Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1904–1907

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This is a list of members of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1904 to 1907, as elected at the 1904 state election held on 27 August 1904.^[1]

At the start of the period, the state was governed by a coalition of a Liberal group led by Arthur Morgan, and the Labour Party led by William Kidston, while the Conservatives led by former Premier Robert Philp sat in opposition. In 1906, Morgan left to become president of the Queensland Legislative Council, replacing Hugh Nelson who had died on 1 January, and Kidston became Premier. By March 1907, a major realignment had taken place — Kidston had split away to form his own party, the "Kidstonites", taking the ministry, numerous MPs and the coalition with him. By the 1907 state election, the parliamentary parties were as follows:

Kidstonites, led by William Kidston, consisting of Liberals and former Labour members.
Labour Party, led by David Bowman.
Philp Party (Conservative), led by Robert Philp.

Name	Party (pre-1907)	Party (post-1907)	Electorate	Term in office
Peter Airey	Labour	Kidston	Flinders	1901–1907; 1908–1909
George Barber	Labour	Labour	Bundaberg	1901–1935
Walter Barnes	Conservative	Conservative	Bulimba	1901–1915; 1918–1933
Adolphus Barton	Liberal	Kidston	Carnarvon	1904–1907
Joshua Thomas Bell	Liberal	Kidston	Dalby	1893–1911
James Blair	Liberal	Kidston	Ipswich	1902–1915
David Bowman	Labour	Labour	Fortitude Valley	1899–1902; 1904–1916
Thomas Bouchard	Liberal	Conservative	South Brisbane	1904–1908; 1909–1915
Thomas Bridges	Liberal	Kidston	Nundah	1896–1907; 1909–1918
William Browne ^[1]	Labour	N/A	Croydon	1893–1904
John Burrows	Labour	Labour	Charters Towers	1901–1907
John Cameron	Conservative	Conservative	Brisbane North	1893–1896; 1901–1908
John Dunmore Campbell	Conservative	Conservative	Moreton	1899–1909
Arthur Cooper ^[4]	Liberal	N/A	Mitchell	1902–1905
Henri Cowap	Labour	Kidston	Fitzroy	1902–1909
Alfred Cowley	Conservative	Conservative	Herbert	1888–1907
James Cribb	Conservative	Conservative	Bundamba	1893–1896; 1899–1915
Digby Denham	Liberal	Conservative	Oxley	1902–1915
Thomas Dibley	Labour	Kidston	Woolloongabba	1896–1907
John Dunsford ^[6]	Labour	N/A	Charters Towers	1893–1905
John Fogarty ^[2]	Liberal	N/A	Drayton & Toowoomba	1893–1904
Edward Barrow Forrest	Conservative	Conservative	Brisbane North	1899–1912
James Forsythe	Conservative	Conservative	Carpentaria	1899–1907; 1909–1918
George Fox	Conservative	Conservative	Normanby	1877–1878; 1901–1914
Albert Fudge	Labour	Labour	Mackay	1904–1907
Kenneth Grant	Labour	Kidston	Rockhampton	1902–1915
Francis Grayson	Liberal	Kidston	Cunningham	1904–1920
William Hamilton	Labour	Labour	Gregory	1899–1915
Patrick Hanran	Conservative	Conservative	Townsville	1899–1909
Herbert Hardacre	Labour	Labour	Leichhardt	1893–1919
John Hargreaves ^[8]	Liberal	N/A	Cook	1904–1907
Arthur Hawthorn	Liberal	Kidston	Enoggera	1902–1911
Robert Herbertson	Liberal	Kidston	Port Curtis	1904–1909
Robert Hodge ^[3]	Liberal	N/A	Rosewood	1902–1904; 1909–1920
George Jackson	Labour	Kidston	Kennedy	1893–1909
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson	Independent	Conservative	Fassifern	1898–1902; 1903–1909
Alfred Jones	Labour	Labour	Burnett	1904–1909, 1915–1917, 1922–1932
Francis Kenna	Labour	Kidston	Bowen	1902–1909
Denis Keogh ^[3]	Labour	Conservative	Rosewood	1896–1902; 1904–1911
George Kerr	Labour	Kidston	Barcoo	1893–1909
William Kidston	Labour	Kidston	Rockhampton	1896–1911
Edward Land	Labour	Labour	Balonne	1904–1927
John Leahy	Conservative	Conservative	Bulloo	1893–1909
Patrick Leahy	Conservative	Conservative	Warrego	1902–1908
Vincent Lesina	Labour	Labour	Clermont	1899–1912
George Lindley	Liberal	Kidston	Wide Bay	1902–1907
Edward Macartney	Conservative	Conservative	Toowong	1900–1908; 1909–1920
Frank McDonnell	Labour	Labour	Fortitude Valley	1896–1907
Donald MacKintosh	Liberal	Kidston	Cambooya	1899–1915
John Mann	Labour	Kidston	Cairns	1904–1912
George Martin ^[5]	Labour	N/A	Burrum	1902–1905
William Maxwell	Labour	Kidston	Burke	1899–1909
William Mitchell	Labour	Labour	Maryborough	1904–1909
Arthur Morgan ^[7]	Liberal	N/A	Warwick	1887–1896; 1898–1906
Daniel Mulcahy	Labour	Labour	Gympie	1901–1912
William Murphy ^[1]	Labour	Kidston	Croydon	1904–1907; 1908–1918
Charles Nielson	Labour	Kidston	Musgrave	1904–1907
John Norman	Labour	Kidston	Maryborough	1902–1907
John O'Brien	Labour	Labour	Aubigny	1904–1907
Michael O'Keeffe	Liberal	Kidston	Lockyer	1904–1907
Thomas O'Sullivan ^[7]	Liberal	Kidston	Warwick	1906–1908
Walter Paget	Conservative	Conservative	Mackay	1901–1915
William Paull ^[6]	Independent	Conservative	Charters Towers	1905–1908
John Payne ^[4]	Labour	Labour	Mitchell	1905–1928
Andrew Lang Petrie	Conservative	Conservative	Toombul	1893–1926
Robert Philp	Conservative	Conservative	Townsville	1886–1915
Thomas Plunkett	Liberal	Kidston	Albert	1888–1896; 1899–1908
Colin Rankin ^[5]	Independent	Kidston	Burrum	1905–1918
Carl Reinhold	Labour	Labour	South Brisbane	1904–1907
George Ryland	Labour	Labour	Gympie	1899–1912
William Ryott Maughan	Labour	Labour	Ipswich	1898–1899; 1904–1912
Thomas Scott	Labour	Kidston	Murilla	1904–1907
Henry Plantagenet Somerset	Liberal	Conservative	Stanley	1904–1920
Edward Smart ^[2]	Labour	N/A	Drayton & Toowoomba	1904–1907
Thomas Spencer	Liberal	Kidston	Maranoa	1904–1907; 1919–1920
James Stodart	Conservative	Conservative	Logan	1896–1918
James Tolmie	Liberal	Conservative	Drayton & Toowoomba	1901–1907; 1909–1918
Henry Turner	Labour	Kidston	North Rockhampton	1901, 1902–1907
Michael Woods	Labour	Kidston	Woothakata	1902–1909

