Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1899–1902
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1899 to 1902, as elected at the 1899 election held between 1 March 1899 and 25 March 1899 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). Name Party Electorate Term in office Peter Airey  Labour  Flinders  1901–1907; 1908–1909 John Annear  Ministerial  Maryborough  1884–1902 William Drayton Armstrong  Ministerial  Lockyer  1893–1904; 1907–1918 George Barber  Labour  Bundaberg  1901–1935 Walter Barnes  Ministerial  Bulimba  1901–1915; 1918–1933 John Bartholomew  Ministerial  Maryborough  1896–1902 Joshua Thomas Bell  Ministerial  Dalby  1893–1911 Jason Boles  Opposition  Port Curtis  1893–1904 David Bowman  Labour  Warrego  1899–1902; 1904–1916 Thomas Bridges  Ministerial  Nundah  1896–1907; 1909–1918 William Browne  Labour  Croydon  1893–1904 John Burrows  Labour  Charters Towers  1901–1907 Albert Callan  Ministerial  Fitzroy  1889–1902 John Cameron  Ministerial  Brisbane North  1893–1896; 1901–1908 John Dunmore Campbell  Ministerial  Moreton  1899–1909 James Chataway  Ministerial  Mackay  1893–1901 Alfred Cowley  Ministerial  Herbert  1888–1907 James Cribb  Ministerial  Bundamba  1893–1896; 1899–1915 Thomas Bridson Cribb  Ministerial  Ipswich  1896–1904 George Curtis  Independent  Rockhampton  1893–1902 David Dalrymple  Ministerial  Mackay  1888–1904 Anderson Dawson  Labour  Charters Towers  1893–1901 Thomas Dibley  Labour  Woolloongabba  1896–1907 Hon. James Dickson  Ministerial  Bulimba  1873–1888; 1892–1901 James Drake  Opposition  Enoggera  1888–1899 John Dunsford  Labour  Charters Towers  1893–1905 Thomas Finney  Ministerial  Toowong  1896–1900 Andrew Fisher  Labour  Gympie  1893–1896; 1899–1901 Charles Fitzgerald  Labour  Mitchell  1896–1902 John Fogarty  Opposition  Drayton and Toowoomba  1893–1904 Edward Barrow Forrest  Ministerial  Brisbane North  1899–1912 James Forsythe  Ministerial  Carpentaria  1899–1907; 1909–1918 George Fox  Ministerial  Normanby  1877–1878; 1901–1914 Justin Foxton  Ministerial  Carnarvon  1883–1904 Thomas Givens  Labour  Cairns  1899–1902 Thomas Glassey  Labour  Bundaberg  1888–1893; 1894–1901 Samuel Grimes  Ministerial  Oxley  1878–1902 William Henry Groom  Opposition  Drayton and Toowoomba  1862–1901 John Hamilton  Ministerial  Cook  1878–1904 William Hamilton  Labour  Gregory  1899–1915 Patrick Hanran  Ministerial  Townsville  1899–1909 Herbert Hardacre  Labour  Leichhardt  1893–1919 William Higgs  Labour  Fortitude Valley  1899–1901 William Hood  Ministerial  Warrego  1898–1899 George Jackson  Labour  Kennedy  1893–1909 Charles Moffatt Jenkinson  Opposition  Wide Bay  1898–1902; 1903–1909 Francis Kates  Ind./Min. Cunningham  1878–1881; 1883–1888;1899–1903 William Kent  Ministerial  Burnett  1899–1904 Denis Keogh  Labour  Rosewood  1896–1902; 1904–1911 George Kerr  Labour  Barcoo  1893–1909 William Kidston  Labour  Rockhampton  1896–1911 John Leahy  Independent  Bulloo  1893–1909 Vincent Lesina  Labour  Clermont  1899–1912 John Linnett  Independent  North Rockhampton  1901–1902 Frederick Lord  Ministerial  Stanley  1893–1902 Abraham Luya  Ministerial  South Brisbane  1888–1893; 1899 Edward Macartney  Ministerial  Toowong  1900–1908; 1909–1920 Charles McDonald  Labour  Flinders  1893–1901 Thomas Macdonald-Paterson  Ministerial  Brisbane North  1878–1885; 1896–1901 Frank McDonnell  Labour  Fortitude Valley  1896–1907 Donald MacKintosh  Ministerial  Cambooya  1899–1915 John McMaster  Ministerial  Fortitude Valley  1885–1899; 1901–1904;1907–1908 William Maxwell  Labour  Burke  1899–1909 William Moore  Ministerial  Murilla  1898–1904; 1907–1909 Arthur Morgan  Ministerial  Warwick  1887–1896; 1898–1906 Daniel Mulcahy  Labour  Gympie  1901–1912 John Murray  Ministerial  Normanby  1888–1901 John Newell  Ministerial  Woothakata  1896–1902 William O'Connell  Ministerial  Musgrave  1888–1903 Walter Paget  Ministerial  Mackay  1901–1915 Andrew Lang Petrie  Ministerial  Toombul  1893–1926 Robert Philp  Ministerial  Townsville  1886–1915 Thomas Plunkett  Opposition  Albert  1888–1896; 1899–1908 Matthew Reid  Labour  Enoggera  1893–1896; 1899–1902 Arthur Rutledge  Ministerial  Maranoa  1878–1893; 1899–1904 George Ryland  Labour  Gympie  1899–1912 Robert Harrison Smith  Ministerial  Bowen  1888–1902 William Stephens  Ministerial  South Brisbane  1888–1904; 1907–1908 Alfred John Stephenson  Ministerial  Ipswich  1896–1902 James Stewart  Labour  North Rockhampton  1896–1901 James Stodart  Ministerial  Logan  1896–1918 George Story  Ministerial  Balonne  1896–1904 George Thorn  Ministerial  Fassifern  1867–1874; 1876–1878;1879–1883; 1887–1888;1893–1902 William Thorn  Opposition  Aubigny  1894–1904; 1908–1912 James Tolmie  Ind. Min. Drayton and Toowoomba  1901–1907; 1909–1918 Nicholas Tooth  Ministerial  Burrum  1893–1902 Henry Turley  Labour  South Brisbane  1893–1899; 1899–1902 Henry Turner  Labour  North Rockhampton  1901, 1902–1907
