Candidates of the 1915 Queensland state election

The 1915 Queensland state election was held on 22 May 1915.

The main parties in the election were the Liberal Party, led by Premier Digby Denham and the Labor Party, led by Leader of the Opposition T. J. Ryan.

By-elections

• On 26 October 1912, John Kessell (Liberal) replaced Edward Breslin (Labor) as the member for Port Curtis after the latter's election was declared void on 9 October 1912.
• On 26 October 1913, Ernest Bell (Liberal) replaced Arnold Wienholt (Liberal) as the member for Fassifern after the latter resigned on 28 March 1913.
• On 5 March 1914, Edward Archer (Liberal) replaced George Fox (Liberal), who had died on 27 January 1914, as the member for Normanby.

Retiring Members

Liberal

• Thomas Bouchard (South Brisbane)
• James Cribb (Bremer)
• Walter Paget (Mackay)
• Thomas Welsby (Merthyr)

Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidate(s)
Albert	Farmers			John Appel (QFU)
Aubigny	Liberal	Jack Jones	Alfred Luke	Francis Mitchell (Ind) Arthur Moore* (QFU)
Balonne	Labor	Edward Land
Barcoo	Labor	T. J. Ryan	Charles Webster
Bowen	Liberal	Charles Collins	Edwin Caine
Bremer	Liberal	Frank Cooper	Felix Barbat
Brisbane	Labor	Mick Kirwan	Charles Jenkinson
Bulimba	Liberal	Hugh McMinn	Walter Barnes
Bundaberg	Labor	George Barber	Lancelot Wilkinson
Buranda	Labor	John Huxham	Joseph Allen
Burke	Independent	David Swiss-Davies		William Murphy (Ind)
Burnett	Liberal	Albert Mack	Bernard Corser
Burrum	Liberal	Albert Whitford	Colin Rankin
Cairns	Labor	William McCormack	Neal Macrossan
Carnarvon	Liberal	George Boyden	Donald Gunn
Charters Towers	Liberal	William Wellington	Robert Williams
Chillagoe	Labor	Ted Theodore	Edward Steele
Cook	Liberal	Henry Ryan	Henry Douglas
Cooroora	Liberal	Daniel O'Brien	Harry Walker
Cunningham	Liberal		Francis Grayson
Dalby	Liberal	John Connolly	William Vowles	Frederick Bradhurst (QFU)
Drayton	Farmers	Jacob Donges		William Bebbington (QFU)
Eacham	Labor	William Gillies	Edward Heales
East Toowoomba	Liberal	Thomas Lonsdale	Robert Roberts
Enoggera	Liberal	William Lloyd	Richard Trout
Fassifern	Liberal	Bill Heffernan	Ernest Bell	Eaton Winks (QFU)
Fitzroy	Liberal	Harry Hartley	Kenneth Grant
Flinders	Labor	John May
Fortitude Valley	Labor	David Bowman	John Best
Gregory	Labor	William Hamilton
Gympie	Liberal	Thomas Dunstan	George Mackay
Herbert	Labor	William Lennon	Ralph Johnson
Ipswich	Liberal	David Gledson	James Blair
Ithaca	Labor	John Gilday	Benjamin Harding
Kennedy	Labor	James O'Sullivan	John Houghton
Keppel	Labor	James Larcombe	Leopold Landsberg
Kurilpa	Liberal	William Hartley	James Allan
Leichhardt	Labor	Herbert Hardacre
Lockyer	Liberal	Charles Bromley	William Armstrong	William McIlwraith (QFU)
Logan	Liberal	Percy Crooke	James Stodart
Mackay	Liberal	William Forgan Smith	George Johnson
Maranoa	Labor	John Hunter	Francis Dyer
Maree	Labor	William Bertram	John Walsh
Maryborough	Liberal	Alfred Jones	Edward Corser
Merthyr	Liberal	Peter McLachlan	John Lackey
Mirani	Liberal	John Binstead	Edward Swayne	Henry Turner (QFU)
Mitchell	Labor	John Payne
Mount Morgan	Liberal	James Stopford	James Crawford	Frederick McCarthy (Ind)
Mundingburra	Labor	Thomas Foley	Thomas Page
Murilla	Liberal	Joseph Collings	Godfrey Morgan
Murrumba	Liberal	Arthur Sampson	James Forsyth
Musgrave	Liberal	Thomas Armfield	John White
Nanango	Farmers	Thomas Armstrong		Robert Hodge (QFU)
Normanby	Liberal	Jens Peterson	Edward Archer
Nundah	Liberal	Richard Sumner	Thomas Bridges
Oxley	Liberal	Thomas Jones	Digby Denham
Paddington	Labor	John Fihelly	George Sweetman
Pittsworth	Liberal	William Hayes	Donald Mackintosh	Percy Bayley (QFU)
Port Curtis	Liberal	George Carter	John Kessell
Queenton	Labor	Vernon Winstanley	James Bradshaw
Rockhampton	Labor	John Adamson	Thomas Renshaw
Rosewood	Liberal	William Cooper	Harry Stevens	William Ruhno (QFU)
South Brisbane	Liberal	Edgar Free	John Burke
Stanley	Liberal	John Sherlock	Henry Somerset
Toombul	Liberal	Cuthbert Butler	Andrew Petrie
Toowong	Liberal	Arthur Lilley	Edward Macartney
Toowoomba	Liberal	Michael Alke	James Tolmie
Townsville	Liberal	Daniel Ryan	Robert Philp
Warrego	Labor	Harry Coyne
Warwick	Liberal	Paul Bauers	George Barnes	Daniel Connolly (Ind)
Wide Bay	Liberal	Andrew Thompson	Charles Booker
Windsor	Liberal	Herbert McPhail	Hugh Macrossan

See also

• 1915 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1915–1918
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.