Candidates of the 1915 Queensland state election

The 1915 Queensland state election was held on 22 May 1915.

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 T. J. Ryan.

## By-elections

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* On 26 October 1912, John Kessell (Liberal) replaced Edward Breslin (Labor) as the member for Port Curtis after the latter's election was declared void on 9 October 1912.
* On 26 October 1913, Ernest Bell (Liberal) replaced Arnold Wienholt (Liberal) as the member for Fassifern after the latter resigned on 28 March 1913.
* On 5 March 1914, Edward Archer (Liberal) replaced George Fox (Liberal), who had died on 27 January 1914, as the member for Normanby.

## Retiring Members

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### Liberal

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* Thomas Bouchard (South Brisbane)
* James Cribb (Bremer)
* Walter Paget (Mackay)
* Thomas Welsby (Merthyr)

## Candidates

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

Electorate  | Held by  | Labor candidate  | Liberal candidate  | Other candidate(s)

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Albert | Farmers |  |  | John Appel (QFU)
Aubigny | Liberal | Jack Jones | Alfred Luke | Francis Mitchell (Ind)
Arthur Moore* (QFU)
Balonne | Labor | Edward Land |  |
Barcoo | Labor | T. J. Ryan | Charles Webster |
Bowen | Liberal | Charles Collins | Edwin Caine |
Bremer | Liberal | Frank Cooper | Felix Barbat |
Brisbane | Labor | Mick Kirwan | Charles Jenkinson |
Bulimba | Liberal | Hugh McMinn | Walter Barnes |
Bundaberg | Labor | George Barber | Lancelot Wilkinson |
Buranda | Labor | John Huxham | Joseph Allen |
Burke | Independent | David Swiss-Davies |  | William Murphy (Ind)
Burnett | Liberal | Albert Mack | Bernard Corser |
Burrum | Liberal | Albert Whitford | Colin Rankin |
Cairns | Labor | William McCormack | Neal Macrossan |
Carnarvon | Liberal | George Boyden | Donald Gunn |
Charters Towers | Liberal | William Wellington | Robert Williams |
Chillagoe | Labor | Ted Theodore | Edward Steele |
Cook | Liberal | Henry Ryan | Henry Douglas |
Cooroora | Liberal | Daniel O'Brien | Harry Walker |
Cunningham | Liberal |  | Francis Grayson |
Dalby | Liberal | John Connolly | William Vowles | Frederick Bradhurst (QFU)
Drayton | Farmers | Jacob Donges |  | William Bebbington (QFU)
Eacham | Labor | William Gillies | Edward Heales |
East Toowoomba | Liberal | Thomas Lonsdale | Robert Roberts |
Enoggera | Liberal | William Lloyd | Richard Trout |
Fassifern | Liberal | Bill Heffernan | Ernest Bell | Eaton Winks (QFU)
Fitzroy | Liberal | Harry Hartley | Kenneth Grant |
Flinders | Labor | John May |  |
Fortitude Valley | Labor | David Bowman | John Best |
Gregory | Labor | William Hamilton |  |
Gympie | Liberal | Thomas Dunstan | George Mackay |
Herbert | Labor | William Lennon | Ralph Johnson |
Ipswich | Liberal | David Gledson | James Blair |
Ithaca | Labor | John Gilday | Benjamin Harding |
Kennedy | Labor | James O'Sullivan | John Houghton |
Keppel | Labor | James Larcombe | Leopold Landsberg |
Kurilpa | Liberal | William Hartley | James Allan |
Leichhardt | Labor | Herbert Hardacre |  |
Lockyer | Liberal | Charles Bromley | William Armstrong | William McIlwraith (QFU)
Logan | Liberal | Percy Crooke | James Stodart |
Mackay | Liberal | William Forgan Smith | George Johnson |
Maranoa | Labor | John Hunter | Francis Dyer |
Maree | Labor | William Bertram | John Walsh |
Maryborough | Liberal | Alfred Jones | Edward Corser |
Merthyr | Liberal | Peter McLachlan | John Lackey |
Mirani | Liberal | John Binstead | Edward Swayne | Henry Turner (QFU)
Mitchell | Labor | John Payne |  |
Mount Morgan | Liberal | James Stopford | James Crawford | Frederick McCarthy (Ind)
Mundingburra | Labor | Thomas Foley | Thomas Page |
Murilla | Liberal | Joseph Collings | Godfrey Morgan |
Murrumba | Liberal | Arthur Sampson | James Forsyth |
Musgrave | Liberal | Thomas Armfield | John White |
Nanango | Farmers | Thomas Armstrong |  | Robert Hodge (QFU)
Normanby | Liberal | Jens Peterson | Edward Archer |
Nundah | Liberal | Richard Sumner | Thomas Bridges |
Oxley | Liberal | Thomas Jones | Digby Denham |
Paddington | Labor | John Fihelly | George Sweetman |
Pittsworth | Liberal | William Hayes | Donald Mackintosh | Percy Bayley (QFU)
Port Curtis | Liberal | George Carter | John Kessell |
Queenton | Labor | Vernon Winstanley | James Bradshaw |
Rockhampton | Labor | John Adamson | Thomas Renshaw |
Rosewood | Liberal | William Cooper | Harry Stevens | William Ruhno (QFU)
South Brisbane | Liberal | Edgar Free | John Burke |
Stanley | Liberal | John Sherlock | Henry Somerset |
Toombul | Liberal | Cuthbert Butler | Andrew Petrie |
Toowong | Liberal | Arthur Lilley | Edward Macartney |
Toowoomba | Liberal | Michael Alke | James Tolmie |
Townsville | Liberal | Daniel Ryan | Robert Philp |
Warrego | Labor | Harry Coyne |  |
Warwick | Liberal | Paul Bauers | George Barnes | Daniel Connolly (Ind)
Wide Bay | Liberal | Andrew Thompson | Charles Booker |
Windsor | Liberal | Herbert McPhail | Hugh Macrossan |

## See also

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* 1915 Queensland state election
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1915–1918
* List of political parties in Australia

## References

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* Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.