Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912

This is a list of members of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1909 to 1912, as elected at the 1909 state election held on 2 October 1909.^[1]

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
John Adamson^[1]	Labor	Rockhampton	1907–1909; 1911–1917
James Allan	Ministerial	South Brisbane	1909–1915
Frank Allen	Labor	Bulloo	1909–1912
John Appel	Ministerial	Albert	1908–1929
William Armstrong	Ministerial	Lockyer	1893–1904; 1907–1918
George Barber	Labor	Bundaberg	1901–1935
George Barnes	Ministerial	Warwick	1908–1935
Walter Barnes	Ministerial	Bulimba	1901–1915; 1918–1933
Joshua Thomas Bell^[3]	Ministerial	Dalby	1893–1911
James Blair	Opposition	Ipswich	1902–1915
Charles Booker	Ministerial	Maryborough	1909–1918
Thomas Bouchard	Ministerial	South Brisbane	1904–1908; 1909–1915
David Bowman	Labor	Fortitude Valley	1899–1902; 1904–1916
James Brennan	Ministerial	North Rockhampton	1907–1912
Edward Breslin	Labor	Port Curtis	1909–1912
Thomas Bridges	Ministerial	Nundah	1896–1907; 1909–1918
Charles Collins	Labor	Burke	1909–1912, 1915–1936
Edward Corser	Ministerial	Maryborough	1909–1915
Richard John Cottell^[6]	Ministerial	Toowong	1908–1911
Harry Coyne	Labor	Warrego	1908–1923
James Crawford	Labor/Independent ^[4]	Fitzroy	1909–1915
James Cribb	Ministerial	Bundamba	1893–1896; 1899–1915
Digby Denham	Ministerial	Oxley	1902–1915
Henry Douglas	Opposition	Cook	1907–1915
Myles Ferricks	Labor	Bowen	1909–1912, 1920–1929
Thomas Foley	Labor	Townsville	1909–1920
Edward Barrow Forrest	Ministerial	Brisbane North	1899–1912
James Forsythe	Ministerial	Moreton	1899–1907; 1909–1918
George Fox	Ministerial	Normanby	1877–1878; 1901–1914
Kenneth Grant	Ministerial	Rockhampton	1902–1915
Francis Grayson	Ministerial	Cunningham	1904–1920
Donald Gunn	Ministerial	Carnarvon	1907–1920
William Hamilton	Labor	Gregory	1899–1915
Herbert Hardacre	Labor	Leichhardt	1893–1919
Arthur Hawthorn^[2]	Ministerial	Enoggera	1902–1911
Robert Hodge	Ministerial	Burnett	1902–1904; 1909–1920
David Hunter	Ministerial	Woolloongabba	1908–1912
John Hunter	Labor	Maranoa	1907–1919
Denis Keogh^[5]	Ministerial	Rosewood	1896–1902; 1904–1911
William Kidston^[1]	Ministerial	Rockhampton	1896–1911
Edward Land	Labor	Balonne	1904–1927
William Lennon	Labor	Herbert	1907–1920
Vincent Lesina	Labor	Clermont	1899–1912
Edward Macartney^[6]	Ministerial	Brisbane North Toowong	1900–1908; 1909–1920
Donald Mackintosh	Ministerial	Cambooya	1899–1915
Peter McLachlan	Labor	Fortitude Valley	1908–1912, 1915–1920, 1923–1929
John Mann	Opposition	Cairns	1904–1912
John May	Labor	Flinders	1907–1917
Godfrey Morgan	Ministerial	Murilla	1909–1938
Daniel Mulcahy	Labor	Gympie	1901–1912
John Mullan	Labor	Charters Towers	1908–1912, 1918–1941
William Murphy	Opposition	Croydon	1904–1907; 1908–1918
Thomas Nevitt	Labor	Carpentaria	1907–1912
James O'Sullivan	Labor	Kennedy	1909–1920
Walter Paget	Ministerial	Mackay	1901–1915
John Payne	Labor	Mitchell	1905–1928
Andrew Lang Petrie	Ministerial	Toombul	1893–1926
Robert Philp	Ministerial	Townsville	1886–1915
Colin Rankin	Ministerial	Burrum	1905–1918
Robert Roberts	Ministerial	Drayton & Toowoomba	1907–1934
George Ryland	Labor	Gympie	1899–1912
William Ryott Maughan	Labor	Ipswich	1898–1899; 1904–1912
Henry Plantagenet Somerset	Ministerial	Stanley	1904–1920
T. J. Ryan	Labor	Barcoo	1909–1919
Harry Stevens^[5]	Ministerial	Rosewood	1911–1918
James Stodart	Ministerial	Logan	1896–1918
Edward Swayne	Ministerial	Mackay	1907–1935
Ted Theodore	Labor	Woothakata	1909–1925
William Thorn	Ministerial	Aubigny	1894–1904; 1908–1912
James Tolmie	Ministerial	Drayton & Toowoomba	1901–1907; 1909–1918
Richard Trout^[2]	Ministerial	Enoggera	1911–1915
William Vowles^[3]	Ministerial	Dalby	1911–1926
Harry Walker	Ministerial	Wide Bay	1907–1947
Thomas Welsby^[6]	Ministerial	Brisbane North	1911–1915
John White	Ministerial	Musgrave	1903–1904; 1907–1915
Arnold Wienholt	Ministerial	Fassifern	1909–1913, 1930–1935
Vern Winstanley	Labor	Charters Towers	1908–1932

¹ On 7 February 1911, William Kidston, the Premier of Queensland and Ministerial member for Rockhampton, resigned to become President of the Land Court. Labor candidate John Adamson won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1911.

² On 7 February 1911, Arthur Hawthorn, the Ministerial member for Enoggera, resigned following his appointment to the Queensland Legislative Council. Ministerial candidate Richard Trout won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1911.

³ On 10 March 1911, Joshua Thomas Bell, the Ministerial member for Dalby, died. At the resulting by-election on 2 April 1911, Ministerial candidate William Vowles was elected.

⁴ In July 1911, the member for Fitzroy, James Crawford was expelled from the Labor Party for alleged disloyalty. He served out his term as an independent.

⁵ On 24 August 1911, Denis Keogh, the Ministerial member for Rosewood, died. Ministerial candidate Harry Stevens won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1911.

⁶ On 30 August 1911, Richard John Cottell, the Ministerial member for Toowong, died. The Secretary for Public Lands and member for Brisbane North, Edward Macartney, resigned on 5 September. By-elections for both seats were held on 16 September 1911, with Macartney switching to Toowong, and Ministerial candidate Thomas Welsby winning Brisbane North.

See also

• Queensland state election, 1909
• Second Kidston Ministry (1908–1911)
• Denham Ministry (1911–1915)

References

1. "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
• Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
• Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1968). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0270-0.