1903 Australian Senate election

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1903 Australian Senate election
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19 of the 36 seats in the Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Gregor McGregor1.jpg Portrait of Sir Josiah Symon (cropped).jpg
Leader Gregor McGregor Josiah Symon
Party Labor Free Trade
Leader's seat South Australia South Australia
Seats before717
Seats won104
Seats after1414
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote784,859986,030
Percentage27.33%34.33%
SwingIncrease2.svg13.88ppDecrease2.svg5.11pp
 Third partyFourth party
  Thomas Playford - Hammer & Co (cropped).jpg Henry Dobson 1901 (cropped).jpg
Leader Tom Playford Henry Dobson
Party Protectionist Revenue Tariff
Leader's seat South Australia Tasmania
Seats before10—
Seats won31
Seats after71
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3New
Popular vote503,58625,310
Percentage17.53%0.88%
SwingDecrease2.svg27.33ppNew

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.

Contents

Australia

This section is an excerpt from 1903 Australian federal election § Senate.[ edit ]
1903 Australian federal election: Senate (FPTP BV)
1903 Australian Senate Results.svg
PartyVotes %±Seats
Seats
won		Seats
held		Seat
change
  Free Trade 986,03034.33−5.11412Decrease2.svg 3
  Labour 784,85927.33+13.8338Increase2.svg 4
  Protectionist 503,58617.53−27.3338Decrease2.svg 3
  National Liberal Union 136,7274.76+4.7600Steady2.svg
  Socialist Labor 69,7692.43+1.4100Steady2.svg
  Revenue Tariff 25,3100.88+0.8811Increase2.svg 1
  Independent 365,85112.74−8.6011Increase2.svg 1
 Formal votes2,872,132
 Total
 Registered voters / turnout1,893,58646.86

New South Wales

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1903 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Neild (re-elected 1)192,98761.6
Free Trade Edward Pulsford (re-elected 2)191,17061.0
Free Trade John Gray (elected 3)188,86060.3
Labour Arthur Griffith 108,31234.6
Protectionist Nathaniel Collins66,76321.3
Protectionist John Cunneen60,20019.2
Socialist Labor Andrew Thomson25,9768.3
Socialist Labor James Moroney259248.3
Independent Henry Fletcher23,5557.5
Independent Mary Bentley 19,2546.1
Ind. Free Trade Nellie Martel 18,8466.0
Socialist Labor Herbert Drake17,8705.7
Total formal votes939,717
313,239 voters		95.2
Informal votes15,7404.8
Turnout 328,97947.9
Party total votes
Free Trade 573,01761.0
Protectionist 126,96313.5
Labour 108,31211.5
Socialist Labor 69,7707.4
Independent 61,6556.6

Queensland

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Turley (elected 1)66,07455.1
Labour James Stewart (re-elected 2)64,07753.5
Labour Thomas Givens (elected 3)62,08851.8
Liberal Walter Tunbridge 47,92740.0
Liberal John Bartholomew 47,08139.2
Liberal John Murray 41,71934.8
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Glassey (defeated)30,72025.6
Total formal votes359,623
119,895 voters		96.3
Informal votes4,6123.7
Turnout 124,50754.8
Party total votes
Labour 192,23953.5
Liberal 136,66438.0
Independent 30,7208.5

South Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1903 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gregor McGregor (re-elected 1)31,08258.0
Labour Robert Guthrie (elected 2)28,37653.0
Labour William Story (elected 3)23,08343.1
Free Trade David Charleston (defeated)22,49942.0
Free Trade William Copley 19,40236.2
Free Trade Robert Caldwell 19,40036.2
Independent Crawford Vaughan 8,59516.0
Independent William Grasby 8,29415.5
Total formal votes160,731
53,577 voters		97.8
Informal votes1,2082.2
Turnout 53,57732.4
Party total votes
Labour 82,54151.4
Free Trade 61,30138.1
Independent 16,88910.5

Tasmania

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Revenue Tariff Henry Dobson (re-elected 1)17,97950.6
Free Trade James Macfarlane (re-elected 2)15,79644.4
Protectionist Edward Mulcahy (elected 3)12,76235.9
Protectionist Cyril Cameron (defeated)12,09434.0
Labour Milner Macmaster11,33331.9
Labour Charles Metz 9,77627.5
Labour James Mahoney8,72824.6
Revenue Tariff Stafford Bird 7,33120.6
Free Trade James Waldron6,77619.1
Free Trade Edward Miles 4,06211.4
Total formal votes106,637
35,546 voters		96.1
Informal votes1,4413.9
Turnout 36,98745.0
Party total votes
Labour 29,83728.0
Free Trade 26,63425.0
Revenue Tariff 25,31023.7
Protectionist 24,85623.3

Victoria

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.

1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour William Trenwith   [a] (elected 1)102,38233.4
Protectionist Robert Best (re-elected 2)97,69331.9
Labour Edward Findley (elected 3)88,61428.9
Protectionist James Styles (re-elected 4)85,28727.8
Free Trade Sir John McIntyre 84,69927.6
Free Trade Frederick Derham 81,91226.7
Labour Robert Solly 80,59326.3
Labour Stephen Barker 76,03924.8
Free Trade John Templeton 74,06224.2
Labour John Lemmon 73,24523.9
Free Trade Edmund Smith 71,87523.5
Protectionist John Dow 68,12322.2
Protectionist John Barrett (defeated)64,34621.0
Ind. Protectionist William McCulloch 58,28419.0
Ind. Protectionist Vida Goldstein 51,49716.8
Ind. Protectionist Sir Bryan O'Loghlen 27,1608.9
Ind. Protectionist George Wise 21,0566.9
Ind. Free Trade Henry Williams 19,0616.2
Total formal votes1,225,928
306,482 voters		97.8
Informal votes7,0032.2
Turnout 313,48551.2
Party total votes
Labour 318,49126.0
Protectionist 315,44925.7
Free Trade 312,54825.5
Ind. Protectionist 157,99712.9
Independent Labour 102,3828.4
Ind. Free Trade 19,0611.6

Western Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh de Largie (re-elected 1)19,64463.1
Labour George Henderson (elected 2)18,41459.1
Labour John Croft (elected 3)17,46456.1
Free Trade Henry Saunders (defeated)9,97932.0
Protectionist Michael Cavanagh 8,89228.5
Free Trade William Martin7,10922.8
Free Trade Herbert Preston6,12619.7
Protectionist Samuel Moore 5,81818.7
Total formal votes93,446
~31,000 voters		≈98
Informal votes2,001≈2
Turnout ≈33000≈27
Party total votes
Labour 55,52259.4
Free Trade 23,21424.8
Protectionist 14,71015.7

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ William Trenwith, was a former trade union official and leader of the Victorian Labour Party who was an independent because of his refusal to pledge to vote as directed by the Labour Party. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "The Senate Poll: complete figures". The Sydney Morning Herald . 4 January 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2021– via Trove.
  2. ↑ "Polling for Senators: declaration of results". The Telegraph . Brisbane. 20 January 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 13 June 2021– via Trove.
  3. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1903 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
  4. ↑ "The Senate: declaration of the Poll". The Mercury . Hobart. 31 December 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 13 June 2021– via Trove.
  5. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1903 Senate Tasmania". Psephos.
  6. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1903 Senate Victoria". Psephos.
  7. ↑ Scates, B. "Trenwith, William Arthur (Billy) (1846–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1903 Senate Western Australia". Psephos.
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