Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1888–1893
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 10th  Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1888 to 1893, as elected at the 1888 colonial election held between 28 April 1888 and 26 May 1888 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).The election was a decisive defeat for Samuel Griffith's Liberals, with Thomas McIlwraith's Conservatives becoming ascendant. During the term, a number of Liberals and Independents joined the Ministry, and by the end of the term, the terms "Ministerial" and "Opposition" were being used to describe members. Name Party Electorate Term in office Walter Adams  Conservative  Bundaberg  1886–1892 George Agnew  Conservative  Nundah  1888–1896 Robert Aland  Ind. Opp. Drayton and Toowoomba  1881–1893 William Allan  Conservative  Cunningham  1881–1883; 1887–1896 John Annear  Liberal/Min. Maryborough  1884–1902 Archibald Archer  Independent  Rockhampton  1867–1869; 1878–1886;1888–1896 Andrew Henry Barlow  Liberal/Min. Ipswich  1888–1896 Matthew Battersby  Conservative  Moreton  1888–1899 Maurice Hume Black  Conservative  Mackay  1881–1993 William Villiers Brown  Independent  Townsville  1885–1888; 1891–1893 John Buckland  Liberal/Opp. Bulimba  1882–1892 James John Cadell  Independent  Burnett  1891–1896 Albert Callan  Independent  Fitzroy  1889–1902 James Campbell  Conservative  Aubigny  1884–1893 Richard Casey  Conservative  Warrego  1888–1893 William Henry Corfield  Conservative  Gregory  1888–1899 Alfred Cowley  Conservative  Herbert  1888–1907 James Crombie  Conservative  Mitchell  1888–1898 David Dalrymple  Independent/Min. Mackay  1888–1904 James Dickson  Independent/Min. Bulimba  1873–1888; 1892–1901 John Donaldson  Ind. Opp. Bulloo  1883–1893; 1896 James Drake  Liberal/Opp. Enoggera  1888–1899 Robert Dunsmure  Conservative  Maranoa  1888–1893 James Foote  Liberal/Opp. Rosewood  1873–1878; 1880–1888;1892–1893 Justin Foxton  Liberal/Min. Carnarvon  1883–1904 Michael Gannon  Ind. Opp. Toombul  1888–1893 Thomas Glassey  Labour  Bundamba  1888–1893; 1894–1901 Louis Goldring  Ind. Opp. Flinders  1888–1893 Samuel Griffith  Liberal/Opp. North Brisbane  1872–1893 Samuel Grimes  Liberal/Min. Oxley  1878–1902 William Henry Groom  Liberal/Opp. Drayton and Toowoomba  1862–1901 George Hall  Labour  Bundaberg  1892–1893 John Hamilton  Conservative  Cook  1878–1904 William Hodgkinson  Liberal/Opp. Warrego  1873–1875; 1888–1893 John Hoolan  Labour  Burke  1890–1894; 1896–1899 Ernest Hunter  Liberal/Opp. Burke  1888–1890 Richard Hyne  Liberal/Opp. Maryborough  1888–1893 Jean-Baptiste Isambert  Liberal/Opp. Rosewood  1882–1892 John Jessop  Ind. Opp. Dalby  1882–1893 George Hall Jones  Conservative  Burnett  1888–1891 Rees Jones  Conservative  North Rockhampton  1888–1893 Hon Henry Jordan  Liberal/Opp. South Brisbane  1860; 1868–1871;1883–1890 Isidor Lissner  Conservative  Kennedy  1883–1893; 1896–1899 William Little  Independent/Min. Woothakata  1888–1893 Abraham Luya  Conservative  South Brisbane  1888–1893; 1899 Robert Lyons  Conservative  Fitzroy  1888–1889 John MacFarlane  Liberal/Min. Ipswich  1878–1894 Thomas McIlwraith  Conservative  North Brisbane  1870–1871; 1873–1886;1888–1896 John McMaster  Liberal/Min. Fortitude Valley  1885–1899; 1901–1904;1907–1908 John Murtagh Macrossan  Conservative  Townsville  1873–1878; 1879–1891 Mathew Mellor  