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

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Retiring Members

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

National

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Candidates

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

Electorate Held by Labor candidate National candidate Other candidates
Albert National William Lawson John Appel
Aubigny National James Desmond Arthur Moore
Balonne Labor Edward Land David Roberts
Barcoo Labor T. J. Ryan Henry Buchanan
Bowen Labor Charles Collins John Mann
Bremer Labor Frank Cooper Edwin Little
Brisbane Labor Mick Kirwan Norman Warrall
Bulimba Labor Hugh McMinn Walter Barnes Joseph Marconi (Ind)
Bundaberg Labor George Barber William Foster
Buranda Labor John Huxham William Sparkes
Burke Independent Darby Riordan William Murphy (Ind)
Burnett National Joseph Warmington Bernard Corser
Burrum National Albert Whitford Colin Rankin
Cairns Labor William McCormack William Griffin
Carnarvon National Randolph Bedford Donald Gunn
Charters Towers Labor William Wellington Robert Wynn Williams
Chillagoe Labor Ted Theodore William Worley
Cook Labor Henry Ryan Walter Anderson
Cooroora National Hector Spratt Harry Walker
Cunningham National John Moir James Purcell Francis Grayson (Ind Nat)
Dalby National Austin McKeon William Vowles
Drayton National Michael Alke William Bebbington
Eacham Labor William Gillies William Sloan
East Toowoomba National James MacDougall Robert Roberts
Enoggera Labor William Lloyd William Wright
Fassifern National Joseph Sweeney Ernest Bell
Fitzroy Labor Harry Hartley Kenneth Grant
Flinders Labor John Mullan William Little
Fortitude Valley Labor Thomas Wilson Bernard Revenall-Holland
Gregory Labor George Pollock Eric Anning
Gympie Labor Thomas Dunstan Alexander Glasgow
Herbert Labor William Lennon Ralph Johnson
Ipswich Labor David Gledson James Blair
Ithaca Labor John Gilday John Morton
Kennedy Labor James O'Sullivan Andrew Taylor
Keppel Labor James Larcombe William Thompson
Kurilpa Labor William Hartley James Fry
Leichhardt Labor Herbert Hardacre William Smout
Lockyer National Cuthbert Butler William Drayton Armstrong
Logan National Alfred James Reginald King
Mackay Labor William Forgan Smith William Manning
Maranoa Labor John Hunter Robert Swan
Maree Labor William Bertram Pearce Douglas Victor Cross (Ind)
Maryborough Labor David Weir Charles McGhie
Merthyr Labor Peter McLachlan Peter MacGregor
Mitchell Labor John Payne Alfred Watts
Mirani National Maurice Hynes Edward Swayne
Mount Morgan Labor James Stopford Alexander Cameron
Mundingburra Labor Thomas Foley Charles Pennger
Murilla National John Durkin Godfrey Morgan
Murrumba National Arthur Sampson Richard Warren
Musgrave Labor Thomas Armfield John White
Nanango National Walter Burton Robert Hodge
Normanby Labor Jens Peterson Harry Hill
Nundah National Sid Cook Hubert Sizer
Oxley Labor Thomas Jones Cecil Elphinstone
Paddington Labor John Fihelly John Adamson (Ind)
Pittsworth National James Mahony David Edwards Percy Bayley (Ind Nat)
Port Curtis Labor George Carter John Kessell
Queenton Labor Vern Winstanley Alfred Smith William Morgan (Ind Nat)
Rockhampton Labor Frank Forde John Egerton
Rosewood National William Cooper Henry Stevens
South Brisbane Labor Edgar Free Albert Harte
Stanley National Bill Heffernan Henry Somerset
Toombul National Alexander McDonald Andrew Petrie
Toowong National William McCosker Edward Macartney
Toowoomba National Frank Brennan James Tolmie
Townsville Labor Daniel Ryan Hedley Gelston
Warrego Labor Harry Coyne Jerry Tamblyn
Warwick National David Swiss-Davies George Barnes
Wide Bay National Andrew Thompson Charles Booker
Windsor Labor Herbert McPhail Charles Taylor

See also

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References

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  • 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.