| Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon |
| Charles McGhie | |
| Office1: | Member of the Queensland Legislative Council |
| Term Start1: | 4 May 1904 |
| Term End1: | 21 January 1917 |
| Birth Date: | 1839 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
| Restingplace: | Maryborough Cemetery |
| Birthname: | Charles Stewart McGhie |
| Nationality: | Scottish Australian |
| Spouse: | Maria Holmes (m.1866 d.1904) |
| Occupation: | Shipwright, newspaper proprietor, railway employee |
Charles Stewart McGhie (17 May 1839 – 21 January 1917) was a shipwright, newspaper proprietor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]
McGhie was born at Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 1863 to William McGhie and his wife Elizabeth (née Stewart) and attended a local Government school.[1] After spending his early manhood at sea, he settled in Queensland. On his arrival, he joined the Railways, which became his career for the next thirty years.[2]
McGhie became actively interested in politics and was one of the pioneers of the Labour movement in Maryborough becoming a partner in the local labour newspaper, The Alert. He was an alderman, serving for nine years[2] and was mayor of Maryborough in 1898.[1]
In 1899, he represented the Labour Party in standing for the two-member state seat of Maryborough, coming fourth behind the two Ministerialists, Annear and Bartholomew.[3]
McGhie was appointed by the Morgan ministry to the Queensland Legislative council in May 1904,[4] serving for over 12 years till his death in 1917.[1]
McGhie married Maria Holmes in April 1866 and together they had nine children.[1] Dying in 1917, his funeral proceeded from his residence in Ferry Street[2] to the Maryborough Cemetery.[5]