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

Liberal

Candidates

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

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Other candidate(s)
AlbertLiberalJohn Appel
AubignyLiberalJohn ConnellyAlfred Luke
BalonneLaborEdward LandJasper Harvey
BarcooLaborT. J. RyanAlbert Carchlove
BowenLaborMyles FerricksEdwin Caine
BremerLiberalWilliam HefferanJames Cribb
BrisbaneLiberalMick KirwanEdward Forrest
BulimbaLiberalHugh McMinnWalter Barnes
BundabergLaborGeorge BarberJames MacLeod
BurandaLiberalJohn HuxhamWilliam Stephens
BurkeIndependentCharles CollinsWilliam Murphy (Ind)
BurnettLiberalAlfred JonesBernard Corser
BurrumLiberalAlbert WhitfordColin Rankin
CairnsIndependentWilliam McCormackJohn Mann (Ind)
CarnarvonLiberalTom CrawfordDonald Gunn
Charters TowersLaborJohn MullanRobert Williams
ChillagoeLaborTed TheodoreArchibald Frew
CookLiberalHarry RyanHenry Douglas
CoorooraLiberalWilliam JonesHarry Walker
CunninghamLiberalPercy McCawleyFrancis Grayson
DalbyLiberalRobert TurnbullWilliam Vowles
DraytonLiberalJames DesmondWilliam BebbingtonWilliam Binns (Ind)
EachamLaborWilliam GilliesMichael Woods
East ToowoombaLiberalGeorge WaldenRobert Roberts
EnoggeraLiberalWilliam LloydRichard Trout
FassifernLiberalArnold Wienholt
FitzroyLiberalCharles BluettKenneth Grant
FlindersLaborJohn May
Fortitude ValleyLaborDavid BowmanEdwin Fowles
GregoryLaborWilliam HamiltonFrancis North
GympieLaborGeorge RylandGeorge MackayDaniel Mulcahy (Ind Lab)
HerbertLaborWilliam LennonFrederick O'Rourke
IpswichLiberalWilliam Ryott MaughanJames Blair
IthacaLiberalJohn GildayArthur Hawthorn
KennedyLaborJames O'SullivanOsborn Fenwick
KeppelLiberalJames LarcombeJames BrennanFrank Lennon (Ind Lib)
KurilpaLiberalJames SharpeJames Allan
LeichhardtLaborHerbert HardacreWilliam Fox
LockyerLiberalWilliam Armstrong
LoganLiberalWolfgang ArnoldJames Stodart
MackayLiberalCharles TaitWalter Paget
MaranoaLaborJohn HunterAaron Hoskin
MareeLiberalWilliam BertramDavid Hunter
MaryboroughLiberalWilliam MitchellEdward Corser
MerthyrLiberalPeter McLachlanThomas Welsby
MiraniLiberalPhilip KirwanEdward Swayne
MitchellLaborJohn PayneJohn Cross
Mount MorganIndependentJames StopfordJames Crawford
MundingburraLaborThomas FoleyWilliam Little
MurillaLiberalFrank AllenGodfrey Morgan
MurrumbaLiberalGideon DennisJames Forsyth
MusgraveLiberalHenry CattermullJohn White
NanangoLiberalMaurice HarlandRobert Hodge
NormanbyLiberalGeorge MartensGeorge Fox
NundahLiberalRobert McCormackThomas Bridges
OxleyLiberalCharles MartinDigby Denham
PaddingtonLiberalJohn FihellyJohn Walsh
PittsworthLiberalMatthias DwyerDonald Mackintosh
Port CurtisLaborEdward BreslinJohn Kessell
QueentonLaborVern WinstanleyFrederick Johnson
RockhamptonLaborJohn AdamsonGeorge Curtis
RosewoodLiberalPatrick MaddenHarry StevensJohn Rea (Ind)
William Ruhno (Ind)
South BrisbaneLiberalJoseph SherryThomas Bouchard
StanleyLiberalHenry Somerset
ToombulLiberalDaniel DowlingAndrew Petrie
ToowongLiberalLewis McDonaldEdward Macartney
ToowoombaLiberalMichael AlkeJames Tolmie
TownsvilleLiberalAlexander AustinRobert Philp
WarregoLaborHarry CoyneDuncan McDonald
WarwickLiberalAngus SinclairGeorge Barnes
Wide BayLiberalAndrew ThompsonCharles Booker
WindsorLiberalWalter CramptonHugh Macrossan

See also

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.
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