Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1908–1909

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from February 1908 to October 1909, as elected at the 1908 state election.

The Philp Ministry did not command a majority on the floor of the Assembly during its short term of government, and the Assembly was dissolved, resulting in gains for both the Kidston Party and Labour, and the return of William Kidston as Premier. However, in late 1908, the two non-Labour parties merged into a new grouping known as the Ministerial party (a generic form referring to supporters of the Ministry). As not all members of the original parties supported the new Government, Kidston called another election — the third in 29 months — for 2 October 1909.

Name Party (pre-1908) Party (post-1908) Electorate Term in office
John Adamson Labour Labour Maryborough 1907–1909; 1911–1917
Peter Airey Kidston Opposition South Brisbane 1901–1907; 1908–1909
Frank Allen[1] N/A Labour Bulloo 1909–1912
John Appel Conservative Ministerial Albert 1908–1929
William Armstrong Conservative Ministerial Lockyer 1893–1904; 1907–1918
George Barber Labour Labour Bundaberg 1901–1935
George Barnes Farmers' Rep. Ministerial Warwick 1908–1935
Walter Barnes Conservative Ministerial Bulimba 1901–1915; 1918–1933
Edward Barton Kidston Ministerial Brisbane North 1908–1909
Joshua Thomas Bell Kidston Ministerial Dalby 1893–1911
James Blair Kidston Opposition Ipswich 1902–1915
David Bowman Labour Labour Fortitude Valley 1899–1902; 1904–1916
James Brennan Kidston Ministerial North Rockhampton 1907–1912
John Dunmore Campbell[2] Conservative Ministerial Moreton 1899–1909
Richard Cottell Kidston Ministerial Toowong 1908–1911
Henri Cowap Kidston Ministerial Fitzroy 1902–1909
John Coyne Labour Labour Warrego 1908–1923
James Cribb Conservative Ministerial Bundamba 1893–1896; 1899–1915
Digby Denham Conservative Ministerial Oxley 1902–1915
Harry Douglas Kidston Opposition Cook 1907–1915
Edward Barrow Forrest Conservative Ministerial Brisbane North 1899–1912
James Forsythe[2] N/A Ministerial Moreton 1899–1907; 1909–1918
George Fox Conservative Ministerial Normanby 1877–1878; 1901–1914
Kenneth Grant Kidston Ministerial Rockhampton 1902–1915
Francis Grayson Conservative Ministerial Cunningham 1904–1920
Donald Gunn Independent Ministerial Carnarvon 1907–1920
William Hamilton Labour Labour Gregory 1899–1915
Patrick Hanran Conservative Ministerial Townsville 1899–1909
Herbert Hardacre Labour Labour Leichhardt 1893–1919
Arthur Hawthorn Kidston Ministerial Enoggera 1902–1911
Robert Herbertson Kidston Opposition Port Curtis 1904–1909
David Hunter Kidston Ministerial Woolloongabba 1908–1912
John Hunter Labour Labour Maranoa 1907–1919
John Huxham Labour Labour South Brisbane 1908–1909, 1912–1924
George Jackson Kidston Ministerial Kennedy 1893–1909
Charles Jenkinson Conservative Opposition Fassifern 1898–1902; 1903–1909
Alfred Jones Labour Labour Burnett 1904–1909, 1915–1917,
1922–1932
Francis Kenna Kidston Opposition Bowen 1902–1909
Denis Keogh Conservative Ministerial Rosewood 1896–1902; 1904–1911
George Kerr Kidston Opposition Barcoo 1893–1909
William Kidston Kidston Ministerial Rockhampton 1896–1911
Edward Land Labour Labour Balonne 1904–1927
John Leahy[1] Conservative Ministerial Bulloo 1893–1909
William Lennon Labour Labour Herbert 1907–1920
Vincent Lesina Labour Labour Clermont 1899–1912
Donald Mackintosh Kidston Ministerial Cambooya 1899–1915
Peter McLachlan Labour Labour Fortitude Valley 1908–1912, 1915–1920,
1923–1929
John Mann Kidston Opposition Cairns 1904–1912
William Maxwell Kidston Ministerial Burke 1899–1909
John May Labour Labour Flinders 1907–1917
William Mitchell Labour Labour Maryborough 1904–1909
William Moore Conservative Ministerial Murilla 1898–1904; 1907–1909
Daniel Mulcahy Labour Labour Gympie 1901–1912
John Mullan Labour Labour Charters Towers 1908–1912, 1918–1941
William Murphy Kidston Opposition Croydon 1904–1907; 1908–1918
Thomas Nevitt Labour Labour Carpentaria 1907–1912
Walter Paget Conservative Ministerial Mackay 1901–1915
John Payne Labour Labour Mitchell 1905–1928
Andrew Petrie Conservative Ministerial Toombul 1893–1926
Robert Philp Conservative Ministerial Townsville 1886–1915
Colin Rankin Kidston Ministerial Burrum 1905–1918
Vernon Redwood Kidston Opposition Drayton & Toowoomba 1907–1909
Robert Roberts Kidston Ministerial Drayton & Toowoomba 1907–1934
George Ryland Labour Labour Gympie 1899–1912
William Ryott Maughan Labour Labour Ipswich 1898–1899; 1904–1912
Henry Plantagenet Somerset Conservative Ministerial Stanley 1904–1920
James Stodart Conservative Ministerial Logan 1896–1918
Richard Sumner Kidston Opposition Nundah 1907–1909
Edward Swayne Conservative Ministerial Mackay 1907–1935
William Thorn Farmers' Rep. Ministerial Aubigny 1894–1904; 1908–1912
Harry Walker Conservative Ministerial Wide Bay 1907–1947
John White Conservative Ministerial Musgrave 1903–1904; 1907–1915
Vern Winstanley Labour Labour Charters Towers 1908–1932
Michael Woods Kidston Opposition Woothakata 1902–1909
1 On 20 January 1909, John Leahy, the Ministerial member for Bulloo, died. Labour candidate Frank Allen won the resulting by-election on 27 March 1909.
2 On 27 May 1909, John Dunmore Campbell, the Ministerial member for Moreton, died. Ministerial candidate James Forsythe won the resulting by-election on 19 June 1909.

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Preceded by
16th Assembly		 17th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1908–1909		 Succeeded by
18th Assembly