Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1908–1909
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from February 1908 to October 1909, as elected at the 1908 state election held on 5 February 1908.The Philp Ministry did not command a majority on the floor of the Assembly during its short term of government, and the Assembly was dissolved, resulting in gains for both the Kidstonites and Labour, and the return of William Kidston as Premier. However, in late 1908, the two non-Labour parties merged into a new grouping known as the Liberals, also sometimes identified as the Ministerial party (a generic form referring to supporters of the Ministry). As not all members of the original parties supported the new Government, Kidston called another election — the third in 29 months — for 2 October 1909.Name Party (pre-1908) Party (post-1908) Electorate Term in office John Adamson  Labour  Labour  Maryborough  1907–1909; 1911–1917 Peter Airey  Kidston  Opposition  South Brisbane  1901–1907; 1908–1909 Frank Allen  ''N/A''  Labour  Bulloo  1909–1912 John Appel  Conservative  Liberal  Albert  1908–1929 William Drayton Armstrong  Conservative  Liberal  Lockyer  1893–1904; 1907–1918 George Philip Barber  Labour  Labour  Bundaberg  1901–1935 George Powell Barnes  Farmers' Rep.  Liberal  Warwick  1908–1935 Walter Barnes  Conservative  Liberal  Bulimba  1901–1915; 1918–1933 Edward Barton  Kidston  Liberal  Brisbane North  1908–1909 Joshua Thomas Bell  Kidston  Liberal  Dalby  1893–1911 James Blair  Kidston  Opposition  Ipswich  1902–1915 David Bowman  Labour  Labour  Fortitude Valley  1899–1902; 1904–1916 James Brennan  Kidston  Liberal  North Rockhampton  1907–1912 John Dunmore Campbell  Conservative  Liberal  Moreton  1899–1909 Richard John Cottell  Kidston  Liberal  Toowong  1908–1911 Henri Cowap  Kidston  Liberal  Fitzroy  1902–1909 Harry Coyne  Labour  Labour  Warrego  1908–1923 James Cribb  Conservative  Liberal  Bundamba  1893–1896; 1899–1915 Digby Denham  Conservative  Liberal  Oxley  1902–1915 Henry Douglas  Kidston  Opposition  Cook  1907–1915 Edward Barrow Forrest  Conservative  Liberal  Brisbane North  1899–1912 James Forsyth  ''N/A''  Liberal  Moreton  1899–1907; 1909–1918 George Fox  Conservative  Liberal  Normanby  1877–1878; 1901–1914 Kenneth Grant  Kidston  Liberal  Rockhampton  1902–1915 Francis Grayson  Conservative  Liberal  Cunningham  1904–1920 Donald Gunn  Independent  Liberal  Carnarvon  1907–1920 William Hamilton  Labour  Labour  Gregory  1899–1915 Patrick Hanran  Conservative  Liberal  Townsville  1899–1909 Herbert Hardacre  Labour  Labour  Leichhardt  1893–1919 Arthur Hawthorn  Kidston  Liberal  Enoggera  1902–1911 Robert Herbertson  Kidston  Opposition  Port Curtis  1904–1909 David Hunter  Kidston  Liberal  Woolloongabba  1908–1912 John Hunter  Labour  Labour  Maranoa  1907–1919 John Huxham  Labour  Labour  South Brisbane  1908–1909, 1912–1924 George Jackson  Kidston  Liberal  Kennedy  1893–1909 Charles Moffatt Jenkinson  Conservative  Opposition  Fassifern  1898–1902; 1903–1909 Alfred Jones  Labour  Labour  Burnett  1904–1909, 1915–1917,1922–1932 Francis Kenna  Kidston  Opposition  Bowen  1902–1909 Denis Keogh  Conservative  Liberal  Rosewood  1896–1902; 1904–1911 George Kerr  Kidston  Opposition  Barcoo  1893–1909 William Kidston  Kidston  Liberal  Rockhampton  1896–1911 Edward Land  Labour  Labour  Balonne  1904–1927 John Leahy  Conservative  Liberal  Bulloo  1893–1909 William Lennon  Labour  Labour  Herbert  1907–1920 Vincent Lesina  Labour  Labour  Clermont  1899–1912 Donald MacKintosh  Kidston  Liberal  Cambooya  1899–1915 Peter McLachlan  Labour  Labour  Fortitude Valley  1908–1912, 1915–1920,1923–1929 John Mann  Kidston  Opposition  Cairns  1904–1912 William Maxwell  Kidston  Liberal  Burke  1899–1909 John May  Labour  Labour  Flinders  1907–1917 William Mitchell  Labour  Labour  Maryborough  1904–1909 William Moore  Conservative  Liberal  Murilla  1898–1904; 1907–1909 Daniel Mulcahy  Labour  Labour  Gympie  1901–1912 John Mullan  Labour  Labour  Charters Towers  1908–1912, 1918–1941 William Murphy  Kidston  Opposition  Croydon  1904–1907; 1908–1918 Thomas Nevitt  Labour  Labour  Carpentaria  1907–1912 Walter Paget  Conservative  Liberal  Mackay  1901–1915 John Payne  Labour  Labour  Mitchell  1905–1928 Andrew Lang Petrie  Conservative  Liberal  Toombul  1893–1926 Robert Philp  Conservative  Liberal  Townsville  1886–1915 Colin Rankin  Kidston  Liberal  Burrum  1905–1918 Vernon Redwood  Kidston  Opposition  Drayton & Toowoomba  1907–1909 Robert Roberts  Kidston  Liberal  Drayton & Toowoomba  1907–1934 George Ryland  Labour  Labour  Gympie  1899–1912 William Ryott Maughan  Labour  Labour  Ipswich  1898–1899; 1904–1912 Henry Plantagenet Somerset  Conservative  Liberal  Stanley  1904–1920 James Stodart  Conservative  Liberal  Logan  1896–1918 Richard Sumner  Kidston  Opposition  Nundah  1907–1909 Edward Swayne  Conservative  Liberal  Mackay  1907–1935 William Thorn  Farmers' Rep.  Liberal  Aubigny  1894–1904; 1908–1912 Harry Walker  Conservative  Liberal  Wide Bay  1907–1947 John White  Conservative  Liberal  Musgrave  1903–1904; 1907–1915 Vern Winstanley  Labour  Labour  Charters Towers  1908–1932 Michael Woods  Kidston  Opposition  Woothakata  1902–1909:  On 20 January 1909, John Leahy, the Liberal member for Bulloo, died. Labour candidate Frank Allen won the resulting by-election on 27 March 1909.:  On 27 May 1909, John Dunmore Campbell, the Liberal member for Moreton, died. Liberal candidate James Forsyth won the resulting by-election on 19 June 1909.
See also *1908 Queensland state election*Second Kidston Ministry (Kidston/Liberal) (1908–1911)
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. * *