Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1918–1920
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This is a list of members of the 21st
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from 1918 to 1920, as elected at the 1918 state election held on 16 March 1918. During the term, several
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members switched allegiance to the new Country Party.


Notes

: On 14 October 1919, the
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and Labor member for Barcoo, T. J. Ryan, resigned to run for West Sydney at the 1919 federal election. Labor candidate Frank Bulcock won the resulting by-election on 20 December 1919. : On 14 October 1919, the Labor member for Leichhardt, Herbert Hardacre, resigned. Labor candidate
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won the resulting by-election on 20 December 1919. : On 22 October 1919, the Labor member for Maranoa, John McEwan Hunter, resigned to take up the role of the Queensland
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in England. Country candidate Thomas Spencer won the resulting by-election on 20 December 1919. : On 16 January 1920, the Labor member for Herbert, William Lennon, resigned. Labor candidate Percy Pease won the resulting by-election on 10 April 1920.


References

* Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.


See also

* 1918 Queensland state election * Ryan Ministry (
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) (1915–1919) * Theodore Ministry (
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) (1919–1925) {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1918-1920 Members of Queensland parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians