Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1893–1896

This is a list of members of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1893 to 1896, as elected at the 1893 colonial election held between 18 April 1893 and 25 May 1893 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).

Name Party Electorate Term in office George Agnew Ministerialist Nundah 1888–1896 William Allan Ministerialist Cunningham 1881–1883; 1887–1896 John Annear Ministerialist Maryborough 1884–1902 Archibald Archer Independent Rockhampton 1867–1869; 1878–1886;1888–1896 William Drayton Armstrong Ministerialist Lockyer 1893–1904; 1907–1918 Andrew Henry Barlow Ministerialist Ipswich 1888–1896 Matthew Battersby Ministerialist Moreton 1888–1899 Joshua Thomas Bell Ministerialist Dalby 1893–1911 Jason Boles Opposition Port Curtis 1893–1904 William Browne Labour Croydon 1893–1904 George Burns Ministerialist Townsville 1893–1893 Thomas Joseph Byrnes Ministerialist Cairns 1893–1898 James Cadell Independent Burnett 1891–1896 Albert Callan Ind./Min. Fitzroy 1889–1902 John Cameron Opp./Min. Mitchell 1893–1896; 1901–1908 James Chataway Ministerialist Mackay 1893–1901 William Henry Corfield Ministerialist Gregory 1888–1899 Alfred Cowley Ministerialist Herbert 1888–1907 James Cribb Ministerialist Rosewood 1893–1896; 1899–1915 James Crombie Ministerialist Warrego 1888–1898 John Cross Labour Clermont 1893–1899 George Curtis Ind./Opp. Rockhampton 1893–1902 David Dalrymple Ministerialist Mackay 1888–1904 Henry Daniels Farmers/Labour Cambooya 1893–1899 Anderson Dawson Labour Charters Towers 1893–1901 James Dickson Min./Ind. Bulimba 1873–1888; 1892–1901 James Drake Opposition Enoggera 1888–1899 Michael Duffy Ministerialist Bundaberg 1893–1896 John Dunsford Labour Charters Towers 1893–1905 Andrew Fisher Labour Gympie 1893–1896; 1899–1901 John Fogarty Labour/Opp. Drayton and Toowoomba 1893–1904 Justin Foxton Ministerialist Carnarvon 1883–1904 Thomas Glassey Labour Burke 1888–1893; 1894–1901 Samuel Grimes Ministerialist Oxley 1878–1902 William Henry Groom Opposition Drayton and Toowoomba 1862–1901 John Hamilton Ministerialist Cook 1878–1904 Herbert Hardacre Labour Leichhardt 1893–1919 William Harding Ind./Opp. North Rockhampton 1893–1896 John Hoolan Labour Burke 1890–1894; 1896–1899 George Jackson Labour Kennedy 1893–1909 George Kerr Labour Barcoo 1893–1909 Robert King Labour Maranoa 1893–1899 John James Kingsbury Ministerialist North Brisbane 1893–1896 John Leahy Independent Bulloo 1893–1909 Frederick Lord Ministerialist Stanley 1893–1902 William Lovejoy Opposition Aubigny 1893–1894 Charles McDonald Labour Flinders 1893–1901 John MacFarlane Ministerialist Ipswich 1878–1894 Thomas McIlwraith Ministerialist North Brisbane 1870–1871; 1873–1886;1888–1896 John McMaster Ministerialist Fortitude Valley 1885–1899; 1901–1904;1907–1908 Charles Midson Ministerialist South Brisbane 1893–1896 Boyd Dunlop Morehead Ministerialist Balonne 1871–1880; 1883–1896 Arthur Morgan Opposition Warwick 1887–1896; 1898–1906 John Murray Ministerialist Normanby 1888–1901 Hugh Nelson Ministerialist Murilla 1883–1898 William O'Connell Ministerialist Musgrave 1888–1903 Anthony Ogden Labour Townsville 1894–1896 Andrew Lang Petrie Ministerialist Toombul 1893–1926 George Phillips Ministerialist Carpentaria 1893–1896 Robert Philp Ministerialist Townsville 1886–1915 Thomas Plunkett Ministerialist Albert 1888–1896; 1899–1908 Charles Powers Opposition Maryborough 1888–1896 William Rawlings Labour Woothakata 1893–1896 Matthew Reid Labour Toowong 1893–1896; 1899–1902 Robert Harrison Smith Ministerialist Bowen 1888–1902 William Smyth Ministerialist Gympie 1883–1899 William Stephens Ministerialist Woolloongabba 1888–1904; 1907–1908 Ernest James Stevens Independent Logan 1878–1896 Lewis Thomas Ministerialist Bundamba 1893–1899 George Thorn Ministerialist Fassifern 1867–1874; 1876–1878;1879–1883; 1887–1888;1893–1902 William Thorn Opposition Aubigny 1894–1904; 1908–1912 Nicholas Tooth Ministerialist Burrum 1893–1902 Horace Tozer Ministerialist Wide Bay 1871; 1888–1898 Henry Turley Labour South Brisbane 1893–1902 John Watson Ministerialist Fortitude Valley 1888–1896 James Wilkinson Labour Ipswich 1894–1896

See also Premier: Thomas McIlwraith (Ministerialist) (1893) Hugh Nelson (Ministerialist) (1893–1898)

Notes On 5 November 1893, George Burns, one of the two Ministerialist members for Townsville, died. Labour candidate Anthony Ogden won the resulting by-election held on 20 January 1894. On 7 March 1894, John MacFarlane, one of the two Ministerialist members for Ipswich, died. Labour candidate James Wilkinson won the resulting by-election on 31 March 1894. On 12 March 1894, John Hoolan, the Labour member for Burke, resigned in order that party leader Thomas Glassey, who had lost his seat at the 1893 election, could re-enter Parliament. Glassey did so at the resulting by-election on 16 June 1894. On 17 July 1894, the seat of Aubigny was declared vacant due to the insolvency of sitting Opposition member William Lovejoy. However, following an arrangement with his creditors, he was again eligible to be a member of parliament and stood for re-election at the resulting by-election on 4 August 1894. However, Opposition candidate William Thorn won the resulting by-election by a narrow margin of 8 votes. On 17 July 1894, the seat of Toombul was declared vacant due to the insolvency of sitting Ministerialist member Andrew Lang Petrie. However, following an arrangement with his creditors, he was again eligible to be a member of parliament and was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 4 August 1894.

References

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