Results of the 1906 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

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Australian federal election, 12 December 1906 [1]
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Enrolled voters2,109,562
Votes cast1,001,593 Turnout 47.48+8.43
Informal votes49,904Informal4.98+2.48
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labour 348,71236.64%+6.86%26+4
  Anti-Socialist 345,78136.33%+4.60%26+2
  Protectionist 155,99116.39%–12.84%16–10
  Western Australian 22,1542.33%+2.33%2+2
  Independent 79,0518.31%–0.46%5+3
Total951,689  75 

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1906 federal election.

New South Wales

1906 Australian federal election (New South Wales)
Flag of New South Wales.svg
  1903 12 December 1906 1910  

All 27 New South Wales seats in the House of Representatives
Registered737,599
 First partySecond partyThird party
  George Reid crop.jpg John Christian Watson.jpg Portrait of Alfred Deakin seated at his desk (cropped).jpg
Leader George Reid Chris Watson Alfred Deakin
Party Anti-Socialist Labour Protectionist
Last election16 seats7 seats3 seats
Seats won11115
Seat changeDecrease2.svg5Increase2.svg4Increase2.svg2
Popular vote172,594133,09134,700
Percentage49.93%38.50%15.18%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.82Increase2.svg17.21Decrease2.svg11.38

Barrier

1906 Australian federal election: Barrier
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josiah Thomas 5,60274.5−7.5
Anti-Socialist George Marshall1,91925.5+25.5
Total formal votes7,52195.8
Informal votes3114.2
Turnout 7,83231.1
Labour hold Swing −7.5

Calare

1906 Australian federal election: Calare
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Brown 6,75950.7
Anti-Socialist John Fitzpatrick 6,56549.3
Total formal votes13,32497.1
Informal votes3932.9
Turnout 13,71751.7
Labour hold Swing

Cook

1906 Australian federal election: Cook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Catts 8,56353.0
Anti-Socialist John Hindle 7,59147.0
Total formal votes16,15497.2
Informal votes4702.8
Turnout 14,72552.5
Labour hold Swing

Cowper

1906 Australian federal election: Cowper
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist John Thomson 4,79443.1+6.1
Anti-Socialist Henry Lee 4,60241.4−21.6
Independent Eugene Rudder1,31611.8+11.8
Labour John O'Brien3993.6+3.6
Total formal votes11,11196.5
Informal votes4043.5
Turnout 11,51541.7
Protectionist gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +13.9

Dalley

1906 Australian federal election: Dalley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist William Wilks 9,86352.7−22.2
Labour Robert Howe 8,85047.3+47.3
Total formal votes18,71397.5
Informal votes4812.5
Turnout 19,19463.9
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −22.2

Darling

1906 Australian federal election: Darling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Spence 6,35657.9−0.3
Anti-Socialist Denis Acton4,62642.1+0.3
Total formal votes10,98295.4
Informal votes5324.6
Turnout 11,51443.9
Labour hold Swing −0.3

East Sydney

1906 Australian federal election: East Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist George Reid 7,22954.9-6.4
Labour John West 5,93645.1+12.5
Total formal votes13,16598.0
Informal votes2752.0
Turnout 13,44049.0
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -9.5

Eden-Monaro

1906 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Austin Chapman 7,97967.8-32.2
Anti-Socialist John Longmuir3,78932.2+32.2
Total formal votes11,76895.4
Informal votes5714.6
Turnout 12,33952.6
Protectionist hold Swing -32.2

Gwydir

1906 Australian federal election: Gwydir
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Webster 7,11853.3-0.2
Anti-Socialist Thomas Cunningham6,24646.7+16.0
Total formal votes13,36496.8
Informal votes4423.2
Turnout 13,80653.6
Labour hold Swing -8.1

Hume

1906 Australian federal election: Hume
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Sir William Lyne 9,22361.7+1.7
Anti-Socialist James Gibb 5,72738.3−1.7
Total formal votes14,95098.2
Informal votes2741.8
Turnout 15,22460.8
Protectionist hold Swing +1.7

Hunter

1906 Australian federal election: Hunter
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Frank Liddell 6,84350.8-8.5
Labour William Kearsley 6,61749.2+41.2
Total formal votes13,46097.7
Informal votes3142.3
Turnout 13,77451.4
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -12.5

Illawarra

1906 Australian federal election: Illawarra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist George Fuller 9,72663.8-36.2
Labour George Holt5,52836.2+36.2
Total formal votes15,25496.9
Informal votes4863.1
Turnout 15,74059.6
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -36.2

Lang

1906 Australian federal election: Lang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Elliot Johnson 11,13870.4+19.7
Labour Edward Bennetts4,67729.6+11.2
Total formal votes15,81597.2
Informal votes4582.8
Turnout 16,27356.3
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +9.2

Macquarie

1906 Australian federal election: Macquarie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Carr 7,12151.3+51.3
Anti-Socialist Sydney Smith 6,76048.7-5.3
Total formal votes13,88196.4
Informal votes5203.6
Turnout 14,40158.7
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +51.3

Nepean

1906 Australian federal election: Nepean
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Eric Bowden 9,74960.6
Labour Charles Dyer5,47134.0
Ind. Anti-Socialist Thomas Taylor 8575.3
Total formal votes16,07796.0
Informal votes6774.0
Turnout 16,75456.4
Anti-Socialist hold Swing

Newcastle

1906 Australian federal election: Newcastle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Watkins 11,95267.2+4.7
Anti-Socialist John Hawthorne 5,83332.8-4.7
Total formal votes17,78597.4
Informal votes4792.6
Turnout 18,26461.3
Labour hold Swing +4.7