Notes

¹ On 12 April 1904, William Browne, the Labour member for Croydon, died. At the resulting by-election on 21 May 1904, Labour candidate William Murphy was elected.

² On 9 September 1904, John Fogarty, the Liberal member for Drayton & Toowoomba, died. At the resulting by-election on 1 October 1904, Labour candidate Edward Smart was elected.

³ At the 1904 election, the result went to preferences and Liberal candidate Robert Hodge and Labour candidate Denis Keogh tied, with the returning officer declaring Hodge elected with his casting vote. A petition was lodged against Hodge's return and on 12 December 1904, the Elections Tribunal unseated Hodge and Keogh was duly sworn in.

⁴ On 14 April 1905, Arthur Cooper, the Liberal member for Mitchell, resigned. Labour candidate John Payne won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1905.

⁵ On 14 May 1905, George Martin, the Labour member for Burrum, died. Independent candidate Colin Rankin won the resulting by-election on 17 June 1905.

⁶ On 15 September 1905, John Dunsford, one of the Labour members for Charters Towers, died. Independent candidate William Paull won the resulting by-election on 7 October 1905.

⁷ On 19 January 1906, Arthur Morgan ^[7], the Premier of Queensland and Liberal member for Warwick, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the President, Sir Hugh Nelson. Liberal candidate Thomas O'Sullivan won the resulting by-election on 10 February 1906.

⁸ On 19 January 1907, John Hargreaves, the Liberal member for Cook, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1907 state election.

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References

↑ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

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