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The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1903 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 January 1904.
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The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1903 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 January 1904.
| Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | |||
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| Seats won | Seats held | Seat change | |||||
| Free Trade | 986,030 | 34.33 | −5.11 | 4 | 12 |  5 | |
| Labour | 784,859 | 27.33 | +13.83 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |
| Protectionist | 503,586 | 17.53 | −27.33 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
| National Liberal Union | 136,727 | 4.76 | +4.76 | 0 | 0 |  | |
| Socialist Labor | 69,769 | 2.43 | +1.41 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Revenue Tariff | 25,310 | 0.88 | +0.88 | 1 | 1 |  1 | |
| Independent | 365,851 | 12.74 | −8.60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Formal votes | 2,872,132 | ||||||
| Total | |||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 1,893,586 | 46.86 | |||||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | John Neild (re-elected 1) | 192,987 | 61.6 | ||
| Free Trade | Edward Pulsford (re-elected 2) | 191,170 | 61.0 | ||
| Free Trade | John Gray (elected 3) | 188,860 | 60.3 | ||
| Labour | Arthur Griffith | 108,312 | 34.6 | ||
| Protectionist | Nathaniel Collins | 66,763 | 21.3 | ||
| Protectionist | John Cunneen | 60,200 | 19.2 | ||
| Socialist Labor | Andrew Thomson | 25,976 | 8.3 | ||
| Socialist Labor | James Moroney | 25924 | 8.3 | ||
| Independent | Henry Fletcher | 23,555 | 7.5 | ||
| Independent | Mary Bentley | 19,254 | 6.1 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | Nellie Martel | 18,846 | 6.0 | ||
| Socialist Labor | Herbert Drake | 17,870 | 5.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 939,717 313,239 voters | 95.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 15,740 | 4.8 | |||
| Turnout | 328,979 | 47.9 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Free Trade | 573,017 | 61.0 | |||
| Protectionist | 126,963 | 13.5 | |||
| Labour | 108,312 | 11.5 | |||
| Socialist Labor | 69,770 | 7.4 | |||
| Independent | 61,655 | 6.6 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Turley (elected 1) | 66,074 | 55.1 | ||
| Labour | James Stewart (re-elected 2) | 64,077 | 53.5 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Givens (elected 3) | 62,088 | 51.8 | ||
| Liberal | Walter Tunbridge | 47,927 | 40.0 | ||
| Liberal | John Bartholomew | 47,081 | 39.2 | ||
| Liberal | John Murray | 41,719 | 34.8 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | Thomas Glassey (defeated) | 30,720 | 25.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 359,623 119,895 voters | 96.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 4,612 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 124,507 | 54.8 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labour | 192,239 | 53.5 | |||
| Liberal | 136,664 | 38.0 | |||
| Independent | 30,720 | 8.5 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Gregor McGregor (re-elected 1) | 31,082 | 58.0 | ||
| Labour | Robert Guthrie (elected 2) | 28,376 | 53.0 | ||
| Labour | William Story (elected 3) | 23,083 | 43.1 | ||
| Free Trade | David Charleston (defeated) | 22,499 | 42.0 | ||
| Free Trade | William Copley | 19,402 | 36.2 | ||
| Free Trade | Robert Caldwell | 19,400 | 36.2 | ||
| Independent | Crawford Vaughan | 8,595 | 16.0 | ||
| Independent | William Grasby | 8,294 | 15.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 160,731 53,577 voters | 97.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,208 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 53,577 | 32.4 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labour | 82,541 | 51.4 | |||
| Free Trade | 61,301 | 38.1 | |||
| Independent | 16,889 | 10.5 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Revenue Tariff | Henry Dobson (re-elected 1) | 17,979 | 50.6 | ||
| Free Trade | James Macfarlane (re-elected 2) | 15,796 | 44.4 | ||
| Protectionist | Edward Mulcahy (elected 3) | 12,762 | 35.9 | ||
| Protectionist | Cyril Cameron (defeated) | 12,094 | 34.0 | ||
| Labour | Milner Macmaster | 11,333 | 31.9 | ||
| Labour | Charles Metz | 9,776 | 27.5 | ||
| Labour | James Mahoney | 8,728 | 24.6 | ||
| Revenue Tariff | Stafford Bird | 7,331 | 20.6 | ||
| Free Trade | James Waldron | 6,776 | 19.1 | ||
| Free Trade | Edward Miles | 4,062 | 11.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 106,637 35,546 voters | 96.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,441 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 36,987 | 45.0 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labour | 29,837 | 28.0 | |||
| Free Trade | 26,634 | 25.0 | |||
| Revenue Tariff | 25,310 | 23.7 | |||
| Protectionist | 24,856 | 23.3 | |||
There were four vacancies in Victoria due to the death of Sir Frederick Sargood. Robert Reid (Free Trade) had filled the seat in the interim, with the fourth senator elected serving the balance of Sargood's term ending on 31 December 1906. Each elector voted for up to four candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hugh de Largie (re-elected 1) | 19,644 | 63.1 | ||
| Labour | George Henderson (elected 2) | 18,414 | 59.1 | ||
| Labour | John Croft (elected 3) | 17,464 | 56.1 | ||
| Free Trade | Henry Saunders (defeated) | 9,979 | 32.0 | ||
| Protectionist | Michael Cavanagh | 8,892 | 28.5 | ||
| Free Trade | William Martin | 7,109 | 22.8 | ||
| Free Trade | Herbert Preston | 6,126 | 19.7 | ||
| Protectionist | Samuel Moore | 5,818 | 18.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 93,446 ~31,000 voters | ~98 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,001 | ~2 | |||
| Turnout | ~33000 | ~27 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labour | 55,522 | 59.4 | |||
| Free Trade | 23,214 | 24.8 | |||
| Protectionist | 14,710 | 15.7 | |||
Francis Patrick Vincent McManus, Australian politician, was the last leader of the parliamentary Democratic Labor Party and a prominent figure in Australian politics for 30 years.
