Candidates of the 1918 Queensland state election

The 1918 Queensland state election was held on 16 March 1918.

Since the previous election, the Liberal Party had reconstituted itself as the National Party. The five members of the Queensland Farmers' Union elected in 1915 contested this election as part of the National Party.

By-elections

Retiring Members

  • Note: Flinders Labor MLA John May died before the election; no by-election was held.

National

Candidates

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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNational candidateOther candidates
AlbertNationalWilliam LawsonJohn Appel
AubignyNationalJames DesmondArthur Moore
BalonneLaborEdward LandDavid Roberts
BarcooLaborT. J. RyanHenry Buchanan
BowenLaborCharles CollinsJohn Mann
BremerLaborFrank CooperEdwin Little
BrisbaneLaborMick KirwanNorman Warrall
BulimbaLaborHugh McMinnWalter BarnesJoseph Marconi (Ind)
BundabergLaborGeorge BarberWilliam Foster
BurandaLaborJohn HuxhamWilliam Sparkes
BurkeIndependentDarby RiordanWilliam Murphy (Ind)
BurnettNationalJoseph WarmingtonBernard Corser
BurrumNationalAlbert WhitfordColin Rankin
CairnsLaborWilliam McCormackWilliam Griffin
CarnarvonNationalRandolph BedfordDonald Gunn
Charters TowersLaborWilliam WellingtonRobert Wynn Williams
ChillagoeLaborTed TheodoreWilliam Worley
CookLaborHenry RyanWalter Anderson
CoorooraNationalHector SprattHarry Walker
CunninghamNationalJohn MoirJames PurcellFrancis Grayson (Ind Nat)
DalbyNationalAustin McKeonWilliam Vowles
DraytonNationalMichael AlkeWilliam Bebbington
EachamLaborWilliam GilliesWilliam Sloan
East ToowoombaNationalJames MacDougallRobert Roberts
EnoggeraLaborWilliam LloydWilliam Wright
FassifernNationalJoseph SweeneyErnest Bell
FitzroyLaborHarry HartleyKenneth Grant
FlindersLaborJohn MullanWilliam Little
Fortitude ValleyLaborThomas WilsonBernard Revenall-Holland
GregoryLaborGeorge PollockEric Anning
GympieLaborThomas DunstanAlexander Glasgow
HerbertLaborWilliam LennonRalph Johnson
IpswichLaborDavid GledsonJames Blair
IthacaLaborJohn GildayJohn Morton
KennedyLaborJames O'SullivanAndrew Taylor
KeppelLaborJames LarcombeWilliam Thompson
KurilpaLaborWilliam HartleyJames Fry
LeichhardtLaborHerbert HardacreWilliam Smout
LockyerNationalCuthbert ButlerWilliam Drayton Armstrong
LoganNationalAlfred JamesReginald King
MackayLaborWilliam Forgan SmithWilliam Manning
MaranoaLaborJohn HunterRobert Swan
MareeLaborWilliam BertramPearce DouglasVictor Cross (Ind)
MaryboroughLaborDavid WeirCharles McGhie
MerthyrLaborPeter McLachlanPeter MacGregor
MitchellLaborJohn PayneAlfred Watts
MiraniNationalMaurice HynesEdward Swayne
Mount MorganLaborJames StopfordAlexander Cameron
MundingburraLaborThomas FoleyCharles Pennger
MurillaNationalJohn DurkinGodfrey Morgan
MurrumbaNationalArthur SampsonRichard Warren
MusgraveLaborThomas ArmfieldJohn White
NanangoNationalWalter BurtonRobert Hodge
NormanbyLaborJens PetersonHarry Hill
NundahNationalSid CookHubert Sizer
OxleyLaborThomas JonesCecil Elphinstone
PaddingtonLaborJohn FihellyJohn Adamson (Ind)
PittsworthNationalJames MahonyDavid EdwardsPercy Bayley (Ind Nat)
Port CurtisLaborGeorge CarterJohn Kessell
QueentonLaborVern WinstanleyAlfred SmithWilliam Morgan (Ind Nat)
RockhamptonLaborFrank FordeJohn Egerton
RosewoodNationalWilliam CooperHenry Stevens
South BrisbaneLaborEdgar FreeAlbert Harte
StanleyNationalBill HeffernanHenry Somerset
ToombulNationalAlexander McDonaldAndrew Petrie
ToowongNationalWilliam McCoskerEdward Macartney
ToowoombaNationalFrank BrennanJames Tolmie
TownsvilleLaborDaniel RyanHedley Gelston
WarregoLaborHarry CoyneJerry Tamblyn
WarwickNationalDavid Swiss-DaviesGeorge Barnes
Wide BayNationalAndrew ThompsonCharles Booker
WindsorLaborHerbert McPhailCharles Taylor

See also

References

  • Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890–1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.