|successor1 = [[Robert Weddell]] <small>(as [[Government Resident of North Australia]])</small><br/>[[John C. Cawood]] <small>(as [[Government Resident of Central Australia]])</small>
|office2 = [[Queensland Police|Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service]]
|term_start2 = 1 January 19161917
|term_end2 = 16 January 1921
|predecessor2 = [[William Geoffrey Cahill]]
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==Queensland Police Commissioner==
On 1 January 1916,1917 Urquhart was appointed as the 4th [[Queensland Police Commissioner]], a position he held until 16 January 1921. Probably the most notable incident during his tenure as Commissioner was the [[Red Flag riots]] that occurred in [[Brisbane]] in 1919. Police, together with armed ex-soldiers returned from WWI, fought extended street battles with unionists and Russian immigrants during these riots. Many casualties were reported with Urquhart himself being injured during the fighting.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40388753 |title=Wild Scenes in South Brisbane. |newspaper=[[Cairns Post]] |volume=XXXII |issue=3314 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 March 1919 |accessdate=30 November 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Later that same year, police operations were again focused upon when several striking workers were injured in [[Townsville]] after police opened fire on a group of unionists with live ammunition.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220515289 |title=THE RIOTING IN TOWNSVILLE. |newspaper=[[Daily Mail (Brisbane)|The Daily Mail]] |issue=5209 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 July 1919 |accessdate=30 November 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