This is a list of the members of the Australian Senate in the First Australian Parliament, which was elected on 29 March 1901. There were 36 senators in this initial parliament. Terms were deemed to start on 1 January 1901. In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution, the Senate resolved that in each State the three senators who received the most votes would sit for a six-year term, finishing on 31 December 1906 while the other half would sit for a three-year term, finishing on 31 December 1903. The process for filing of casual vacancies was complex, with an initial appointment followed by an election. The status of political parties varied, being national, State based, and informal.
The 1903 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 16 December 1903. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Protectionist Party minority government led by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin retained the most House of Representatives seats of the three parties and retained government with the parliamentary support of the Labour Party led by Chris Watson. The Free Trade Party led by George Reid remained in opposition.
The 1906 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 12 December 1906. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Protectionist Party minority government led by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin retained government, despite winning the fewest House of Representatives votes and seats of the three parties. Parliamentary support was provided by the Labour Party led by Chris Watson, while the Anti-Socialist Party, led by George Reid, remained in opposition.
Robert Reid was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Leven, Fife, he migrated to Australia, arriving in Hobson's Bay on the Ralph Waller from Liverpool on 7 April 1855, the ship having struck an iceberg near the Island of Desolation. He worked in the retail trade before becoming a businessman.
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Melbourne in Victoria on 30 March 1904. This was triggered by the Chief Justice of the High Court declaring invalid the election of Sir Malcolm McEacharn to the seat in the 1903 federal election. The writ for the by-election was issued by the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives on 15 March 1904.
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1901 federal election. Senators total 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist, and eight Labour. The terms were deemed to start on 1 January 1901. In each state, the first three elected received full six-year terms, and the three senators elected with the lowest number of votes retire after three years.
Blundell v Vardon, was the first of three decisions of the High Court of Australia concerning the 1906 election for senators for South Australia. Sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, Barton J held that the election of Anti-Socialist Party candidate Joseph Vardon as the third senator for South Australia was void due to irregularities in the way the returning officers marked some votes. The Parliament of South Australia appointed James O'Loghlin. Vardon sought to have the High Court compel the governor of South Australia to hold a supplementary election, however the High Court held in R v Governor of South Australia; Ex parte Vardon that it had no power to do so. Vardon then petitioned the Senate seeking to remove O'Loghlin and rather than decide the issue, the Senate referred the matter to the High Court. The High Court held in Vardon v O'Loghlin that O'Loghlin had been invalidly appointed and ordered a supplementary election. Vardon and O'Loghlin both contested the supplementary election, with Vardon winning with 54% of the vote.
Chanter v Blackwood and the related case of Maloney v McEacharn were a series of decisions of the High Court of Australia, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns arising from the 1903 federal election for the seats of Riverina and Melbourne in the House of Representatives. Chanter v Blackwood , and Maloney v McEacharn , determined questions of law as to the validity of certain votes. In Chanter v Blackwood Griffith CJ held that 91 votes were invalid and because this exceeded the majority, the election was void, while Chanter v Blackwood dealt with questions of costs. In Maloney v McEacharn more than 300 votes were found to be invalid and the parties agreed it was appropriate for the election to be declared void.
The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1906 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 January 1907.
The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1910 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 July 1910.
The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1913 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 July 1913.
The 5 September 1914 election was a double dissolution election which meant all 36 seats in the Senate were up for election, with each Australian states electing six members, with half to serve a six-year term and the rest to serve a three year term. Terms were taken to have commenced on 1 July 1914. The Senate resolved that in each State the three senators who received the most votes would sit for a six-year term, finishing on 30 June 1920 while the other half would sit for a three-year term, finishing on 30 June 1917.
The National Liberal Union of Queensland, also referred to simply as the Liberals, was an Australian protectionist organisation that was active in the early 1900s. It endorsed candidates at elections and provided extra-parliamentary support for anti-Labour politics.
This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in Victoria since Federation in 1901.
This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in Western Australia since Federation in 1901.
This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in South Australia since Federation in 1901.
This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in Tasmania since Federation in 1901.
This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in Queensland since Federation in 1901.
This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in New South Wales since Federation in 1901.
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