Charles Stewart McGhie (17 May 1839 – 21 January 1917) was a shipwright, newspaper proprietor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

[1] McGhie was born at Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 1863 to William McGhie and his wife Elizabeth (née Stewart) and attended a local Government school.

[1] In 1899, he represented the Labour Party in standing for the two-member state seat of Maryborough, coming fourth behind the two Ministerialists, Annear and Bartholomew.

[3] McGhie was appointed by the Morgan ministry to the Queensland Legislative council in May 1904,[4] serving for over 12 years till his death in 1917.

[1] Dying in 1917, his funeral proceeded from his residence in Ferry Street[2] to the Maryborough Cemetery.