Candidates of the 1944 Queensland state election
# Candidates of the 1944 Queensland state election

The 1944 Queensland state election was held on 15 April 1944.

## By-elections

* On 30 August 1941, Harry O'Shea (Labor) was elected to succeed Randolph Bedford (Labor), who had died on 7 July 1941, as the member for Warrego.
* On 31 October 1942, Lou Barnes (Independent Labor) was elected to succeed John O'Keefe (Labor), who had died on 27 January 1942, as the member for Cairns.
* On 20 March 1943, Fred Graham (Labor) was elected to succeed William Forgan Smith (Labor), who had resigned on 9 December 1942, as the member for Mackay.
* On 17 April 1943, Tom Kerr (United Australia) was elected to succeed Thomas Nimmo (United Australia), who had died on 6 February 1943, as the member for Oxley.
* On 1 May 1943, Ned Davis (Labor) was elected to succeed Frank Bulcock (Labor), who had resigned on 15 December 1942, as the member for Barcoo.
* On 9 October 1943, John Chandler (Queensland People's Party) was elected to succeed Bruce Pie (Independent Democrat), who had resigned on 30 June 1943, as the member for Hamilton.

## Retiring Members

* Note: Independent Country MLA William Deacon (Cunningham) died before the election; no by-election was held.

### Labor

* Charles Conroy MLA (Maranoa)
* John Dash MLA (Mundingburra)

### Country

* David Daniel MLA (Keppel)

## Candidates

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

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other 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 Tomlins | Harry 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) |
