Candidates of the 1926 Queensland state election explained

The 1926 Queensland state election was held on 8 May 1926.

Since the previous election, the United and Country parties had merged to form the Country and Progressive National Party. Seats held by either predecessor are listed as held by the CPNP.

By-elections

• On 13 October 1923, Randolph Bedford (Labor) was elected to succeed Harry Coyne (Labor), who had resigned on 31 July 1923, as the member for Warrego.
• On 16 August 1924, Ted Hanson (Labor) was elected to succeed John Huxham (Labor), who had resigned on 31 July 1924, as the member for Buranda.
• On 4 April 1925, Evan Llewelyn (Labor) was elected to succeed Frank Brennan (Labor), who had resigned on 26 February 1925, as the member for Toowoomba.
• On 16 January 1926, John O'Keefe (Labor) was elected to succeed Ted Theodore (Labor), who had resigned on 22 September 1925, as the member for Chillagoe.
• On 16 January 1926, Cornelius Ryan (Labor) was elected to succeed William Gillies (Labor), who had resigned on 24 October 1925, as the member for Eacham.

Retiring Members

Labor

• John Gilday MLA (Ithaca)

CPNP

• Andrew Petrie MLA (Toombul)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CPNP candidate	Other candidates
		William Lake		John Appel	Edwin Wilkins (Ind)
		John Moir		Arthur Moore
			Edward Land
			Frank Bulcock
			Charles Collins	Frederick Woods
			Frank Cooper	Kenneth McGill
			Mick Kirwan	Fred O'Keefe
			Harry Wright	Allan Stanton	John Costin (Ind Lab)
			George Barber	William Gavegan
			Ted Hanson	Henry Quinn
			Darby Riordan
		Bill Baxter		Bernard Corser
		John Laurison		William Brand
			William McCormack	Thomas Boylan
		Adolphus Baker		Edward Costello
			William Wellington	William Clark
			John O'Keefe	Bernard Hayes
			Henry Ryan	Thomas Kilpatrick
				Harry Walker
		Edward Doyle		William Deacon
		Harold Francis	William Vowles		Wilfred Russell (PPU)
			Cornelius Ryan
		John Herbert		Robert Roberts
		Hurtle Patterson		Jim Kerr
				Ernest Bell	Tom Plunkett (Ind CP)
			Harry Hartley	Frank Dawson
			John Mullan	Neville Sturzaker
			Thomas Wilson	Percival Hooper
			George Pollock
			Thomas Dunstan	Henry Cowie
			Percy Pease
			David Gledson	Alfred Stephenson
				William Robbins	Stanley Henderson (Ind Lab)
			William Lloyd	Jack MacDonald
			Harry Bruce		John Young (PPU)
			James Larcombe	Ernest Larcombe
		Hamilton Jones		James Fry
			Tom Foley	Frederick Lodge
		Joseph Sweeney		George Logan	Charles Jamieson (PPU)
				Reginald King
			William Forgan Smith	Hector O'Brien
			Charles Conroy	Arthur Miscamble
			William Bertram
			David Weir	Harry Keys
			Peter McLachlan
		John Mulherin		Edward Swayne
			John Payne
			James Stopford	Robert Staines
			John Dash	Miles Andrews
		Louis McCorkell		Godfrey Morgan	H T Kelly (PPU)
		William Friis		Richard Warren	Alfred O'Loan (Ind)
		Robert Webster		Jim Edwards	William O'Mara (PPU)
		Robert Lyle		Jens Peterson
				William Kelso
		William Searle		Cecil Elphinstone
			Alfred Jones		Grant Hervey (Ind)
			George Carter	Walter Prizeman	Fred Paterson (CPA)
			Vern Winstanley
			George Farrell	James Cullen
			William Cooper	William Ruhno
		James Weir		Hubert Sizer
			Myles Ferricks	Alec McGill
		James Gillies		Frederick Nott
					Charles Jenkinson (Ind)
		William Stock		James Maxwell
			Evan Llewelyn	Albert Godsall
			Maurice Hynes	John Shearer
			Randolph Bedford
		George James		George Barnes
		Aaron Davies		Harry Clayton
		Donald MacKenzie		Charles Taylor
		James McLaughlin		Walter Barnes

See also

• 1926 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1923–1926
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1926–1929
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Book: Hughes, Colin A.. Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. 1974. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Canberra. 0-7081-0301-4.