Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1915–1918
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 20th Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1915 to 1918, as elected at the 1915 state election held on 22 May 1915.The election was a landslide for the Labor Party, with the previous premier Digby Denham and many of the Denham Ministry losing their parliamentary seats.The members elected with the support of the Queensland Farmers' Union organised as the Country Party.Unlike in most other states at this time, the Labor Party in Queensland did not split over the conscription issue; however, the former Liberal and Country members largely joined the National Party. Name Party Electorate Term in office John Adamson  Labor/Independent  Rockhampton  1907–1909; 1911–1917 John Appel  Country  Albert  1908–1929 Thomas Armfield  Labor  Musgrave  1915–1920 William Drayton Armstrong  Liberal  Lockyer  1893–1904; 1907–1918 George Philip Barber  Labor  Bundaberg  1901–1935 George Powell Barnes  Liberal  Warwick  1908–1935 Percy Bayley  Country  Pittsworth  1915–1920 William Bebbington  Country  Drayton  1912–1923 Ernest Bell  Liberal  Fassifern  1913–1930 William Bertram  Labor  Maree  1912–1929 Charles Booker  Liberal  Wide Bay  1909–1918 David Bowman  Labor  Fortitude Valley  1899–1902; 1904–1916 Thomas Bridges  Liberal  Nundah  1896–1907; 1909–1918 George Carter  Labor  Port Curtis  1915–1920, 1923–1929 Charles Collins  Labor  Bowen  1909–1912, 1915–1936 Frank Cooper  Labor  Bremer  1915–1946 Bernard Corser  Liberal  Burnett  1912–1928 Harry Coyne  Labor  Warrego  1908–1923 Thomas Dunstan  Labor  Gympie  1915–1929, 1935–1953 Hon John Fihelly  Labor  Paddington  1912–1922 Thomas Foley  Labor  Mundingburra  1909–1920 Frank Forde  Labor  Rockhampton  1917–1922, 1955–1957 James Forsyth  Liberal  Murrumba  1899–1907; 1909–1918 Edgar Free  Labor  South Brisbane  1915–1920 John Gilday  Labor  Ithaca  1912–1926 William Gillies  Labor  Eacham  1912–1925 David Gledson  Labor  Ipswich  1915–1929, 1932–1949 Francis Grayson  Liberal/Independent  Cunningham  1904–1920 Donald Gunn  Liberal  Carnarvon  1907–1920 William Hamilton  Labour  Gregory  1899–1915 Herbert Hardacre  Labour  Leichhardt  1893–1919 Harry Hartley  Labor  Fitzroy  1915–1929 William Hartley  Labor  Kurilpa  1915–1918 Robert Hodge  Country  Nanango  1902–1904; 1909–1920 John McEwan Hunter  Labor  Maranoa  1907–1919 John Huxham  Labor  Buranda  1908–1909, 1912–1924 Alfred Jones  Labor  Maryborough  1904–1909, 1915–1917,1922–1932 Thomas Llewellyn Jones  Labor  Oxley  1915–1918 Mick Kirwan  Labor  Brisbane  1912–1932 Edward Land  Labor  Balonne  1904–1927 William Lloyd  Labor  Enoggera  1915–1920, 1923–1929 James Larcombe  Labor  Keppel  1912–1929, 1932–1956 William Lennon  Labor  Herbert  1907–1920 Edward Macartney  Liberal  Toowong  1900–1908; 1909–1920 Hon William McCormack  Labor  Cairns  1912–1930 Peter McLachlan  Labor  Merthyr  1908–1912, 1915–1920,1923–1929 Hugh McMinn  Labor  Bulimba  1915–1918 Herbert McPhail  Labor  Windsor  1915–1918 John May  Labor  Flinders  1907–1917 Arthur Moore  Country  Aubigny  1915–1941 Godfrey Morgan  Country  Murilla  1909–1938 William Murphy  Independent  Burke  1904–1907; 1908–1918 James O'Sullivan  Labor  Kennedy  1909–1920 John Payne  Labor  Mitchell  1905–1928 Jens Peterson  Labor  Normanby  1915–1935 Andrew Lang Petrie  Liberal  Toombul  1893–1926 George Pollock  Labor  Gregory  1915–1939 Colin Rankin  Liberal  Burrum  1905–1918 Robert Roberts  Liberal  East Toowoomba  1907–1934 Daniel Ryan  Labor  Townsville  1915–1920 Henry Ryan  Labor  Cook  1915–1929 Hon T. J. Ryan  Labor  Barcoo  1909–1919 William Forgan Smith  Labor  Mackay  1915–1942 Henry Plantagenet Somerset  Liberal  Stanley  1904–1920 Henry Stevens  Liberal  Rosewood  1911–1918 James Stodart  Liberal  Logan  1896–1918 James Stopford  Labor  Mount Morgan  1915–1936 Edward Swayne  Liberal  Mirani  1907–1935 Hon Ted Theodore  Labor  Chillagoe  1909–1925 James Tolmie  Liberal  Toowoomba  1901–1907; 1909–1918 William Vowles  Liberal  Dalby  1911–1926 Harry Walker  Liberal  Cooroora  1907–1947 David Weir  Labor  Maryborough  1917–1929 William Wellington  Labor  Charters Towers  1915–1939 Thomas Wilson  Labor  Fortitude Valley  1916–1933 Vern Winstanley  Labor  Queenton  1908–1932: On 10 July 1915, William Hamilton, the Labor member for Gregory, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Labor candidate George Pollock was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 18 August 1915.: On 25 February 1916, David Bowman, the Labor member for Fortitude Valley, died. Labor candidate Thomas Wilson won the resulting by-election on 1 April 1916.: On 15 February 1917, Alfred Jones, the Labor member for Maryborough, was appointed to the Legislative Council. Labor candidate David Weir won the resulting by-election on 31 March 1917.: John Adamson, the member for Rockhampton, left the Labor Party in 1916 and from then on, sat as an Independent. On 21 March 1917, he resigned to contest an Australian Senate seat for Queensland at the 1917 federal election as an Independent Nationalist. Labor candidate Frank Forde won the resulting by-election on 12 May 1917.: On 29 December 1917, John May, the Labor member for Flinders, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1918 state election.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
See also *1915 Queensland state election*Ryan Ministry (Labor) (1915–1919)