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
- Vincent Lesina (Clermont)
- Thomas Nevitt (Carpentaria)
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
- Queensland state election, 1912
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
- List of political parties in Australia
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.