Liberal/Opp. Gympie  1883–1893 Boyd Dunlop Morehead  Conservative  Balonne  1871–1880; 1883–1896 Arthur Morgan  Independent/Opp. Warwick  1887–1896; 1898–1906 Arthur Morry  Liberal/Opp. South Brisbane  1890–1893 Frank Reid Murphy  Conservative  Barcoo  1885–1892 John Murray  Conservative  Normanby  1888–1901 Hugh Nelson  Conservative  Murilla  1883–1898 William North  Conservative  Lockyer  1888–1893 Albert Norton  Conservative  Port Curtis  1878–1893 William O'Connell  Conservative  Musgrave  1888–1903 Patrick O'Sullivan  Independent/Min. Stanley  1860–1863; 1867–1868;1876–1883; 1888–1893 Edward Palmer  Conservative  Carpentaria  1883–1893 William Pattison  Conservative  Rockhampton  1886–1893 Sheffield Paul  Conservative  Leichhardt  1878–1879; 1888–1893 Patrick Perkins  Conservative  Cambooya  1877–1884; 1888–1893 Robert Philp  Conservative  Townsville  1886–1915 Thomas Plunkett  Conservative  Albert  1888–1896; 1899–1908 Charles Powers  Conservative  Burrum  1888–1896 Arthur Rutledge  Liberal/Opp. Charters Towers  1878–1893; 1899–1904 Tommy Ryan  Labour  Barcoo  1892–1893 William Salkeld  Liberal/Opp. Fassifern  1883–1893 Robert Sayers  Independent  Charters Towers  1888–1893 Robert Harrison Smith  Conservative  Bowen  1888–1902 William Smyth  Liberal/Min. Gympie  1883–1899 William Stephens  Liberal/Min. Woolloongabba  1888–1904; 1907–1908 Ernest James Stevens  Independent  Logan  1878–1896 John Stevenson  Conservative  Clermont  1876–1893 Horace Tozer  Independent/Min. Wide Bay  1871; 1888–1898 Theodore Unmack  Liberal/Min. Toowong  1888–1893 John Watson  Conservative  Fortitude Valley  1888–1896 Frederick Wimble  Liberal/Opp. Cairns  1888–1893
See also *Premier:: Thomas McIlwraith (Conservative) (1888): Boyd Dunlop Morehead (Conservative) (1888–1890): Samuel Griffith (Ministerial) (1890–1893): Thomas McIlwraith (Ministerial) (1893)
Notes : On 17 July 1889, Robert Lyons, the member for Fitzroy, resigned. Albert Callan won the resulting by-election on 3 August 1889.: On 24 June 1890, Ernest Hunter, the member for Burke, resigned following his being adjudicated as insolvent. Labour candidate John Hoolan won the resulting by-election on 9 August 1890.: On 30 June 1890, Henry Jordan, one of the two members for South Brisbane, died. Arthur Morry won the resulting by-election on 17 July 1890.: On 30 March 1891, John Murtagh Macrossan, one of the two members for Townsville, died. William Villiers Brown won the resulting by-election on 2 May 1891.: On 12 June 1891, George Hall Jones, the member for Burnett, resigned. James Cadell won the resulting by-election on 11 July 1891.: On 24 January 1892, Frank Reid Murphy, the member for Barcoo, died. Labour candidate Tommy Ryan won the resulting by-election on 5 March 1892.: On 29 March 1892, John Buckland, the member for Bulimba, resigned following his being adjudicated as insolvent. James Dickson won the resulting by-election on 16 April 1892.: On 15 May 1892, Walter Adams, the member for Bundaberg, died. Labour candidate George Hall won the resulting by-election on 16 June 1892.: On 15 October 1892, Jean-Baptiste Isambert, the member for Rosewood, resigned following his being adjudicated as insolvent. James Foote won the resulting by-election on 15 November 1892.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. * * ''The General Election. List of Candidates'' Brisbane Courier, 26 April 1888, p. 6.