Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1950

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

The main parties in the election were the Labor Party, led by Premier Ned Hanlon, the Country Party, led by Leader of the Opposition Frank Nicklin, and the Liberal Party.

A major redistribution preceded the election, with the Assembly growing from 62 to 75 members.

By-elections

On 10 September 1949, Ivor Marsden (Labor) was elected to succeed David Gledson (Labor), who had died on 14 May 1949, as the member for Ipswich.
On 10 September 1949, Thomas Moores (Labor) was elected to succeed Patrick Copley (Labor), who had died on 18 July 1949, as the member for Kurilpa.

Retiring Members

Labor

Country

William Brand (Isis)

Liberal

Charles Wanstall (Toowong)

Candidates

The candidates for the 1950 election are listed below.^[1] Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Country candidate	Liberal candidate	Other party candidate(s)	Independent candidate(s)

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

References

↑ "NOMINATIONS RECEIVED FROM 174 CANDIDATES FOR 75 SEATS.". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 4 April 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

Thomas Collins WADLEY - Courier-Mail 15 Feb 1950
Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
Results variously in 1950 Government Gazette

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