Sir Edward Henry Macartney (24 January 1863 – 24 February 1956) was a solicitor, company director and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[2] Educated at Holywood, Enniskillen, Gracehill and Dublin, he worked for four years in Ireland before, along with his brother, the ship's surgeon, arriving in Brisbane aboard the SS Bulimba on 20 March 1883.

In that same year, as the Ministerialist candidate, he stood for the state seat of Toowong in a by-election to replace the retiring Thomas Finney.

[5] The next year, another state election was held, and Macartney, a Kidstonian candidate, won the two-member seat of Brisbane North.

[7] Macartney resigned as the member for Brisbane North to stand at the upcoming by-election and defeated the ALP candidate, John Gilday, by 2781 votes to 2163.

[2] Although a speaker of no more than average ability, and regarded as being overly sensitive to criticism, he chaired several committees and exerted considerable parliamentary power from 1902 onwards.