# 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 Crilly | 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) |