See also *Premier:: Anderson Dawson (Labour) (1899) — 6 days: Robert Philp (Ministerial) (1899–1903)
Notes : Edward Barrow Forrest and John Dunmore Campbell, the newly elected Ministerial members for Brisbane North and Moreton, were members of the Marine Board and were claimed to have held an office of profit under the Crown. They therefore resigned their seats to contest them at a by-election, and were returned unopposed on 20 April 1899 (Melbourne Argus, 14 April 1899, p. 6). : On 6 July 1899, one of the Ministerial members for South Brisbane, Abraham Luya, died. Labour candidate and former member Henry Turley won the resulting by-election on 22 July 1899.: At the 1899 election, William Hood had been returned by a one-vote majority in Warrego. His sole opponent, Labour candidate David Bowman, filed a petition against his return and on 21 November 1899, the election was declared void. Bowman won the resulting by-election on 16 December 1899 with a majority of 44 votes. : On 7 December 1899, James Drake, the Opposition member for Enoggera, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Labour candidate Matthew Reid won the resulting by-election on 23 December 1899.: Thomas Glassey, elected as the Labour member for Bundaberg, resigned from the party and his seat in 1900.He won the resulting by-election against a Labour opponent on 14 July 1900.: On 5 October 1900, Thomas Finney, the Ministerial member for Toowong, resigned. Ministerial candidate Edward Macartney won the resulting by-election on 24 November 1900.: On 10 January 1901, James Dickson, the Ministerial member for Bulimba, died. Ministerial candidate Walter Barnes won the resulting by-election on 16 February 1901.: On 1 March 1901, John Murray, the Ministerial member of Normanby, resigned. Ministerial candidate George Fox won the resulting by-election on 13 April 1901.: On 12 April 1901, James Chataway, the Ministerial member for Mackay, died. Ministerial candidate Walter Paget won the resulting by-election on 25 May 1901.; Federal electionThe first federal election was held on 30 March 1901.Unlike later elections, nobody resigned from their seats to contest it, but those who got elected to the federal parliament subsequently resigned their Assembly seats. This triggered a series of by-elections:: Andrew Fisher, Labour member for Gympie, became the member for the Federal division of Wide Bay, and resigned his Assembly seat on 9 May 1901.Labour candidate Daniel Mulcahy won the resulting by-election on 8 June 1901.: William Henry Groom, Opposition member for Drayton and Toowoomba, became the member for the Federal division of Darling Downs and resigned his Assembly seat on 4 June 1901.Independent Ministerialist candidate James Tolmie won the resulting by-election on 22 June 1901.: James Stewart, the Labour member for North Rockhampton, became a Senator for Queensland and resigned his Assembly seat on 5 June 1901.Labour candidate Henry Turner won the resulting by-election on 22 June 1901 with a majority of one vote. This result was set aside upon petition on 17 October 1901 and Independent candidate John Linnett was declared elected without a further by-election. : Thomas Glassey, the Independent member for Bundaberg, became a Senator for Queensland and resigned his Assembly seat on 22 June 1901.Labour candidate George Barber won the resulting by-election on 6 July 1901.: Anderson Dawson, the Labour member for Charters Towers, became a Senator for Queensland and resigned his Assembly seat on 11 June 1901.Labour candidate John Burrows won the resulting by-election on 6 July 1901.: William Higgs, the Labour member for Fortitude Valley, became a Senator for Queensland and resigned his Assembly seat on 17 July 1901.Ministerial candidate John McMaster won the resulting by-election on 27 July 1901.: Charles McDonald, the Labour member for Flinders, became the member for the Federal division of Kennedy, and resigned his Assembly seat on 24 June 1901.Labour candidate Peter Airey won the resulting by-election on 3 August 1901.: Thomas Macdonald-Paterson, the Ministerial member for Brisbane North, became the member for the Federal division of Brisbane and resigned his Assembly seat on 31 July 1901.Ministerial candidate John Cameron won the resulting by-election on 6 August 1901.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. *