# Candidates of the 1918 Queensland state election

The 1918 Queensland state election was held on 16 March 1918.
Since the previous election, the Liberal Party had reconstituted itself as the National Party. The five members of the Queensland Farmers' Union elected in 1915 contested this election as part of the National Party.

## By-elections

* On 18 August 1915, George Pollock (Labor) replaced William Hamilton (Labor) as the member for Gregory after the latter's appointment to the Queensland Legislative Council on 10 July 1915.
* On 1 April 1916, Thomas Wilson (Labor) replaced David Bowman (Labor) as the member for Fortitude Valley after the latter's death on 25 February 1916.
* On 31 March 1917, David Weir (Labor) replaced Alfred Jones (Labor) as the member for Maryborough after the latter's appointment to the Queensland Legislative Council on 15 February 1917.
* On 12 May 1917, Frank Forde (Labor) replaced John Adamson (Labor/Independent) as the member for Rockhampton after the latter's resignation to run for the Australian Senate on 21 March 1917.

## Retiring Members

* Note: Flinders Labor MLA John May died before the election; no by-election was held.

### National

* Thomas Bridges MLA (Nundah)
* James Forsyth MLA (Murrumba)
* James Stodart MLA (Logan)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | National candidate | Other candidates |
| Albert | National | William Lawson | John Appel | |
| Aubigny | National | James Desmond | Arthur Moore | |
| Balonne | Labor | Edward Land | David Roberts | |
| Barcoo | Labor | T. J. Ryan | Henry Buchanan | |
| Bowen | Labor | Charles Collins | John Mann | |
| Bremer | Labor | Frank Cooper | Edwin Little | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Mick Kirwan | Norman Warrall | |
| Bulimba | Labor | Hugh McMinn | Walter Barnes | Joseph Marconi (Ind) |
| Bundaberg | Labor | George Barber | William Foster | |
| Buranda | Labor | John Huxham | William Sparkes | |
| Burke | Independent | Darby Riordan | | William Murphy (Ind) |
| Burnett | National | Joseph Warmington | Bernard Corser | |
| Burrum | National | Albert Whitford | Colin Rankin | |
| Cairns | Labor | William McCormack | William Griffin | |
| Carnarvon | National | Randolph Bedford | Donald Gunn | |
| Charters Towers | Labor | William Wellington | Robert Wynn Williams | |
| Chillagoe | Labor | Ted Theodore | William Worley | |
| Cook | Labor | Henry Ryan | Walter Anderson | |
| Cooroora | National | Hector Spratt | Harry Walker | |
| Cunningham | National | John Moir | James Purcell | Francis Grayson (Ind Nat) |
| Dalby | National | Austin McKeon | William Vowles | |
| Drayton | National | Michael Alke | William Bebbington | |
| Eacham | Labor | William Gillies | William Sloan | |
| East Toowoomba | National | James MacDougall | Robert Roberts | |
| Enoggera | Labor | William Lloyd | William Wright | |
| Fassifern | National | Joseph Sweeney | Ernest Bell | |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Harry Hartley | Kenneth Grant | |
| Flinders | Labor | John Mullan | William Little | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Thomas Wilson | Bernard Revenall-Holland | |
| Gregory | Labor | George Pollock | Eric Anning | |
| Gympie | Labor | Thomas Dunstan | Alexander Glasgow | |
| Herbert | Labor | William Lennon | Ralph Johnson | |
| Ipswich | Labor | David Gledson | James Blair | |
| Ithaca | Labor | John Gilday | John Morton | |
| Kennedy | Labor | James O'Sullivan | Andrew Taylor | |
| Keppel | Labor | James Larcombe | William Thompson | |
| Kurilpa | Labor | William Hartley | James Fry | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Herbert Hardacre | William Smout | |
| Lockyer | National | Cuthbert Butler | William Drayton Armstrong | |
| Logan | National | Alfred James | Reginald King | |
| Mackay | Labor | William Forgan Smith | William Manning | |
| Maranoa | Labor | John Hunter | Robert Swan | |
| Maree | Labor | William Bertram | Pearce Douglas | Victor Cross (Ind) |
| Maryborough | Labor | David Weir | Charles McGhie | |
| Merthyr | Labor | Peter McLachlan | Peter MacGregor | |
| Mitchell | Labor | John Payne | Alfred Watts | |
| Mirani | National | Maurice Hynes | Edward Swayne | |
| Mount Morgan | Labor | James Stopford | Alexander Cameron | |
| Mundingburra | Labor | Thomas Foley | Charles Pennger | |
| Murilla | National | John Durkin | Godfrey Morgan | |
| Murrumba | National | Arthur Sampson | Richard Warren | |
| Musgrave | Labor | Thomas Armfield | John White | |
| Nanango | National | Walter Burton | Robert Hodge | |
| Normanby | Labor | Jens Peterson | Harry Hill | |
| Nundah | National | Sid Cook | Hubert Sizer | |
| Oxley | Labor | Thomas Jones | Cecil Elphinstone | |
| Paddington | Labor | John Fihelly | | John Adamson (Ind) |
| Pittsworth | National | James Mahony | David Edwards | Percy Bayley (Ind Nat) |
| Port Curtis | Labor | George Carter | John Kessell | |
| Queenton | Labor | Vern Winstanley | Alfred Smith | William Morgan (Ind Nat) |
| Rockhampton | Labor | Frank Forde | John Egerton | |
| Rosewood | National | William Cooper | Henry Stevens | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Edgar Free | Albert Harte | |
| Stanley | National | Bill Heffernan | Henry Somerset | |
| Toombul | National | Alexander McDonald | Andrew Petrie | |
| Toowong | National | William McCosker | Edward Macartney | |
| Toowoomba | National | Frank Brennan | James Tolmie | |
| Townsville | Labor | Daniel Ryan | Hedley Gelston | |
| Warrego | Labor | Harry Coyne | Jerry Tamblyn | |
| Warwick | National | David Swiss-Davies | George Barnes | |
| Wide Bay | National | Andrew Thompson | Charles Booker | |
| Windsor | Labor | Herbert McPhail | Charles Taylor | |