Wide Bay was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland.
Wide Bay was one of the 16 original electorates of 1859; it centred on Maryborough but also included the coastal strip from the Mooloolah River, north to Bustard Head near Gladstone.
King supported the nomination of Horace Tozer for Wide Bay, amidst allegations that Tozer was just a "warming pan" intended to hold the seat as a protection against King failing to win Maryborough.
[2] Tozer was elected in Wide Bay but King's bid for Maryborough failed.
[4][5] On 2 March 1898, Horace Tozer resigned his seat in order to be appointed as Agent-General for Queensland.