Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1908–1909

This is a list of members of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from February 1908 to October 1909, as elected at the 1908 state election held on 5 February 1908.

The Philp Ministry did not command a majority on the floor of the Assembly during its short term of government, and the Assembly was dissolved, resulting in gains for both the Kidstonites and Labour, and the return of William Kidston as Premier. However, in late 1908, the two non-Labour parties merged into a new grouping known as the Liberals, also sometimes identified as the Ministerial party (a generic form referring to supporters of the Ministry). As not all members of the original parties supported the new Government, Kidston called another election — the third in 29 months — for 2 October 1909.

Name Party (pre-1908) Party (post-1908) Electorate Term in office John Adamson Labour Labour Maryborough 1907–1909; 1911–1917 Peter Airey Kidston Opposition South Brisbane 1901–1907; 1908–1909 Frank Allen N/A Labour Bulloo 1909–1912 John Appel Conservative Liberal Albert 1908–1929 William Drayton Armstrong Conservative Liberal Lockyer 1893–1904; 1907–1918 George Philip Barber Labour Labour Bundaberg 1901–1935 George Powell Barnes Farmers' Rep. Liberal Warwick 1908–1935 Walter Barnes Conservative Liberal Bulimba 1901–1915; 1918–1933 Edward Barton Kidston Liberal Brisbane North 1908–1909 Joshua Thomas Bell Kidston Liberal Dalby 1893–1911 James Blair Kidston Opposition Ipswich 1902–1915 David Bowman Labour Labour Fortitude Valley 1899–1902; 1904–1916 James Brennan Kidston Liberal North Rockhampton 1907–1912 John Dunmore Campbell Conservative Liberal Moreton 1899–1909 Richard John Cottell Kidston Liberal Toowong 1908–1911 Henri Cowap Kidston Liberal Fitzroy 1902–1909 Harry Coyne Labour Labour Warrego 1908–1923 James Cribb Conservative Liberal Bundamba 1893–1896; 1899–1915 Digby Denham Conservative Liberal Oxley 1902–1915 Henry Douglas Kidston Opposition Cook 1907–1915 Edward Barrow Forrest Conservative Liberal Brisbane North 1899–1912 James Forsyth N/A Liberal Moreton 1899–1907; 1909–1918 George Fox Conservative Liberal Normanby 1877–1878; 1901–1914 Kenneth Grant Kidston Liberal Rockhampton 1902–1915 Francis Grayson Conservative Liberal Cunningham 1904–1920 Donald Gunn Independent Liberal Carnarvon 1907–1920 William Hamilton Labour Labour Gregory 1899–1915 Patrick Hanran Conservative Liberal Townsville 1899–1909 Herbert Hardacre Labour Labour Leichhardt 1893–1919 Arthur Hawthorn Kidston Liberal Enoggera 1902–1911 Robert Herbertson Kidston Opposition Port Curtis 1904–1909 David Hunter Kidston Liberal Woolloongabba 1908–1912 John Hunter Labour Labour Maranoa 1907–1919 John Huxham Labour Labour South Brisbane 1908–1909, 1912–1924 George Jackson Kidston Liberal Kennedy 1893–1909 Charles Moffatt Jenkinson Conservative Opposition Fassifern 1898–1902; 1903–1909 Alfred Jones Labour Labour Burnett 1904–1909, 1915–1917,1922–1932 Francis Kenna Kidston Opposition Bowen 1902–1909 Denis Keogh Conservative Liberal Rosewood 1896–1902; 1904–1911 George Kerr Kidston Opposition Barcoo 1893–1909 William Kidston Kidston Liberal Rockhampton 1896–1911 Edward Land Labour Labour Balonne 1904–1927 John Leahy Conservative Liberal Bulloo 1893–1909 William Lennon Labour Labour Herbert 1907–1920 Vincent Lesina Labour Labour Clermont 1899–1912 Donald MacKintosh Kidston Liberal Cambooya 1899–1915 Peter McLachlan Labour Labour Fortitude Valley 1908–1912, 1915–1920,1923–1929 John Mann Kidston Opposition Cairns 1904–1912 William Maxwell Kidston Liberal Burke 1899–1909 John May Labour Labour Flinders 1907–1917 William Mitchell Labour Labour Maryborough 1904–1909 William Moore Conservative Liberal Murilla 1898–1904; 1907–1909 Daniel Mulcahy Labour Labour Gympie 1901–1912 John Mullan Labour Labour Charters Towers 1908–1912, 1918–1941 William Murphy Kidston Opposition Croydon 1904–1907; 1908–1918 Thomas Nevitt Labour Labour Carpentaria 1907–1912 Walter Paget Conservative Liberal Mackay 1901–1915 John Payne Labour Labour Mitchell 1905–1928 Andrew Lang Petrie Conservative Liberal Toombul 1893–1926 Robert Philp Conservative Liberal Townsville 1886–1915 Colin Rankin Kidston Liberal Burrum 1905–1918 Vernon Redwood Kidston Opposition Drayton & Toowoomba 1907–1909 Robert Roberts Kidston Liberal Drayton & Toowoomba 1907–1934 George Ryland Labour Labour Gympie 1899–1912 William Ryott Maughan Labour Labour Ipswich 1898–1899; 1904–1912 Henry Plantagenet Somerset Conservative Liberal Stanley 1904–1920 James Stodart Conservative Liberal Logan 1896–1918 Richard Sumner Kidston Opposition Nundah 1907–1909 Edward Swayne Conservative Liberal Mackay 1907–1935 William Thorn Farmers' Rep. Liberal Aubigny 1894–1904; 1908–1912 Harry Walker Conservative Liberal Wide Bay 1907–1947 John White Conservative Liberal Musgrave 1903–1904; 1907–1915 Vern Winstanley Labour Labour Charters Towers 1908–1932 Michael Woods Kidston Opposition Woothakata 1902–1909

On 20 January 1909, John Leahy, the Liberal member for Bulloo, died. Labour candidate Frank Allen won the resulting by-election on 27 March 1909. On 27 May 1909, John Dunmore Campbell, the Liberal member for Moreton, died. Liberal candidate James Forsyth won the resulting by-election on 19 June 1909.

See also 1908 Queensland state election Second Kidston Ministry (Kidston/Liberal) (1908–1911)

References

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