- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1896–1899
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This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1896 to 1899, as elected at the 1896 state election.
Name Party Electorate Term in office John Annear Ministerial Maryborough 1884–1902 William 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[8] 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 Cribb Ministerial Ipswich 1896–1904 James Crombie[7] Ministerial Warrego 1888–1898 John Cross Labour Clermont 1893–1899 George Curtis[6] 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[1] 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[7] Ministerial Warrego 1898–1899 John Hoolan Labour Burke 1890–1894; 1896–1899 George Jackson Labour Kennedy 1893–1909 Charles Jenkinson[3] Opposition Wide Bay 1898–1902; 1903–1909 Denis Keogh[2] 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[4] 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;
1907–1908William Ryott Maughan[4] Labour Burnett 1898–1899; 1904–1912 William Moore[5] Ministerial Murilla 1898–1904; 1907–1909 Arthur Morgan[8] Ministerial Warwick 1887–1896; 1898–1906 John Murray Ministerial Normanby 1888–1901 Hon Hugh Nelson[5] Ministerial Murilla 1883–1898 John Newell Ministerial Woothakata 1896–1902 William O'Connell Ministerial Musgrave 1888–1903 Andrew 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 Stephenson Ministerial Ipswich 1896–1902 James Stewart Labour North Rockhampton 1896–1901 James Stodart[1] 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;
1893–1902William Thorn Opposition Aubigny 1894–1904; 1908–1912 Nicholas Tooth Ministerial Burrum 1893–1902 Horace Tozer[3] Ministerial Wide Bay 1871; 1888–1898 Henry Turley Labour South Brisbane 1893–1902 Notes
- 1 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.
- 2 At the 1896 election, 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.
- 3 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 Jenkinson, who counted upon Labour support, won the resulting by-election on 19 March 1898.
- 4 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.
- 5 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.
- 6 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.
- 7 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.
- 8 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.
See also
- Queensland state election, 1896
- Premier:
- Hugh Nelson (Ministerial) (1893–1898)
- Thomas Joseph Byrnes (Ministerial) (1898)
- James Dickson (Ministerial) (1898–1899)
References
- Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
Preceded by
11th Assembly12th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1896–1899Succeeded by
13th AssemblyCategories:- Members of Queensland parliaments by term
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