# Candidates of the 1923 Queensland state election

The 1923 Queensland state election was held on 12 May 1923.
The National Party had reconstituted itself as the Queensland United Party since the previous election. The Northern Country Party had merged with the Country Party, but both its MPs had joined the United Party; seats won by the Northern Country Party in 1920 are listed below as United-held.

## By-elections

* On 18 March 1922, Alfred Jones (Labor) was elected to succeed John Fihelly (Labor), who had resigned on 7 February 1922, as the member for Paddington.
* On 17 February 1923, George Farrell (Labor) was elected to succeed Frank Forde, who has resigned on 5 October 1922, as the member for Rockhampton.

## Retiring Members

No MLAs retired at this election.

## 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 Appel (QUP) | |
| Aubigny | Country | Charles Gould | Arthur Moore (CP) | |
| Balonne | Labor | Edward Land | Richard Nates (CP) | |
| Barcoo | Labor | Frank Bulcock | | |
| Bowen | Labor | Charles Collins | Frank Ferguson (QUP) | |
| Bremer | Labor | Frank Cooper | Andrew Wright (QUP) | John Budd (Ind) |
| Brisbane | Labor | Mick Kirwan | James Crawford (QUP) | |
| Bulimba | United | Harry Wright | Duncan Watson (QUP) | Thomas Andrews (Ind) |
| Bundaberg | Labor | George Barber | Henry Cattermull (CP) | |
| Buranda | Labor | John Huxham | Charles Edwards (QUP) | |
| Burke | Labor | Darby Riordan | Campbell Murray (QUP) | |
| Burnett | Country | William McMahon | Bernard Corser (CP) | Fred Saidy (Ind) |
| Burrum | Country | Montague Parker | William Brand (CP) | |
| Cairns | Labor | William McCormack | William Griffin (QUP) | |
| Carnarvon | Country | Thomas Brown | Edward Costello (CP) | |
| Charters Towers | Labor | William Wellington | Frank Wood (QUP) | |
| Chillagoe | Labor | Ted Theodore | Ernest Atherton (QUP) | Thomas Taylor (Ind) |
| Cook | Labor | Henry Ryan | Thomas Kilpatrick (QUP) | |
| Cooroora | Country | | Harry Walker (CP) | |
| Cunningham | Country | Denis Hannay | William Deacon (CP) | Cecil Roberts (Ind CP) |
| Dalby | Country | Hugh McAnally | William Vowles (CP) | N C Hooper (Ind CP) |
| Eacham | Labor | William Gillies | | |
| East Toowoomba | United | Thomas Armfield | Robert Roberts (QUP) | |
| Enoggera | United | John Valentine | Jim Kerr (QUP) | |
| Fassifern | United | | Ernest Bell (QUP) | John Hardcastle (Ind) |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Harry Hartley | Hugh Grant (QUP) | |
| Flinders | Labor | John Mullan | Leonard Nicolson (QUP) | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Thomas Wilson | Edwin Fowles (QUP) | |
| Gregory | Labor | George Pollock | Fergus McMaster (QUP) | |
| Gympie | Labor | Thomas Dunstan | Henry Cowie (CP) | |
| Herbert | Labor | Percy Pease | John McNamee (QUP) | |
| Ipswich | Labor | David Gledson | James Bottomley (QUP) | |
| Ithaca | Labor | John Gilday | Robert Archibald (QUP) | |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | William Lloyd | John Tait (QUP) | |
| Kennedy | United | Harry Bruce | John Clegg (QUP) | |
| Keppel | Labor | James Larcombe | Roderick Haylock (QUP) | |
| Kurilpa | United | William Dobinson | James Fry (QUP) | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Tom Foley | Charles Kingston (QUP) | |
| Lockyer | Country | Albert Kluck | George Logan (CP) | William Drayton Armstrong (Ind) |
| Logan | United | Thomas Jones | Reginald King (QUP) | |
| Mackay | Labor | William Forgan Smith | Lewis Nott (QUP) | |
| Maranoa | Labor | Charles Conroy | | Frederick Duncombe (Ind CP) |
| Maree | Labor | William Bertram | John Hetherington (QUP) | |
| Maryborough | Labor | David Weir | John Hatton (QUP) | |
| Merthyr | United | Peter McLachlan | Peter MacGregor (QUP) | |
| Mirani | Country | Henry Turner | Edward Swayne (CP) | |
| Mitchell | Labor | John Payne | L M Lyons (QUP) | |
| Mount Morgan | Labor | James Stopford | Frederick McCarthy (QUP) | |
| Mundingburra | Labor | John Dash | William Swales (QUP) | |
| Murilla | Country | Robert Collins | Godfrey Morgan (CP) | |
| Murrumba | United | David Moorcroft | Richard Warren (QUP) | |
| Nanango | Country | Robert Webster | Jim Edwards (CP) | Robert Hodge (Ind CP) |
| Normanby | Labor | Robert Lyle | Jens Peterson (QUP) | |
| Nundah | United | James McCabe | William Kelso (QUP) | Thomas Shaw (Ind) |
| Oxley | United | William Ridings | Cecil Elphinstone (QUP) | |
| Paddington | Labor | Alfred Jones | George Tedman (QUP) | |
| Port Curtis | United | George Carter | John Fletcher (QUP) | James Murray (Ind) |
| Queenton | Labor | Vern Winstanley | John Jones (QUP) | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | George Farrell | Thomas Lanigan (QUP) | |
| Rosewood | Labor | William Cooper | William Bebbington (CP) | |
| Sandgate | United | | Hubert Sizer (QUP) | Thomas Coaldrake (Ind) |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Myles Ferricks | John Kessell (QUP) | Charles Gabbert (Ind) |
| Stanley | Country | | Frederick Nott (CP) | Henry Somerset (Ind) |
| Toombul | United | | Andrew Petrie (QUP) | Charles Jenkinson (Ind) |
| Toowong | United | Robert Easton | James Maxwell (QUP) | |
| Toowoomba | Labor | Frank Brennan | William Peak (QUP) | Albert Godsall (Ind) |
| Townsville | United | Maurice Hynes | William Green (QUP) | |
| Warrego | Labor | Harry Coyne | | Thomas Lonsdale (Ind) |
| Warwick | United | George Campbell | George Barnes (QUP) | |
| Wide Bay | Country | | Harry Clayton (CP) | |
| Windsor | United | Sidney Cook | Charles Taylor (QUP) | |
| Wynnum | United | John McLaughlin | Walter Barnes (QUP) | |