Candidates of the 1912 Queensland state election explained

The 1912 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 27 April 1912.

The main parties in the election were the Liberal 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

Labor

Liberal

Candidates

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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateOther candidate(s)
John Appel
John Connelly
Edward Land Jasper Harvey
T. J. Ryan Albert Carchlove
Myles Ferricks
William Hefferan James Cribb
Edward Forrest
Walter Barnes
George Barber James MacLeod
Charles Collins William Murphy (Ind)
Liberal
Colin Rankin
John Mann (Ind)
Tom Crawford Donald Gunn
John Mullan
Ted Theodore Archibald Frew
Henry Douglas
William Jones Harry Walker
Percy McCawley Francis Grayson
Robert Turnbull William Vowles
James Desmond William Binns (Ind)
George Walden Robert Roberts
Richard Trout
Arnold Wienholt
Charles Bluett Kenneth Grant
John May
David Bowman
William Hamilton Francis North
George Ryland Daniel Mulcahy (Ind Lab)
William Lennon Frederick O'Rourke
William Ryott Maughan James Blair
James O'Sullivan Osborn Fenwick
James Brennan Frank Lennon (Ind Lib)
James Allan
Herbert Hardacre William Fox
William Armstrong
Wolfgang Arnold James Stodart
Charles Tait Walter Paget
John Hunter Aaron Hoskin
David Hunter
William Mitchell Edward Corser
Peter McLachlan Thomas Welsby
Philip Kirwan Edward Swayne
John Payne John Cross
James Crawford
Thomas Foley
Frank Allen Godfrey Morgan
Gideon Dennis James Forsyth
John White
Maurice Harland Robert Hodge
George Martens George Fox
Robert McCormack Thomas Bridges
Charles Martin Digby Denham
John Walsh
Matthias Dwyer Donald Mackintosh
Edward Breslin
Vern Winstanley Frederick Johnson
John Adamson
Patrick Madden Harry Stevens John Rea (Ind)
William Ruhno (Ind)
Joseph Sherry Thomas Bouchard
Henry Somerset
Daniel Dowling Andrew Petrie
Edward Macartney
Michael Alke James Tolmie
Alexander Austin Robert Philp
Harry Coyne Duncan McDonald
Angus Sinclair George Barnes
Charles Booker

See also

References

. Colin Hughes. Graham, B. D.. Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. 1976. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-7081-0301-4.