1958 Bill Lonergan   Country Bill Lonergan   Country 4 March 1958 Election voided Yes
35th North Toowoomba 17 May 1958 Leslie Wood   Labor John Duggan   Labor 29 March 1958 Death Yes
35th Mulgrave 6 June 1959 Robert Watson   Country Carlisle Wordsworth   Country 26 March 1959 Death Yes

1960-1969
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
36th Barcoo 1 July 1961 Edward Davis   Labor Eugene O'Donnell   Labor 10 March 1961 Death Yes
36th Whitsunday 1 July 1961 Lloyd Roberts   Country Ron Camm   Country 11 March 1961 Death Yes
37th Warwick 19 October 1963 Otto Madsen   Country David Cory   Country 3 August 1963 Death Yes
37th Yeronga 6 June 1964 Winston Noble   Liberal Norm Lee   Liberal 28 March 1964 Death Yes
37th Cairns 27 February 1965 George Wallace   Labor Ray Jones   Labor 12 October 1964 Death Yes
37th Mirani 15 May 1965 Ernie Evans   Country Tom Newbery   Country 28 February 1965 Death Yes
38th Roma 24 June 1967 William Ewan   Country Ken Tomkins   Country 14 March 1967 Death Yes
38th Landsborough 16 March 1968 Frank Nicklin   Country Mike Ahern   Country 13 February 1968 Resignation Yes
38th Isis 16 November 1968 Jack Pizzey   Country Jim Blake   Labor 31 July 1968 Death No

1970–1979
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
39th Albert 14 February 1970 Cec Carey   Country Bill Heatley   Liberal 26 December 1969 Death No
39th Maryborough 24 July 1971 Horace Davies   Labor Gilbert Alison   Liberal 4 June 1971 Death No
39th Merthyr 24 July 1971 Ray Ramsden   Liberal Don Lane   Liberal 30 June 1971 Resignation Yes
41st Clayfield 29 May 1976 John Murray   Liberal Ivan Brown   Liberal 11 February 1976 Resignation Yes
41st Port Curtis 29 May 1976 Martin Hanson   Labor Bill Prest   Labor 19 February 1976 Resignation Yes
41st Lockyer 16 October 1976 Gordon Chalk   Liberal Tony Bourke   Liberal 12 August 1976 Resignation Yes
42nd Sherwood 25 November 1978 John Herbert   Liberal Angus Innes   Liberal 13 September 1978 Death Yes
42nd Redcliffe 1 September 1979 Jim Houghton   National Terry White   Liberal 7 August 1979 Resignation No
42nd Gympie 1 September 1979 Max Hodges   National Len Stephan   National 8 August 1979 Resignation Yes

1980–1989
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
44th Archerfield 19 May 1984 Kevin Hooper   Labor Henry Palaszczuk   Labor 9 March 1984 Death Yes
44th Stafford 4 August 1984 Denis Murphy   Labor Terry Gygar   Liberal 21 June 1984 Death No
44th Rockhampton 16 February 1985 Keith Wright   Labor Paul Braddy   Labor 5 November 1984 Resignation Yes
44th Redlands 2 November 1985 John Goleby   National Paul Clauson   National 10 September 1985 Death Yes
45th Southport 20 June 1987 Doug Jennings   National Mick Veivers   National 9 April 1987 Death Yes
45th Barambah 16 April 1988 Joh Bjelke-Petersen   National Trevor Perrett   C.E.C. 1 December 1987 Resignation No
45th South Coast 28 August 1988 Russ Hinze   National Judy Gamin   National 24 May 1988 Resignation Yes
45th Merthyr 13 May 1989 Don Lane   National Santo Santoro   Liberal 20 January 1989 Resignation No

1990–1999
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
46th Landsborough 28 July 1990 Mike Ahern   National Joan Sheldon   Liberal 6 May 1990 Resignation No
46th Sherwood 28 July 1990 Angus Innes   Liberal David Dunworth   Liberal 13 May 1990 Resignation Yes
46th Nundah 18 May 1991 Phil Heath   Labor Terry Sullivan   Labor 5 April 1991 Resignation Yes
46th Toowoomba South 18 May 1991 Clive Berghofer   National Mike Horan   National 23 March 1991 Resignation Yes
47th Mirani 20 April 1994 Jim Randell   National Ted Malone   National 31 March 1994 Resignation Yes
48th Mundingburra 3 February 1996 Ken Davies   Labor Frank Tanti   Liberal 8 December 1995 Election voided No
48th Lytton 5 October 1996 Tom Burns   Labor Paul Lucas   Labor 16 May 1996 Resignation Yes
48th Kurwongbah 24 May 1997 Margaret Woodgate   Labor Linda Lavarch   Labor 17 March 1997 Resignation Yes
49th Mulgrave 5 December 1998 Charles Rappolt   One Nation Warren Pitt   Labor 4 November 1998 Resignation No

2000–2009
Parl. By-election Date Previous member Party Elected member Party Vacated Cause Retained
49th Bundamba 5 February 2000 Bob Gibbs   Labor Jo-Ann Miller   Labor 14 December 1999 Resignation Yes
49th Woodridge 5 February 2000 Bill D'Arcy   Labor Mike Kaiser   Labor 9 January 2000 Resignation Yes
50th Surfers Paradise 5 May 2001 Rob Borbidge   National Lex Bell   Independent 20 March 2001 Resignation No
50th Maryborough 26 April 2003 John Kingston   Independent Chris Foley   Independent 24 March 2003 Resignation Yes
51st Redcliffe 20 August 2005 Ray Hollis   Labor Terry Rogers   Liberal 21 July 2005 Resignation No
51st Chatsworth 20 August 2005 Terry Mackenroth   Labor Michael Caltabiano   Liberal 25 July 2005 Resignation No
51st Gaven 1 April 2006 Robert Poole   Labor Alex Douglas   National 28 February 2006 Resignation No
52nd Brisbane Central 13 October 2007 Peter Beattie   Labor Grace Grace   Labor 13 September 2007 Resignation Yes

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