Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1950

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This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1950 Queensland state election. The election was held on 29 April 1950.

1950 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Premier Ned Hanlon's second election.

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By-elections

Ivor Marsden was a police officer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

The Ipswich state by-election, 1949 was a by-election held on 10 September 1949 for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Ipswich, based in the centre of Ipswich to the south-west of Brisbane. At the time of the election, the seat included the suburbs of Ipswich, Booval, Bundamba, Newtown, Silkstone, West Ipswich, Woodend and part of East Ipswich.

David Gledson

David Alexander "Dave" Gledson was an accountant and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Retiring Members

Labor

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Stephen Theodore was a farmer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Country

Liberal

Candidates

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

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidateOther candidates
 
Aubigny Country Christopher Schull Jim Sparkes (CP)George Legge (Ind)
Balonne Labor John Taylor Herbert Dearden (CP)
Barambah Country Donald Christiansen Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)
Barcoo Labor Ned Davis Arthur Chresby (CP)
Baroona Labor Bill Power Harry Middleton (Lib) Max Julius (CPA)
Belyando Labor Tom Foley Reg Colwell (CP)
Bremer Labor Jim Donald Alan Chambers (Lib)
Brisbane Labor Johnno Mann John Herbert (Lib)
Bulimba Independent Labor Bob Gardner John Hamilton (Lib) George Marriott (Ind Lab)
Bundaberg Frank Barnes Labor Ted Walsh Frank Row (Lib) Frank Barnes (FBLP)
Buranda Labor Dick Brown Percy Berry (Lib)
Burdekin Labor Ernest Russell Arthur Coburn* (Ind)
Jack Penberthy (CPA)
Cairns Labor Thomas Crowley Arthur Farr (CP)
Callide Country Patrick Moore Vince Jones (CP)
Carnarvon Labor Paul Hilton Sandy Cameron (CP)
Carpentaria Labor Norm Smith George Keyes (CP)Merv Pether (Ind Lab)
Charters Towers Labor Arthur Jones George Ellis (Lib)Victor Hay (NQLP)
Chermside Liberal James Macarthur Alex Dewar (Lib)
Clayfield Liberal Edmund Roberts Harold Taylor (Lib)
Condamine Country Michael Lyons Eric Allpass (CP)
Cook Labor Jim Tully Carlisle Wordsworth (CP)
Cooroora Country Geoffrey Arnell David Low (CP)
Coorparoo Liberal Erle Wettemeyer Thomas Hiley (Lib)
Cunningham Country Malcolm McIntyre (CP)
Darlington Country Tom Plunkett (CP)
Fassifern Country Thomas Lythgo Alf Muller (CP)
Fitzroy Labor Jim Clark Hugh Douglas (Lib)
Flinders Labor Ernest Riordan Gordon Stuart (CP)Victor Casey (NQLP)
William Hall (Ind)
Fortitude Valley Labor Samuel Brassington Gladstone Walker (Lib)Albert Graham (CPA)
Gregory Labor George Devries Gordon Lee (CP)
Haughton Labor Colin McCathie Bill Longeran (Lib)Ernest O'Brien (NQLP)
Gwendoline Phelan (CPA)
Hinchinbrook Labor Cecil Jesson Charles Mylrea (Lib)
Ipswich Labor Ivor Marsden Ralph Sherrington (Lib)
Isis Country Frank Eastaughffe Jack Pizzey (CP)
Ithaca Labor Ned Hanlon Charles Keen (Lib)
Kedron Liberal Jim Hadley Bruce Pie (Lib)
Kelvin Grove Labor Bert Turner James Gibson (Lib)
Keppel Labor Walter Ingram Harry Beak (CP)
Kurilpa Labor Tom Moores John Aboud (Lib)
Landsborough Country Frank Nicklin (CP)
Lockyer Liberal Andrew Grilly Gordon Chalk (Lib)Tom Ford (Ind)
Mackay Labor Fred Graham Noel Weder (Lib)
Mackenzie Labor Paddy Whyte William Holmes (CP)
Marodian Country Thomas Williams James Heading (CP)
Maryborough Labor David Farrell Robert Hunter (Lib)
Merthyr Labor Bill Moore Albert Rees (Lib)
Mirani Country Matthew O'Neill Ernie Evans (CP)
Mount Coot-tha Liberal Bryan Hurley Kenneth Morris (Lib)
Mount Gravatt Labor Felix Dittmer Edward Knoblanch (Lib)Donald Orr (Ind)
Mourilyan Labor Peter Byrne Andrew Laurie (CP)William Batchelor (NQLP)
Les Sullivan (CPA)
Mulgrave Country Charles English Bob Watson (CP)Frank Falls (CPA)
George Groth (NQLP)
Mundingburra NQ Labor Jim MahonyWilliam Brackin (Lib) Tom Aikens (NQLP)
Murrumba Country Eric Lloyd David Nicholson (CP)
Nash Labor Thomas Dunstan Ronald Witham (Lib)
Norman Liberal Edward Falk Louis Luckins (Lib)
North Toowoomba Labor Les Wood Ralph Weppner (Lib)
Nundah Labor Frank Roberts William Cook (Lib)
Port Curtis Labor Jim Burrows Harold Jensen (Lib)
Rockhampton Labor James Larcombe Ron Diamond (Lib)
Roma Country James Kane William Ewan (CP)
Sandgate Liberal Herbert Robinson Eric Decker (Lib)
Sherwood Liberal Robert Mansfield Tom Kerr (Lib)
Somerset Country John Perrett Duncan MacDonald (CP)
South Brisbane Labor Vince Gair Allan McLeod (Lib)
Southport Country Edgar Hill Eric Gaven (CP)William Elson-Green (Ind)
Tablelands Labor Harold Collins John Gargan (CP)Tom Mackey (NQLP)
Toowong Liberal Frank Venables Alan Munro (Lib)
Toowoomba Labor Jack Duggan Ralph Knight (Lib)
Townsville Labor George Keyatta John Taaffe (Lib)Robert Baker (Ind)
Pat Rooney (NQLP)
Warrego Labor Harry O'Shea Ernest Parr (CP)
Warwick Country Terry Keane Otto Madsen (CP)
Whitsunday Country John Casey Lloyd Roberts (CP)Michael McColl (Ind)
Fred Paterson (CPA)
Windsor Liberal Tom Rasey Alexander Devene (Lib)
Wynnum Labor Bill Gunn Bill Dart (Lib)
Yeronga Liberal Thomas Doyle Winston Noble (Lib)

See also

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