Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1902–1904 explained

This is a list of members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1902 to 1904, as elected at the 1902 state election held on 11 March 1902.^[1]

While only the Australian Labor Federation stood as a party, the fall of Philp's government and the rise of prominent Liberal Arthur Morgan in 1903 produced a realignment of non-Labour MLAs into liberal and conservative groupings.

Name	Party (pre-1903)	Party (post-1903)	Electorate	Term in office
		Labour		1901–1907; 1908–1909
	Ministerial	Conservative		1893–1904; 1907–1918
	Labour	Labour		1901–1935
	Ministerial	Conservative		1901–1915; 1918–1933
	Labour	N/A		1902
	Ministerial	Liberal		1893–1911
	Opposition	Liberal		1902–1915
	Opposition	Liberal		1893–1904
	Ministerial	Liberal		1896–1907; 1909–1918
	Labour	Labour		1893–1904
	Labour	Labour		1901–1907
	Ministerial	Conservative		1893–1896; 1901–1908
	Ministerial	Conservative		1899–1909
	Ind. Min.	Liberal		1902–1905
	Labour	Labour		1902–1909
	Ministerial	Conservative		1888–1907
	Ministerial	Conservative		1893–1896; 1899–1915
	Ministerial	Conservative		1896–1904
	Ministerial	Conservative		1888–1904
	Ministerial	Liberal		1902–1915
	Labour	Labour		1896–1907
	Labour	Labour		1893–1905
	Opposition	Liberal		1893–1904
	Ministerial	Conservative		1899–1912
	Ministerial	Conservative		1899–1907; 1909–1918
	Ministerial	Conservative		1877–1878; 1901–1914
	Ministerial	Conservative		1883–1904
	Ministerial	Conservative		1902–1904
	Labour	Labour		1902–1915
	Ministerial	N/A		1878–1902
	Ministerial	Conservative		1878–1904
	Labour	Labour		1899–1915
	Ministerial	Conservative		1899–1909
	Labour	Labour		1893–1919
	Independent	Liberal		1902–1911
	Farmers' Rep.	Liberal		1902–1904; 1909–1920
	Labour	Labour		1893–1909
	Opposition	Independent		1898–1902; 1903–1909
	Ministerial	N/A		1878–1881; 1883–1888; 1899–1903
	Labour	Labour		1902–1909
	Ministerial	Conservative		1899–1904
	Labour	Labour		1893–1909
	Labour	Labour		1896–1911
	Ministerial	Conservative		1902–1904
	Ministerial	Conservative		1893–1909
	Ministerial	Conservative		1902–1908
	Labour	Labour		1899–1912
	Ind. Min.	Liberal		1902–1907
	Ministerial	Conservative		1902–1904
	Ministerial	Conservative		1900–1908; 1909–1920
	Labour	Labour		1896–1907
	Ministerial	Liberal		1899–1915
	Ministerial	Conservative		1885–1899; 1901–1904; 1907–1908
	Labour	Labour		1902–1905
	Labour	Labour		1899–1909
	Ministerial	Liberal		1898–1904; 1907–1909
	Ministerial	Liberal		1887–1896; 1898–1906
	Labour	Labour		1901–1912
	Opposition	N/A		1902
	Labour	Labour		1902–1907
	Ministerial	N/A		1888–1903
	Ministerial	Conservative		1901–1915
	Ministerial	Conservative		1893–1926
	Ministerial	Conservative		1886–1915
	Opposition	Liberal		1888–1896; 1899–1908
	Ministerial	Conservative		1878–1893; 1899–1904
	Labour	Labour		1899–1912
	Ministerial	Conservative		1888–1904; 1907–1908
	Ministerial	Conservative		1896–1918
	Ministerial	Conservative		1896–1904
	Labour	Independent		1902–1904
	Opposition	Independent		1894–1904; 1908–1912
	Ministerial	Liberal		1901–1907; 1909–1918
	Labour	Labour		1901, 1902–1907
	Ministerial	Conservative		1903–1904
	Ministerial	Conservative		1903–1904; 1907–1915
	Labour	Labour		1902–1909

See also

• 1902 Queensland state election
• Premier:

Robert Philp (Ministerial) (1899–1903)

Arthur Morgan (Liberal) (1903–1906)

Notes

On 16 June 1902, Charles Hastings Barton, the newly elected Labour member for Maryborough, died before taking his seat. Ministerial candidate Henry Garde won the resulting by-election on 3 July 1902.

On 18 June 1902, Samuel Grimes, the Ministerial member for Oxley, died. Ministerial candidate Digby Denham won the resulting by-election on 3 July 1902.

On 11 December 1902, Thomas Murray-Prior, the Opposition member for Fassifern, died. Opposition candidate Charles Moffatt Jenkinson won the resulting by-election on 13 January 1903.

On 4 March 1903, William O'Connell, the Ministerial member for Musgrave, died. Ministerial candidate John White won the resulting by-election on 4 April 1903.

On 16 September 1903, Francis Kates, the Ministerial member for Cunningham, died. Ministerial candidate Duncan Watson won the resulting by-election on 29 October 1903.

References

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
• 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.

• Book: Hughes, Colin A.. Colin Hughes

. Colin Hughes. Graham, B. D.. A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1890-1964. 1968. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-7081-0270-0.

• Book: Bernays, Charles Arrowsmith. Queensland politics during sixty (1859-1919) years. 1919. Government Printer. Brisbane.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929. Queensland Parliament. 16 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131216062439/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.24.pdf. 16 December 2013. dead.