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.

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateOther 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

"Queensland Elections", Adelaide Advertiser, 29 April 1912, page 9.