Candidates of the 1950 Queensland state election

The 1950 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 29 April 1950.

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, Tom Moores (Labor) was elected to succeed Kerry Copley (Labor), who had died on 18 July 1949, as the member for Kurilpa.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Harry Bruce MLA (The Tableland)
• Stephen Theodore MLA (Herbert)

Country

• William Brand MLA (Isis)

Liberal

• Charles Wanstall MLA (Toowong)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other 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 Mahony	William 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

• 1950 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.