Candidates of the 1923 Queensland state election

The 1923 Queensland state election was held on 12 May 1923.

The National Party had reconstituted itself as the Queensland United Party since the previous election. The Northern Country Party had merged with the Country Party, but both its MPs had joined the United Party; seats won by the Northern Country Party in 1920 are listed below as United-held.

By-elections

• On 18 March 1922, Alfred Jones (Labor) was elected to succeed John Fihelly (Labor), who had resigned on 7 February 1922, as the member for Paddington.
• On 17 February 1923, George Farrell (Labor) was elected to succeed Frank Forde, who has resigned on 5 October 1922, as the member for Rockhampton.

Retiring Members

No MLAs retired at this election.

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Albert	Country		John Appel (QUP)
Aubigny	Country	Charles Gould	Arthur Moore (CP)
Balonne	Labor	Edward Land	Richard Nates (CP)
Barcoo	Labor	Frank Bulcock
Bowen	Labor	Charles Collins	Frank Ferguson (QUP)
Bremer	Labor	Frank Cooper	Andrew Wright (QUP)	John Budd (Ind)
Brisbane	Labor	Mick Kirwan	James Crawford (QUP)
Bulimba	United	Harry Wright	Duncan Watson (QUP)	Thomas Andrews (Ind)
Bundaberg	Labor	George Barber	Henry Cattermull (CP)
Buranda	Labor	John Huxham	Charles Edwards (QUP)
Burke	Labor	Darby Riordan	Campbell Murray (QUP)
Burnett	Country	William McMahon	Bernard Corser (CP)	Fred Saidy (Ind)
Burrum	Country	Montague Parker	William Brand (CP)
Cairns	Labor	William McCormack	William Griffin (QUP)
Carnarvon	Country	Thomas Brown	Edward Costello (CP)
Charters Towers	Labor	William Wellington	Frank Wood (QUP)
Chillagoe	Labor	Ted Theodore	Ernest Atherton (QUP)	Thomas Taylor (Ind)
Cook	Labor	Henry Ryan	Thomas Kilpatrick (QUP)
Cooroora	Country		Harry Walker (CP)
Cunningham	Country	Denis Hannay	William Deacon (CP)	Cecil Roberts (Ind CP)
Dalby	Country	Hugh McAnally	William Vowles (CP)	N C Hooper (Ind CP)
Eacham	Labor	William Gillies
East Toowoomba	United	Thomas Armfield	Robert Roberts (QUP)
Enoggera	United	John Valentine	Jim Kerr (QUP)
Fassifern	United		Ernest Bell (QUP)	John Hardcastle (Ind)
Fitzroy	Labor	Harry Hartley	Hugh Grant (QUP)
Flinders	Labor	John Mullan	Leonard Nicolson (QUP)
Fortitude Valley	Labor	Thomas Wilson	Edwin Fowles (QUP)
Gregory	Labor	George Pollock	Fergus McMaster (QUP)
Gympie	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	Henry Cowie (CP)
Herbert	Labor	Percy Pease	John McNamee (QUP)
Ipswich	Labor	David Gledson	James Bottomley (QUP)
Ithaca	Labor	John Gilday	Robert Archibald (QUP)
Kelvin Grove	Labor	William Lloyd	John Tait (QUP)
Kennedy	United	Harry Bruce	John Clegg (QUP)
Keppel	Labor	James Larcombe	Roderick Haylock (QUP)
Kurilpa	United	William Dobinson	James Fry (QUP)
Leichhardt	Labor	Tom Foley	Charles Kingston (QUP)
Lockyer	Country	Albert Kluck	George Logan (CP)	William Drayton Armstrong (Ind)
Logan	United	Thomas Jones	Reginald King (QUP)
Mackay	Labor	William Forgan Smith	Lewis Nott (QUP)
Maranoa	Labor	Charles Conroy		Frederick Duncombe (Ind CP)
Maree	Labor	William Bertram	John Hetherington (QUP)
Maryborough	Labor	David Weir	John Hatton (QUP)
Merthyr	United	Peter McLachlan	Peter MacGregor (QUP)
Mirani	Country	Henry Turner	Edward Swayne (CP)
Mitchell	Labor	John Payne	L M Lyons (QUP)
Mount Morgan	Labor	James Stopford	Frederick McCarthy (QUP)
Mundingburra	Labor	John Dash	William Swales (QUP)
Murilla	Country	Robert Collins	Godfrey Morgan (CP)
Murrumba	United	David Moorcroft	Richard Warren (QUP)
Nanango	Country	Robert Webster	Jim Edwards (CP)	Robert Hodge (Ind CP)
Normanby	Labor	Robert Lyle	Jens Peterson (QUP)
Nundah	United	James McCabe	William Kelso (QUP)	Thomas Shaw (Ind)
Oxley	United	William Ridings	Cecil Elphinstone (QUP)
Paddington	Labor	Alfred Jones	George Tedman (QUP)
Port Curtis	United	George Carter	John Fletcher (QUP)	James Murray (Ind)
Queenton	Labor	Vern Winstanley	John Jones (QUP)
Rockhampton	Labor	George Farrell	Thomas Lanigan (QUP)
Rosewood	Labor	William Cooper	William Bebbington (CP)
Sandgate	United		Hubert Sizer (QUP)	Thomas Coaldrake (Ind)
South Brisbane	Labor	Myles Ferricks	John Kessell (QUP)	Charles Gabbert (Ind)
Stanley	Country		Frederick Nott (CP)	Henry Somerset (Ind)
Toombul	United		Andrew Petrie (QUP)	Charles Jenkinson (Ind)
Toowong	United	Robert Easton	James Maxwell (QUP)
Toowoomba	Labor	Frank Brennan	William Peak (QUP)	Albert Godsall (Ind)
Townsville	United	Maurice Hynes	William Green (QUP)
Warrego	Labor	Harry Coyne		Thomas Lonsdale (Ind)
Warwick	United	George Campbell	George Barnes (QUP)
Wide Bay	Country		Harry Clayton (CP)
Windsor	United	Sidney Cook	Charles Taylor (QUP)
Wynnum	United	John McLaughlin	Walter Barnes (QUP)

See also

• 1923 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1920–1923
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1923–1926
• List of political parties in Australia

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.