Candidates of the 1912 Queensland state election

The 1912 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 27 April 1912.

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 David Bowman.

The election was the first conducted under the Electoral Districts Act 1910 which allowed for 72 single-member electorates based on the principle of one vote, one value.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Vincent Lesina (Clermont)
• Thomas Nevitt (Carpentaria)

Liberal

• William Thorn (Aubigny)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidate(s)
Albert	Liberal		John Appel
Aubigny	Liberal	John Connelly	Alfred Luke
Balonne	Labor	Edward Land	Jasper Harvey
Barcoo	Labor	T. J. Ryan	Albert Carchlove
Bowen	Labor	Myles Ferricks	Edwin Caine
Bremer	Liberal	William Hefferan	James Cribb
Brisbane	Liberal	Mick Kirwan	Edward Forrest
Bulimba	Liberal	Hugh McMinn	Walter Barnes
Bundaberg	Labor	George Barber	James MacLeod
Buranda	Liberal	John Huxham	William Stephens
Burke	Independent	Charles Collins		William Murphy (Ind)
Burnett	Liberal	Alfred Jones	Bernard Corser
Burrum	Liberal	Albert Whitford	Colin Rankin
Cairns	Independent	William McCormack		John Mann (Ind)
Carnarvon	Liberal	Tom Crawford	Donald Gunn
Charters Towers	Labor	John Mullan	Robert Williams
Chillagoe	Labor	Ted Theodore	Archibald Frew
Cook	Liberal	Harry Ryan	Henry Douglas
Cooroora	Liberal	William Jones	Harry Walker
Cunningham	Liberal	Percy McCawley	Francis Grayson
Dalby	Liberal	Robert Turnbull	William Vowles
Drayton	Liberal	James Desmond	William Bebbington	William Binns (Ind)
Eacham	Labor	William Gillies	Michael Woods
East Toowoomba	Liberal	George Walden	Robert Roberts
Enoggera	Liberal	William Lloyd	Richard Trout
Fassifern	Liberal		Arnold Wienholt
Fitzroy	Liberal	Charles Bluett	Kenneth Grant
Flinders	Labor	John May
Fortitude Valley	Labor	David Bowman	Edwin Fowles
Gregory	Labor	William Hamilton	Francis North
Gympie	Labor	George Ryland	George Mackay	Daniel Mulcahy (Ind Lab)
Herbert	Labor	William Lennon	Frederick O'Rourke
Ipswich	Liberal	William Ryott Maughan	James Blair
Ithaca	Liberal	John Gilday	Arthur Hawthorn
Kennedy	Labor	James O'Sullivan	Osborn Fenwick
Keppel	Liberal	James Larcombe	James Brennan	Frank Lennon (Ind Lib)
Kurilpa	Liberal	James Sharpe	James Allan
Leichhardt	Labor	Herbert Hardacre	William Fox
Lockyer	Liberal		William Armstrong
Logan	Liberal	Wolfgang Arnold	James Stodart
Mackay	Liberal	Charles Tait	Walter Paget
Maranoa	Labor	John Hunter	Aaron Hoskin
Maree	Liberal	William Bertram	David Hunter
Maryborough	Liberal	William Mitchell	Edward Corser
Merthyr	Liberal	Peter McLachlan	Thomas Welsby
Mirani	Liberal	Philip Kirwan	Edward Swayne
Mitchell	Labor	John Payne	John Cross
Mount Morgan	Independent	James Stopford	James Crawford
Mundingburra	Labor	Thomas Foley	William Little
Murilla	Liberal	Frank Allen	Godfrey Morgan
Murrumba	Liberal	Gideon Dennis	James Forsyth
Musgrave	Liberal	Henry Cattermull	John White
Nanango	Liberal	Maurice Harland	Robert Hodge
Normanby	Liberal	George Martens	George Fox
Nundah	Liberal	Robert McCormack	Thomas Bridges
Oxley	Liberal	Charles Martin	Digby Denham
Paddington	Liberal	John Fihelly	John Walsh
Pittsworth	Liberal	Matthias Dwyer	Donald Mackintosh
Port Curtis	Labor	Edward Breslin	John Kessell
Queenton	Labor	Vern Winstanley	Frederick Johnson
Rockhampton	Labor	John Adamson	George Curtis
Rosewood	Liberal	Patrick Madden	Harry Stevens	John Rea (Ind) William Ruhno (Ind)
South Brisbane	Liberal	Joseph Sherry	Thomas Bouchard
Stanley	Liberal		Henry Somerset
Toombul	Liberal	Daniel Dowling	Andrew Petrie
Toowong	Liberal	Lewis McDonald	Edward Macartney
Toowoomba	Liberal	Michael Alke	James Tolmie
Townsville	Liberal	Alexander Austin	Robert Philp
Warrego	Labor	Harry Coyne	Duncan McDonald
Warwick	Liberal	Angus Sinclair	George Barnes
Wide Bay	Liberal	Andrew Thompson	Charles Booker
Windsor	Liberal	Walter Crampton	Hugh Macrossan

See also

• 1912 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
• "Queensland Elections", Adelaide Advertiser, 29 April 1912, page 9.