Candidates of the 1926 Queensland state election
# Candidates of the 1926 Queensland state election

The 1926 Queensland state election was held on 8 May 1926.

Since the previous election, the United and Country parties had merged to form the Country and Progressive National Party. Seats held by either predecessor are listed as held by the CPNP.

## By-elections

* On 13 October 1923, Randolph Bedford (Labor) was elected to succeed Harry Coyne (Labor), who had resigned on 31 July 1923, as the member for Warrego.
* On 16 August 1924, Ted Hanson (Labor) was elected to succeed John Huxham (Labor), who had resigned on 31 July 1924, as the member for Buranda.
* On 4 April 1925, Evan Llewelyn (Labor) was elected to succeed Frank Brennan (Labor), who had resigned on 26 February 1925, as the member for Toowoomba.
* On 16 January 1926, John O'Keefe (Labor) was elected to succeed Ted Theodore (Labor), who had resigned on 22 September 1925, as the member for Chillagoe.
* On 16 January 1926, Cornelius Ryan (Labor) was elected to succeed William Gillies (Labor), who had resigned on 24 October 1925, as the member for Eacham.

## Retiring Members

### Labor

* John Gilday MLA (Ithaca)

### CPNP

* Andrew Petrie MLA (Toombul)

## Candidates

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

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CPNP candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Albert | CPNP | William Lake | John Appel | Edwin Wilkins (Ind) |
| Aubigny | CPNP | John Moir | Arthur Moore | |
| Balonne | Labor | Edward Land | Ted Maher | |
| Barcoo | Labor | Frank Bulcock | | |
| Bowen | Labor | Charles Collins | Frederick Woods | |
| Bremer | Labor | Frank Cooper | Kenneth McGill | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Mick Kirwan | Fred O'Keefe | |
| Bulimba | Labor | Harry Wright | Allan Stanton | John Costin (Ind Lab) |
| Bundaberg | Labor | George Barber | William Gavegan | |
| Buranda | Labor | Ted Hanson | Henry Quinn | |
| Burke | Labor | Darby Riordan | | |
| Burnett | CPNP | Bill Baxter | Bernard Corser | |
| Burrum | CPNP | John Laurison | William Brand | |
| Cairns | Labor | William McCormack | Thomas Boylan | |
| Carnarvon | CPNP | Adolphus Baker | Edward Costello | |
| Charters Towers | Labor | William Wellington | William Clark | |
| Chillagoe | Labor | John O'Keefe | Bernard Hayes | |
| Cook | Labor | Henry Ryan | Thomas Kilpatrick | |
| Cooroora | CPNP | | Harry Walker | |
| Cunningham | CPNP | Edward Doyle | William Deacon | |
| Dalby | CPNP | Harold Francis | William Vowles | Wilfred Russell (PPU) |
| Eacham | Labor | Cornelius Ryan | George Duffy | |
| East Toowoomba | CPNP | John Herbert | Robert Roberts | |
| Enoggera | CPNP | Hurtle Patterson | Jim Kerr | |
| Fassifern | CPNP | | Ernest Bell | Tom Plunkett (Ind CP) |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Harry Hartley | Frank Dawson | |
| Flinders | Labor | John Mullan | Neville Sturzaker | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Thomas Wilson | Percival Hooper | |
| Gregory | Labor | George Pollock | | |
| Gympie | Labor | Thomas Dunstan | Henry Cowie | |
| Herbert | Labor | Percy Pease | Norman Mighell | |
| Ipswich | Labor | David Gledson | Alfred Stephenson | |
| Ithaca | Labor | Ned Hanlon | William Robbins | Stanley Henderson (Ind Lab) |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | William Lloyd | Jack MacDonald | |
| Kennedy | Labor | Harry Bruce | William Green | John Young (PPU) |
| Keppel | Labor | James Larcombe | Ernest Larcombe | |
| Kurilpa | CPNP | Hamilton Jones | James Fry | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Tom Foley | Frederick Lodge | |
| Lockyer | CPNP | Joseph Sweeney | George Logan | Charles Jamieson (PPU) |
| Logan | CPNP | Dick Brown | Reginald King | |
| Mackay | Labor | William Forgan Smith | Hector O'Brien | |
| Maranoa | Labor | Charles Conroy | Arthur Miscamble | |
| Maree | Labor | William Bertram | George Tedman | |
| Maryborough | Labor | David Weir | Harry Keys | |
| Merthyr | Labor | Peter McLachlan | Edwin Fowles | |
| Mirani | CPNP | John Mulherin | Edward Swayne | |
| Mitchell | Labor | John Payne | | |
| Mount Morgan | Labor | James Stopford | Robert Staines | |
| Mundingburra | Labor | John Dash | Miles Andrews | |
| Murilla | CPNP | Louis McCorkell | Godfrey Morgan | H T Kelly (PPU) |
| Murrumba | CPNP | William Friis | Richard Warren | Alfred O'Loan (Ind) |
| Nanango | CPNP | Robert Webster | Jim Edwards | William O'Mara (PPU) |
| Normanby | CPNP | Robert Lyle | Jens Peterson | |
| Nundah | CPNP | Victor Kearney | William Kelso | |
| Oxley | CPNP | William Searle | Cecil Elphinstone | |
| Paddington | Labor | Alfred Jones | | Grant Hervey (Ind) |
| Port Curtis | Labor | George Carter | Walter Prizeman | Fred Paterson (CPA) |
| Queenton | Labor | Vern Winstanley | John Jones | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | George Farrell | James Cullen | |
| Rosewood | Labor | William Cooper | William Ruhno | |
| Sandgate | CPNP | James Weir | Hubert Sizer | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Myles Ferricks | Alec McGill | |
| Stanley | CPNP | James Gillies | Frederick Nott | |
| Toombul | CPNP | | Hugh Russell | Charles Jenkinson (Ind) |
| Toowong | CPNP | William Stock | James Maxwell | |
| Toowoomba | Labor | Evan Llewelyn | Albert Godsall | |
| Townsville | Labor | Maurice Hynes | John Shearer | |
| Warrego | Labor | Randolph Bedford | | |
| Warwick | CPNP | George James | George Barnes | |
| Wide Bay | CPNP | Aaron Davies | Harry Clayton | |
| Windsor | CPNP | Donald MacKenzie | Charles Taylor | |
| Wynnum | CPNP | James McLaughlin | Walter Barnes | |
