Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1896–1899

This is a list of members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1896 to 1899, as elected at the 1896 colonial election held between 10 March 1896 and 11 April 1896 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).

Name Party Electorate Term in office
John AnnearMinisterialMaryborough1884–1902
William Drayton ArmstrongMinisterialLockyer1893–1904; 1907–1918
John BartholomewMinisterialMaryborough1896–1902
Matthew BattersbyMinisterialMoreton1888–1899
Joshua Thomas BellMinisterialDalby1893–1911
Jason BolesOppositionPort Curtis1893–1904
Thomas BridgesOpp./Min.Nundah1896–1907; 1909–1918
William BrowneLabourCroydon1893–1904
Hon. Thomas Joseph Byrnes[8]MinisterialWarwick1893–1898
Albert CallanMinisterialFitzroy1889–1902
William CastlingMinisterialTownsville1896–1899
James ChatawayMinisterialMackay1893–1901
Robert CollinsInd./Min.Albert1896–1899
William Henry CorfieldMinisterialGregory1888–1899
Alfred CowleyMinisterialHerbert1888–1907
Thomas Bridson CribbMinisterialIpswich1896–1904
James Crombie[7]MinisterialWarrego1888–1898
John CrossLabourClermont1893–1899
George Curtis[6]Opp./Ind.Rockhampton1893–1902
David DalrympleMinisterialMackay1888–1904
Henry DanielsLabourCambooya1893–1899
Anderson DawsonLabourCharters Towers1893–1901
Thomas DibleyLabourWoolloongabba1896–1907
Hon. James DicksonIndependentBulimba1873–1888; 1892–1901
John Donaldson[1]IndependentLogan1883–1893; 1896
James DrakeOppositionEnoggera1888–1899
John DunsfordLabourCharters Towers1893–1905
Thomas FinneyInd./Min.Toowong1896–1900
Charles FitzgeraldLabourMitchell1896–1902
John FogartyOppositionDrayton and Toowoomba1893–1904
Justin FoxtonMinisterialCarnarvon1883–1904
Robert FraserInd./Min.Brisbane North1896–1899
Thomas GlasseyLabourBundaberg1888–1893; 1894–1901
Samuel GrimesMinisterialOxley1878–1902
William Henry GroomOppositionDrayton and Toowoomba1862–1901
John HamiltonMinisterialCook1878–1904
Herbert HardacreLabourLeichhardt1893–1919
William Hood[7]MinisterialWarrego1898–1899
John HoolanLabourBurke1890–1894; 1896–1899
George JacksonLabourKennedy1893–1909
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson[3]OppositionWide Bay1898–1902; 1903–1909
Denis Keogh[2]LabourRosewood1896–1902; 1904–1911
George KerrLabourBarcoo1893–1909
William KidstonLabourRockhampton1896–1911
Robert KingLabourMaranoa1893–1899
John LeahyIndependentBulloo1893–1909
Isidor LissnerMinisterialCairns1883–1893; 1896–1899
Frederick LordMinisterialStanley1893–1902
William McCord[4]MinisterialBurnett1896–1898
Charles McDonaldLabourFlinders1893–1901
Thomas Macdonald-PatersonInd./Min.Brisbane North1878–1885; 1896–1901
Frank McDonnellLabourFortitude Valley1896–1907
Thomas McGahanFarmers' Rep.Cunningham1896–1899
John McMasterMinisterialFortitude Valley1885–1899; 1901–1904;
1907–1908
William Ryott Maughan[4]LabourBurnett1898–1899; 1904–1912
William Moore[5]MinisterialMurilla1898–1904; 1907–1909
Arthur Morgan[8]MinisterialWarwick1887–1896; 1898–1906
John MurrayMinisterialNormanby1888–1901
Hon. Hugh Nelson[5]MinisterialMurilla1883–1898
John NewellMinisterialWoothakata1896–1902
William O'ConnellMinisterialMusgrave1888–1903
Andrew Lang PetrieMinisterialToombul1893–1926
Robert PhilpMinisterialTownsville1886–1915
George SimLabourCarpentaria1896–1899
Robert Harrison SmithMinisterialBowen1888–1902
William SmythMinisterialGympie1883–1899
William StephensMinisterialSouth Brisbane1888–1904; 1907–1908
Alfred John StephensonMinisterialIpswich1896–1902
James StewartLabourNorth Rockhampton1896–1901
James Stodart[1]MinisterialLogan1896–1918
George StoryMinisterialBalonne1896–1904
Jacob StummMinisterialGympie1896–1899
Lewis ThomasMinisterialBundamba1893–1899
George ThornMinisterialFassifern1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
William ThornOppositionAubigny1894–1904; 1908–1912
Nicholas ToothMinisterialBurrum1893–1902
Horace Tozer[3]MinisterialWide Bay1871; 1888–1898
Henry TurleyLabourSouth Brisbane1893–1902