Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1944

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This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1944 Queensland state election. The election was held on 15 April 1944.

1944 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 15 April 1944 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

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By-elections

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Randolph Bedford Australian politician

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Electoral district of Warrego state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Warrego is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

Retiring Members

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Cunningham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 2009.

Labor

Charles William Conroy

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John Dash (1882-1952) trade union official and politician

John Dash was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Country

Candidates

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

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidateOther candidates
 
Albert Country John Rosser Tom Plunkett (CP)Edward Coghlan (Ind CP)
Aubigny Country William Harth Jim Sparkes (CP)
Barcoo Labor Ned Davis
Baroona Labor Bill Power Richard Cooper (QPP)
Bowen Labor Ernest Riordan Bill Hancock (CP) Fred Paterson (CPA)
Bremer Labor Frank Cooper
Brisbane Labor Johnno Mann George Regan (QPP)
Bulimba Labor Bob Gardner Geoffrey Ward (QPP) George Marriott (Ind Lab)
Bundaberg Frank Barnes Labor Bernard McLean Tom McCracken (QPP) Frank Barnes * (FBLP)
Arthur Howe (Ind Lab)
Alfred Maughan (Ind)
Buranda Labor Ted Hanson Robert Roberts (QPP)
Cairns Frank Barnes Labor Daniel Crowley Lou Barnes (FBLP)
Carnarvon Labor Paul Hilton Harold Phillips (CP)
Carpentaria Labor Norm Smith James Boyd (Ind Lab)
John Carson (Ind)
Bernard McInerney (Ind)
Charters Towers Labor Arthur Jones Syd Williams (Ind Lab)
Cook Labor Harold Collins Norman Fitchett (QPP)Jack Meehan (Ind Lab)
Cooroora Country Robert Spencer Harry Walker (CP)
Cunningham Independent Country John Hilton Malcolm McIntyre (CP)
Dalby Labor Aubrey Slessar Charles Russell (CP)
East Toowoomba Country Jim Thorpe Herbert Yeates (CP)K N Kunkel (Ind)
Enoggera Labor James Fraser Kenneth Morris (QPP) George Taylor (Ind Lab)
Fassifern Country Roy Richards Alf Muller (CP)Cyril Brosnan (Ind)
George Masen (Ind)
Fitzroy Labor Jim Clark Harry Weir (QPP)
Fortitude Valley Labor Samuel Brassington Annie Tipper (QPP)
Gregory Labor George Devries
Gympie Labor Thomas Dunstan Niels Damm (QPP)William Ebrington (Ind)
Hamilton People's Party John Dixon John Chandler (QPP)
Herbert Labor Stephen Theodore Les Sullivan (CPA)
Ipswich Labor David Gledson
Isis Country Frank Eastaughffe William Brand (CP)
Ithaca Labor Ned Hanlon Reg Groom (QPP)Jack McCallum (Ind)
Kelvin Grove Labor Bert Turner Andrew Muir (QPP)
Kennedy Labor Cecil Jesson Aubrey Jurd (QPP)John Clubley (CPA)
Keppel Country Walter Ingram Frank Saunders (CP)John Harding (Ind)
Kurilpa Labor Kerry Copley Norman Brandon (QPP)
Logan Labor John Brown Thomas Hiley (QPP)
Mackay Labor Fred Graham Ernie Evans (QPP)
Maranoa Labor John Taylor Henry Crothers (CP)
Maree People's Party Jack McNulty Louis Luckins (Ind)
Maryborough Labor David Farrell
Merthyr Labor Bill Moore Leonard King (QPP)
Mirani Labor Ted Walsh Anthony Coyne (CP)John Mulherin (Ind)
Mundingburra Labor Lionel TomlinsHarry Pass (QPP) Tom Aikens* (HPLP)
Arthur Coburn (Ind)
Lionel Parsons (Ind Lab)
Murrumba Country Frank Nicklin (CP)
Nanango Country Daniel Carroll Jim Edwards (CP)George Anderson (Ind)
Normanby Labor Tom Foley George Hamilton (CP)
Nundah Labor John Hayes William Cunningham (QPP)
Oxley People's Party Felix Dittmer Tom Kerr (QPP)
Port Curtis Labor Tommy Williams Samuel Halpin (CP)
Rockhampton Labor James Larcombe Jack O'Shanesey (CP)
Sandgate Country Erle Wettemeyer Eric Decker (QPP)
South Brisbane Labor Vince Gair Robert Lincoln (QPP)
Stanley Country Arthur Lee Duncan MacDonald (CP)
The Tableland Labor Harry Bruce Percy Kidd (QPP)Jim Burton (Ind)
Frank Falls (CPA)
Toowong People's Party Charles Wanstall (QPP)Harold Jiear (Ind)
Tom Laws (Ind)
Harry Massey (Ind)
Toowoomba Labor Jack Duggan
Townsville Labor George Keyatta Athena Deane (QPP)Ernest O'Brien (HPLP)
Warrego Labor Harry O'Shea William Addison (CP)
Warwick Labor John Healy Richard Matthews (QPP)
West Moreton Country John Dalton Ted Maher (CP)
Wide Bay Country Tom Thorpe Harry Clayton (CP)
Windsor Independent William Hoy Bruce Pie (QPP) Harry Moorhouse (Ind)
Wynnum People's Party Bill Gunn William Kempson (QPP)Joseph Bailes (CPA)
Bill Dart (Ind)

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