| Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon |
| Herbert McPhail | |
| Constituency Am1: | Windsor |
| Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 22 May 1915 |
| Term End1: | 16 March 1918 |
| Predecessor1: | Hugh Macrossan |
| Successor1: | Charles Taylor |
| Office2: | Member of the Queensland Legislative Council |
| Term Start2: | 19 February 1920 |
| Term End2: | 16 September 1920 |
| Term Start3: | 12 November 1921 |
| Term End3: | 23 March 1922 |
| Birth Date: | 1878 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Birthname: | Herbert George McPhail |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Labor |
| Occupation: | Business owner |
Herbert George McPhail (11 February 1878 – 20 September 1951) was a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
McPhail was born at Brisbane, Queensland, to Robert McPhail and his wife Fanny (née Challenger) and was educated at Brisbane Normal School.[1]
McPhail entered politics at the 1915 state election, winning the seat of Windsor for the Labor and defeating the sitting member, Hugh Macrossan.[2] He held the seat for one term before losing to Charles Taylor in 1918.[3]
When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile Council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917,[4] Premier Ryan tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the Governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint thirteen new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the Council.[5]
In 1920, the new Premier Ted Theodore appointed a further fourteen new members to the Council[6] with McPhail amongst the appointees.[1] He served for seven months before resigning in September 1920 only to be reappointed fourteen months later and remaining in the Council until it was abolished in March 1922.[1]
McPhail died in Brisbane in September 1951[1] and was cremated at Mount Thompson Crematorium.[7]