Frank Barnes (politician)
{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Frank Barnes
|honorific-suffix =
|image = StateLibQld 1 103558 Member for the Legislative Assembly J. F. Barnes, 1941.jpg
|caption =
| constituency_AM1 = Bundaberg
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 29 March 1941
| term_end1 = 29 April 1950
| predecessor1 = Bernard McLean
| successor1 = Ted Walsh
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|10|4|df=y}}
|birth_place = Gympie, Queensland, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1952|5|12|1904|10|4|df=y}}
|death_place = Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace = Bundaberg General Cemetery
|birthname = John Francis Barnes
|nationality = Australian
|party = Frank Barnes Labor (after 1944)
|otherparty = Andrew Fisher Labor (1941-1944)
|spouse = Evelyn Dorothy Buchanan (m.1943)
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Publican
| relations = Lou Barnes (brother)
}}
John Francis Barnes (4 October 1904 – 12 May 1952) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early life
John Francis Barnes was born on 4 October 1904 in Gympie, Queensland, the son of George Daniel (a miner) and his wife Bridget Maria (née Gorey).
Politics
Barnes held the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat for the electoral district of Bundaberg from 1941 to 1950.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3022815816|accessdate= 5 February 2015}} During this time he stood as an "Andrew Fisher Labor"{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44896988 |title=DETAILS OF VOTING THROUGHOUT QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=31 March 1941 |accessdate=5 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and a "Frank Barnes Labor" candidate.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49326946 |title=How State Voted For New Parliament |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=5 May 1947 |accessdate=5 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} His brother Lou Barnes was also a "King O'Malley Labor" member of the Queensland Parliament, representing the seat of Cairns from 1942 to 1947.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=248924968|accessdate= 5 February 2015}}
Frank Barnes was a colourful identity who supported social credit theories, which had been popular since the Great Depression, and was opposed to the Queensland Labor government.{{cite book|chapter-url=http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130141b.htm|title=Barnes, John Francis (1904-1952)|author=B.J. Costar|chapter=John Francis (Frank) Barnes (1904–1952) |year=1993|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|accessdate=23 February 2011}}
Later life
Barnes died in Bundaberg on 12 May 1952 and was buried in the Bundaberg General Cemetery.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50303195 |title=Bombshell Barnes dies in Bundaberg. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=13 May 1952 |accessdate=5 February 2015 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}[http://www.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/services/cemeteries/bundaberg/search Search the Bundaberg Cemetery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195215/http://www.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/services/cemeteries/bundaberg/search |date=23 September 2015 }} — Bundaberg Regional Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
Frank Barnes Labor
Frank Barnes Labor was the party label that Barnes and several other candidates stood under at Queensland state elections in the 1940s.
At the 1947 state election, 13 candidates (including Barnes) stood under the label. The party did not gain any extra seats.
= Election results =
| class=wikitable |
| Election year
!Votes !Percentage !Swing !No. of Candidates !No. of seats won !+/– |
|---|
| 1944
| 4,180 | 0.82 | –0.20 |{{composition bar|1|62|hex=#BE293C}} |{{composition bar|1|62|hex=#BE293C}} |{{steady}} |
| 1947
| 21,823 | 3.45 | +2.63 |{{composition bar|13|62|hex=#BE293C}} |{{composition bar|1|62|hex=#BE293C}} |{{steady}} |
| 1950
| 5,476 | 0.44 | -3.01 |{{composition bar|1|75|hex=#BE293C}} |{{composition bar|0|75|hex=#BE293C}} |{{decrease}} 1 |
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Australian social crediters