Candidates of the 1915 Queensland state election explained

The 1915 Queensland state election was held on 22 May 1915.

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 T. J. Ryan.

By-elections

• On 26 October 1912, John Kessell (Liberal) replaced Edward Breslin (Labor) as the member for Port Curtis after the latter's election was declared void on 9 October 1912.
• On 26 October 1913, Ernest Bell (Liberal) replaced Arnold Wienholt (Liberal) as the member for Fassifern after the latter resigned on 28 March 1913.
• On 5 March 1914, Edward Archer (Liberal) replaced George Fox (Liberal), who had died on 27 January 1914, as the member for Normanby.

Retiring Members

Liberal

• Thomas Bouchard (South Brisbane)
• James Cribb (Bremer)
• Walter Paget (Mackay)
• Thomas Welsby (Merthyr)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidate(s)
					John Appel (QFU)
		Jack Jones	Alfred Luke		Francis Mitchell (Ind) Arthur Moore* (QFU)
			Edward Land
			T. J. Ryan	Charles Webster
				Edwin Caine
				Felix Barbat
			Mick Kirwan
				Walter Barnes
			George Barber	Lancelot Wilkinson
			John Huxham	Joseph Allen
		David Swiss-Davies			William Murphy (Ind)
		Albert Mack		Bernard Corser
				Colin Rankin
			William McCormack
		George Boyden		Donald Gunn
				Robert Williams
			Ted Theodore	Edward Steele
				Henry Douglas
		Daniel O'Brien		Harry Walker
				Francis Grayson
		John Connolly		William Vowles	Frederick Bradhurst (QFU)
		Jacob Donges			William Bebbington (QFU)
			William Gillies	Edward Heales
		Thomas Lonsdale		Robert Roberts
				Richard Trout
		Bill Heffernan		Ernest Bell	Eaton Winks (QFU)
				Kenneth Grant
			John May
			David Bowman	John Best
			William Hamilton
				George Mackay
			William Lennon	Ralph Johnson
				James Blair
			John Gilday	Benjamin Harding
			James O'Sullivan	John Houghton
			James Larcombe	Leopold Landsberg
				James Allan
			Herbert Hardacre
		Charles Bromley		William Armstrong	William McIlwraith (QFU)
		Percy Crooke		James Stodart
				George Johnson
			John Hunter	Francis Dyer
			William Bertram	John Walsh
				Edward Corser
				John Lackey
		John Binstead		Edward Swayne	Henry Turner (QFU)
			John Payne
				James Crawford	Frederick McCarthy (Ind)
			Thomas Foley	Thomas Page
		Joseph Collings		Godfrey Morgan
		Arthur Sampson		James Forsyth
				John White
		Thomas Armstrong			Robert Hodge (QFU)
				Edward Archer
				Thomas Bridges
				Digby Denham
			John Fihelly	George Sweetman
		William Hayes	Donald Mackintosh		Percy Bayley (QFU)
				John Kessell
			Vernon Winstanley	James Bradshaw
			John Adamson	Thomas Renshaw
				Harry Stevens	William Ruhno (QFU)
				John Burke
		John Sherlock		Henry Somerset
				Andrew Petrie
		Arthur Lilley		Edward Macartney
		Michael Alke		James Tolmie
				Robert Philp
			Harry Coyne
		Paul Bauers		George Barnes	Daniel Connolly (Ind)
				Charles Booker
				Hugh Macrossan

See also

• 1915 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1915–1918
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Book: Hughes, Colin A.. Colin Hughes

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