[1] Herbert Hardacre was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly having won Leichhardt at the 1893 colonial election as the Labor Party candidate.

He was Secretary for Public Instruction from 1 June 1915 to 9 September 1919.

He held Leichhardt until he resigned on 14 October 1919 in order to take up an appointment in the Land Court.

[2] Labor candidate Tom Foley won the resulting by-election on 20 December 1919.

[3][4] Hardacre died in 1938 and is buried in Balmoral Cemetery.