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.
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Socialist [lower-alpha 1] | 469,917 | 47.4 | +12.2 | 12 | 17 |  4 | |
| Labour | 384,171 | 38.7 | +11.4 | 5 | 15 | 1 | |
| Protectionist | 92,931 | 9.4 | −8.1 | 1 | 3 |  5 | |
| Total | 991,850 | 18 | 36 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 67,318 | 6.4 | –5.2 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,059,168 | 50.2 | |||||
| Registered voters | 2,109,562 | ||||||
| Source: Psephos: 1906 Senate | |||||||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Socialist | Albert Gould (re-elected 1) | 197,663 | 55.9 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | James Walker (re-elected 2) | 194,335 | 55.0 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | Edward Millen (re-elected 3) | 191,353 | 54.2 | ||
| Labour | Allan McDougall | 148,728 | 42.1 | ||
| Labour | George Clark | 146,997 | 41.6 | ||
| Labour | Greg McGirr | 138,592 | 39.2 | ||
| Socialist Labor | James Moroney | 15,941 | 4.5 | ||
| Socialist Labor | Thomas Batho | 14,316 | 4.1 | ||
| Socialist Labor | John Willcox | 12,035 | 3.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,059,960 353,320 voters | 92.7 | −2.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 28,016 | 7.3 | +2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 381,336 | 51.7 | +4.5 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Anti-Socialist | 583,351 | 55.0 | |||
| Labour | 434,317 | 41.0 | |||
| Socialist Labor | 42,292 | 4.0 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Socialist | Thomas Chataway (elected 1) | 60,738 | 51.8 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | Robert Sayers (elected 2) | 58,824 | 50.2 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | Anthony St Ledger (elected 3) | 57,687 | 49.2 | ||
| Labour | William Higgs (defeated) | 54,176 | 46.2 | ||
| Labour | James Griffith | 46,805 | 39.9 | ||
| Labour | Jens Lundager | 46,584 | 39.7 | ||
| Independent Labour | Anderson Dawson (defeated) | 26,771 | 22.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 351,585 117,195 voters | 94.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 7,344 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 124,539 | 45.9 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Anti-Socialist | 177,249 | 50.4 | |||
| Labour | 147,565 | 42.0 | |||
| Independent Labour | 26,771 | 7.6 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Socialist | Sir Josiah Symon (re-elected 1) | 33,597 | 49.6 | ||
| Labour | William Russell (elected 2) | 31,796 | 46.9 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | Joseph Vardon (elected 3) [lower-alpha 3] | 31,489 | 46.5 | ||
| Labour | Dugald Crosby | 31,455 | 46.4 | ||
| Labour | Reginald Blundell | 31,366 | 46.3 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | David Charleston | 30,608 | 45.2 | ||
| Protectionist | Thomas Playford (defeated) | 13,035 | 19.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 203,346 67,782 voters | 96.1 | −1.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,735 | 3.9 | +1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 70,517 | 36.5 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Anti-Socialist | 95,684 | 47.1 | |||
| Labour | 94,617 | 46.5 | |||
| Protectionist | 13,035 | 6.4 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Socialist | Cyril Cameron (elected 1) | 25,089 | 53.7 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | John Clemons (re-elected 2) | 24,844 | 51.1 | ||
| Protectionist | John Keating (re-elected 3) | 23,862 | 51.1 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | Norman Ewing | 23,390 | 50.1 | ||
| Labour | David O'Keefe (defeated) | 22,128 | 47.4 | ||
| Labour | James Guy | 20,748 | 44.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 140,061 46,687 voters | 95.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,192 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 48,879 | 54.2 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Anti-Socialist | 73,323 | 52.4 | |||
| Labour | 42,876 | 30.6 | |||
| Protectionist | 23,862 | 17.0 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Socialist | Sir Simon Fraser (re-elected 1) | 188,299 | 52.6 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | James McColl (elected 2) | 185,906 | 52.0 | ||
| Labour | Edward Russell (elected 3) | 131,500 | 36.8 | ||
| Labour | Tom Tunnecliffe | 131,071 | 36.6 | ||
| Protectionist | James Styles (defeated) | 116,599 | 32.6 | ||
| Anti-Socialist | Thomas Skene | 105,929 | 29.6 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Barker | 88,511 | 24.7 | ||
| Protectionist | Alexander Ramsay | 87,385 | 24.4 | ||
| Protectionist | Charles Atkins | 37,912 | 10.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,073,112 357,704 voters | 93.8 | −4.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 23,481 | 6.2 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 381,185 | 56.7 | +5.5 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Anti-Socialist | 480,134 | 44.7 | |||
| Labour | 351,082 | 32.7 | |||
| Protectionist | 241,896 | 22.5 | |||
Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Pearce (re-elected 1) | 28,852 | 58.7 | ||
| Labour | Ted Needham (elected 2) | 26,938 | 54.8 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Lynch (elected 3) | 26,270 | 47.0 | ||
| Western Australian Party | Henry Mills | 23,121 | 47.0 | ||
| Western Australian Party | Charles Clarke | 21,540 | 43.8 | ||
| Western Australian Party | Edward Wittenoom | 20,765 | 42.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 147,486 49,162 voters | 93.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 3,550 | 6.7 | |||
| Turnout | 52,712 | 36.2 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labour | 82,060 | 55.6 | |||
| Western Australian Party | 65,426 | 44.4 | |||
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.
The Court of Disputed Returns in Australia is a special jurisdiction of the High Court of Australia. The High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, hears challenges regarding the validity of federal elections. The jurisdiction is twofold: (1) on a petition to the Court by an individual with a relevant interest or by the Australian Electoral Commission, or (2) on a reference by either house of the Commonwealth Parliament. This jurisdiction was initially established by Part XVI of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902 and is now contained in Part XXII of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. Challenges regarding the validity of State elections are heard by the Supreme Court of that State as the State's Court of Disputed Returns.
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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1910 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 April 1910.
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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1907 to 1910. Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1903 election and had terms starting on 1 January 1904 and finishing on 30 June 1910; the other half were elected at the 12 December 1906 election and had terms starting on 1 January 1907 and finishing on 30 June 1913. They had an extended term as a result of the 1906 referendum, which changed Senate terms to finish on 30 June, rather than 31 December.
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Echuca on 10 July 1907. This was triggered after the result at the 1906 election, which saw Anti-Socialist candidate Albert Palmer narrowly defeat Protectionist MP Thomas Kennedy by just 32 votes. This election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns.
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.
Section 13 of the Constitution of Australia provides for three aspects of the terms of members of the Australian Senate: the timing of elections, the commencement date of their terms and for the Senate to allocate long (six-year) and short (three-year) terms following a double dissolution of the Parliament of Australia. While members of the House of Representatives and territory senators have a maximum three-year term, state senators have a fixed six-year term, subject only to the parliament being dissolved by a double dissolution.
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.
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1906 federal election.
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.
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.
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