Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1947
This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1947 Queensland state election. The election was held on 3 May 1947.
The main parties in the election were the Labor Party, led by Premier Ned Hanlon, the Country Party, led by Leader of the Opposition Frank Nicklin, and the Queensland People's Party.
By-elections
- On 2 March 1946, Leslie Wood (Labor) was elected to succeed Herbert Yeates (Country), who had died on 24 December 1945, as the member for East Toowoomba.
- On 10 September 1949, Jim Donald (Labor) was elected to succeed Frank Cooper (Labor), who had resigned on 12 March 1946, as the member for Bremer.
Retiring Members
Labor
- Edward Hanson (Buranda)
- John Hayes (Nundah)
- Aubrey Slessar (Dalby)
- Thomas Williams (Port Curtis)
Country
QPP
Candidates
Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate | QPP candidate | Other party candidate(s) | Independent candidate(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | Country | John Rosser | Thomas Plunkett Jr. | Edward Coghlan (Ind. Country) | ||
| Aubigny | Country | John Tomlinson | Walter Sparkes | |||
| Barcoo | Labor | Edward Davis | James Keehan | Reg Parnell (Frank Barnes Labor) | ||
| Baroona | Labor | William Power | Keith Toombes | Max Julius (Communist) Henry Beck (Co-op Democrat) | ||
| Bowen | Communist | John Barry | George McLean | Fred Paterson (Communist) | ||
| Bremer | Labor | Jim Donald | Henry Davidson | |||
| Brisbane | Labor | John Henry Mann | Maurice Mitchell | Charles Coward (Ind. Labor) | ||
| Bulimba | Ind. Labor | Robert Gardner | Hilda Brotherton | George Marriott (Ind. Labor) | ||
| Bundaberg | Frank Barnes Labor | Viv Brown | Geoffrey Boreham | Frank Barnes (Frank Barnes Labor) | ||
| Buranda | Labor | Richard Kidston Brown | William Scott | |||
| Cairns | Frank Barnes Labor | Thomas Crowley | Ian MacKinnon | Lou Barnes (Frank Barnes Labor) | ||
| Carnarvon | Labor | Paul Hilton | Harold Phillips | |||
| Carpentaria | Labor | Alfred Smith | Walter Grant | |||
| Charters Towers | Labor | Arthur Jones | Reg Smith | George Carbis | ||
| Cook | Labor | Harold Collins | Charles Griffin | |||
| Cooroora | Country | Robert Spencer | David Low | Bill Gresham (Frank Barnes Labor) | William Low (Ind. Country) | |
| Cunningham | Country | John Hilton | Malcolm McIntyre | |||
| Dalby | Labor | George Wilkes | Charles Russell | |||
| East Toowoomba | Labor | Leslie Wood | Gordon Chalk | |||
| Enoggera | QPP | Mark Scanlon | Kenneth Morris | |||
| Fassifern | Country | Tom Thorpe | Adolf Muller | |||
| Fitzroy | Labor | James Clark | Harry Weir | Gordon Loukes (Frank Barnes Labor) | John Wharton | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Samuel Brassington | William Brenan | Andrew Knox (Ind. Democrat) | ||
| Gregory | Labor | George Devries | Gordon Lee | |||
| Gympie | Labor | Thomas Dunstan | Ronald Witham | Ray Smith (Frank Barnes Labor) | Eric Grice | |
| Hamilton | QPP | Vic Bartlett | Harold Taylor | |||
| Herbert | Labor | Stephen Theodore | Carlisle Wordsworth | Les Sullivan (Communist) | ||
| Ipswich | Labor | David Gledson | Harry Shapcott | |||
| Isis | Country | Samuel Round | William Brand | |||
| Ithaca | Labor | Ned Hanlon | F. A. Roberts | |||
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | John Albert Turner | Kenneth Fielding | |||
| Kennedy | Labor | Cecil Jesson | Robert Johnston | John Clubley (Communist) | ||
| Keppel | Labor | Walter Ingram | John Reid | John Harding (Frank Barnes Labor) | ||
| Kurilpa | Labor | Patrick Copley | Douglas Berry | |||
| Logan | QPP | Ferdinand Scholl | Thomas Hiley | |||
| Mackay | Labor | Fred Graham | Jack Broughton | |||
| Maranoa | Labor | John Taylor | Finlay Skinner | |||
| Maree | QPP | Leslie Brown | Louis Luckins | |||
| Maryborough | Labor | David Farrell | Frank Lawrence | Mary DeMattos (Frank Barnes Labor) | ||
| Merthyr | Labor | Bill Moore | Bert Frost | |||
| Mirani | Labor | Ted Walsh | Ernie Evans | |||
| Mundingburra | NQLP | George Parker | Tom Aikens (NQLP) | Arthur Coburn | ||
| Murrumba | Country | Frank Nicklin | Samuel Halpin | |||
| Nanango | Country | Daniel Carroll | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | Phil Cameron (Frank Barnes Labor) | Cliff Edwards (Ind. Country) Samuel Andrewartha (Ind. Labor) | |
| Normanby | Labor | Tom Foley | Bill Rundle | Cecil Chandler (Frank Barnes Labor) | ||
| Nundah | Labor | Frank Roberts | Alexander Dewar | |||
| Oxley | QPP | William Wood | Thomas Kerr | |||
| Port Curtis | Labor | James Burrows | William McGreever | Peter Neilson (Frank Barnes Labor) | Alec Patterson John Daly | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | James Larcombe | Arthur Gordon | Arthur Webb (Frank Barnes Labor) | Edwin Price | |
| Sandgate | Country | Ron McAuliffe | Eric Decker | |||
| South Brisbane | Labor | Vince Gair | Winston Noble | |||
| Stanley | Country | Duncan MacDonald | John Hatton W. J. Walters | |||
| The Tableland | Labor | Harry Bruce | Herbert Trackson | Frank Falls (Communist) | ||
| Toowong | QPP | Frank Venables | Charles Wanstall | |||
| Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | Victor Boettcher | |||
| Townsville | Labor | George Keyatta | Fred Feather | |||
| Warrego | Labor | Harry O'Shea | Robert King | Cyril Healy | ||
| Warwick | Labor | John Healy | Otto Madsen | |||
| West Moreton | Country | Jack Ryan | Ted Maher | |||
| Wide Bay | Country | G. A. Stockwell | James Heading | N. F. Spence (Frank Barnes Labor) | ||
| Windsor | QPP | Erle Weitemeyer | Arthur Bruce Pie | Harry Moorhouse (Ind. Democrat) | ||
| Wynnum | Labor | William Gunn | Syd Ewart | T. R. Ebbage (Frank Barnes Labor) | A. G. Barrett |
See also
- Queensland state election, 1947
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
- 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.