Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1896–1899
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1896 to 1899, as elected at the 1896 colonial election held between 10 March 1896 and 11 April 1896 (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 John Annear  Ministerial  Maryborough  1884–1902 William Drayton Armstrong  Ministerial  Lockyer  1893–1904; 1907–1918 John Bartholomew  Ministerial  Maryborough  1896–1902 Matthew Battersby  Ministerial  Moreton  1888–1899 Joshua Thomas Bell  Ministerial  Dalby  1893–1911 Jason Boles  Opposition  Port Curtis  1893–1904 Thomas Bridges  Opp./Min. Nundah  1896–1907; 1909–1918 William Browne  Labour  Croydon  1893–1904 Hon. Thomas Joseph Byrnes  Ministerial  Warwick  1893–1898 Albert Callan  Ministerial  Fitzroy  1889–1902 William Castling  Ministerial  Townsville  1896–1899 James Chataway  Ministerial  Mackay  1893–1901 Robert Collins  Ind./Min. Albert  1896–1899 William Henry Corfield  Ministerial  Gregory  1888–1899 Alfred Cowley  Ministerial  Herbert  1888–1907 Thomas Bridson Cribb  Ministerial  Ipswich  1896–1904 James Crombie  Ministerial  Warrego  1888–1898 John Cross  Labour  Clermont  1893–1899 George Curtis  Opp./Ind. Rockhampton  1893–1902 David Dalrymple  Ministerial  Mackay  1888–1904 Henry Daniels  Labour  Cambooya  1893–1899 Anderson Dawson  Labour  Charters Towers  1893–1901 Thomas Dibley  Labour  Woolloongabba  1896–1907 Hon. James Dickson  Independent  Bulimba  1873–1888; 1892–1901 John Donaldson  Independent  Logan  1883–1893; 1896 James Drake  Opposition  Enoggera  1888–1899 John Dunsford  Labour  Charters Towers  1893–1905 Thomas Finney  Ind./Min. Toowong  1896–1900 Charles Fitzgerald  Labour  Mitchell  1896–1902 John Fogarty  Opposition  Drayton and Toowoomba  1893–1904 Justin Foxton  Ministerial  Carnarvon  1883–1904 Robert Fraser  Ind./Min. Brisbane North  1896–1899 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 Herbert Hardacre  Labour  Leichhardt  1893–1919 William Hood  Ministerial  Warrego  1898–1899 John Hoolan  Labour  Burke  1890–1894; 1896–1899 George Jackson  Labour  Kennedy  1893–1909 Charles Moffatt Jenkinson  Opposition  Wide Bay  1898–1902; 1903–1909 Denis Keogh  Labour  Rosewood  1896–1902; 1904–1911 George Kerr  Labour  Barcoo  1893–1909 William Kidston  Labour  Rockhampton  1896–1911 Robert King  Labour  Maranoa  1893–1899 John Leahy  Independent  Bulloo  1893–1909 Isidor Lissner  Ministerial  Cairns  1883–1893; 1896–1899 Frederick Lord  Ministerial  Stanley  1893–1902 William McCord  Ministerial  Burnett  1896–1898 Charles McDonald  Labour  Flinders  1893–1901 Thomas Macdonald-Paterson  Ind./Min. Brisbane North  1878–1885; 1896–1901 Frank McDonnell  Labour  Fortitude Valley  1896–1907 Thomas McGahan  Farmers' Rep.  Cunningham  1896–1899 John McMaster  Ministerial  Fortitude Valley  1885–1899; 1901–1904;1907–1908 William Ryott Maughan  Labour  Burnett  1898–1899; 1904–1912 William Moore  Ministerial  Murilla  1898–1904; 1907–1909 Arthur Morgan  Ministerial  Warwick  1887–1896; 1898–1906 John Murray  Ministerial  Normanby  1888–1901 Hon. Hugh Nelson  Ministerial  Murilla  1883–1898 John Newell  Ministerial  Woothakata  1896–1902 William O'Connell  Ministerial  Musgrave  1888–1903 Andrew Lang Petrie  Ministerial  Toombul  1893–1926 Robert Philp  Ministerial  Townsville  1886–1915 George Sim  Labour  Carpentaria  1896–1899 Robert Harrison Smith  Ministerial  Bowen  1888–1902 William Smyth  Ministerial  Gympie  1883–1899 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 Jacob Stumm  Ministerial  Gympie  1896–1899 Lewis Thomas  Ministerial  Bundamba  1893–1899 George Thorn  Ministerial  Fassifern  1867–1874; 1876–1878;1879–1883; 1887–1888;1893–1902 William Thorn  Opposition  Aubigny  1894–1904; 1908–1912 Nicholas Tooth  Ministerial  Burrum  1893–1902 Horace Tozer  Ministerial  Wide Bay  1871; 1888–1898 Henry Turley  Labour  South Brisbane  1893–1902
See also *Premier:: Hugh Nelson (Ministerial) (1893–1898): Thomas Joseph Byrnes (Ministerial) (1898): James Dickson (Ministerial) (1898–1899)
Notes :  In June 1896, John Donaldson, the Independent member for Logan, resigned after a petition was lodged against his return (although the original election was not declared void). A by-election was held on 11 July 1896, at which he was re-elected against a different opponent. However, he died two weeks later of kidney disease, and at the second by-election held on 15 August 1896, Ministerial candidate James Stodart was elected. :  At the 1896 election in Rosewood, Labour candidate Denis Keogh won by 20 votes and, following a petition by Ministerial candidate Stephen Hardgrave, the election was declared void on 11 August 1896.At the resulting by-election on 29 August, Keogh was re-elected. :  On 2 March 1898, Horace Tozer, the Ministerial member for Wide Bay, was appointed as Agent-General for Queensland, and resigned his seat. Opposition candidate Charles Moffatt Jenkinson, who counted upon Labour support, won the resulting by-election on 19 March 1898.:  On 14 April 1898, William McCord, the Ministerial member for Burnett, died. Labour candidate William Ryott Maughan won the resulting by-election on 28 May 1898.:  On 13 April 1898, the Premier and member for Murilla, Hugh Nelson, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the President, Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer. Ministerial candidate William Moore won the resulting by-election on 28 May 1898.:  In August 1898, George Curtis, the Independent member for Rockhampton, resigned to recontest his seat at a by-election. He was returned unopposed at the close of nominations on 20 August 1898.:  On 17 September 1898, James Crombie, the Ministerial member for Warrego, died. Ministerial candidate William Hood won the resulting by-election on 22 October 1898.:  On 27 September 1898, Thomas Joseph Byrnes, the Premier and member for Warwick, died. Opposition candidate Arthur Morgan won the resulting by-election on 22 October 1898.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. *