New England

1906 Australian federal election: New England
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Foster 7,63151.8+51.8
Anti-Socialist Edmund Lonsdale 7,09948.2-3.7
Total formal votes14,73096.5
Informal votes5383.5
Turnout 15,26854.6
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +51.8

North Sydney

1906 Australian federal election: North Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Dugald Thomson unopposed
Anti-Socialist hold Swing

Parkes

1906 Australian federal election: Parkes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Bruce Smith 11,17878.2+4.3
Ind. Anti-Socialist Hampton Slatyer3,11421.8+21.8
Total formal votes14,29295.7
Informal votes6474.3
Turnout 14,93949.6
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +0.4

Parramatta

1906 Australian federal election: Parramatta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Joseph Cook unopposed
Anti-Socialist hold Swing

Richmond

1906 Australian federal election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Ewing 6,04276.4+3.8
Anti-Socialist John Sutton1,86923.6-3.8
Total formal votes7,91196.8
Informal votes2603.2
Turnout 8,17131.5
Protectionist hold Swing +3.8

Riverina

1906 Australian federal election: Riverina
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist John Chanter 6,66254.1+4.1
Anti-Socialist John Jackson5,65845.9-4.1
Total formal votes12,32095.3
Informal votes6014.7
Turnout 12,92151.9
Protectionist hold Swing +4.1

Robertson

1906 Australian federal election: Robertson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Henry Willis 7,19957.0-6.5
Labour William Johnson 5,44143.0+43.0
Total formal votes12,64096.9
Informal votes4053.1
Turnout 13,04549.6
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -6.5

South Sydney

1906 Australian federal election: South Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Watson 10,34756.4+12.4
Anti-Socialist James Graham 8,00643.6-12.4
Total formal votes18,35397.5
Informal votes4792.5
Turnout 18,83263.9
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +12.4

Wentworth

1906 Australian federal election: Wentworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Willie Kelly 10,50573.2+1.4
Labour William Duncan3,84626.8+26.8
Total formal votes14,35195.3
Informal votes7014.7
Turnout 15,05252.8
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +1.4

Werriwa

1906 Australian federal election: Werriwa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Hall 7,31651.8+20.5
Anti-Socialist Alfred Conroy 6,81848.2−20.5
Total formal votes14,13496.5
Informal votes5183.5
Turnout 14,65257.2
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +20.5

West Sydney

1906 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Hughes 7,56155.5-14.4
Anti-Socialist James Burns 6,05644.5+14.4
Total formal votes13,61796.7
Informal votes4693.3
Turnout 14,08650.1
Labour hold Swing -14.4

Victoria

1906 Australian federal election (Victoria)
Flag of Victoria (1901-1952).svg
  1903 12 December 1906 1910  

All 22 Victorian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered672,054
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Portrait of Alfred Deakin seated at his desk (cropped).jpg George Reid crop.jpg John Christian Watson.jpg
LeaderAlfred Deakin George Reid Chris Watson
Party Protectionist Anti-Socialist Labour
Last election16 seats5 seats2 seats
Seats won864
Seat changeDecrease2.svg8Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg2
Popular vote107,51583,158111,626
Percentage29.32%22.67%30.44%
SwingDecrease2.svg12.02Increase2.svg1.23Increase2.svg3.49

Balaclava

1906 Australian federal election: Balaclava
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Protectionist Agar Wynne 6,95741.8+41.8
Ind. Anti-Socialist Joseph Hewison5,65133.9+33.9
Labour Alfred Hampson 3,26319.6+19.6
Protectionist Edward Roberts7864.7−95.3
Total formal votes16,65797.5
Informal votes4312.5
Turnout 17,08854.0
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist Swing +41.8

Ballaarat

1906 Australian federal election: Ballaarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Alfred Deakin 12,33166.2−33.8
Labour James Scullin 6,30533.8+33.8
Total formal votes18,63697.8
Informal votes4122.2
Turnout 19,04862.5
Protectionist hold Swing −33.8

Batman

1906 Australian federal election: Batman
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Jabez Coon 7,09850.0+50.0
Labour Robert Solly 6,61746.6+46.6
Independent Samuel Painter3302.3+2.3
Ind. Protectionist Roy Vernon1511.1+1.1
Total formal votes14,19695.0
Informal votes7435.0
Turnout 14,93948.8
Protectionist win(new seat)

Bendigo

1906 Australian federal election: Bendigo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Protectionist Sir John Quick 9,61751.7+51.7
Labour Thomas Glass 8,96948.3+29.9
Total formal votes18,58697.5
Informal votes4672.5
Turnout 19,05359.1
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist Swing +51.7

Bourke

1906 Australian federal election: Bourke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist James Hume Cook 10,74552.2+9.8
Labour Randolph Bedford 8,01638.9+0.1
Anti-Socialist Joseph Molden1,8358.9+8.9
Total formal votes20,59697.1
Informal votes6242.9
Turnout 21,22063.1
Protectionist hold Swing +4.9

Corangamite

1906 Australian federal election: Corangamite
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Gratton Wilson 7,47543.9+8.7
Protectionist Desmond Dunne5,23730.8+8.1
Labour Thomas Carey4,30625.3+25.3
Total formal votes17,01895.7
Informal votes7654.3
Turnout 17,78361.3
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +4.4

Corio

1906 Australian federal election: Corio
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Richard Crouch 10,13555.0+9.5
Anti-Socialist James McCay 8,28845.0+8.2
Total formal votes18,43296.8
Informal votes6123.2
Turnout 19,03562.0
Protectionist hold Swing +0.2

Echuca

1906 Australian federal election: Echuca
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Albert Palmer 7,65650.1+13.4
Protectionist Thomas Kennedy 7,62449.9-13.4
Total formal votes15,28094.6
Informal votes8675.4
Turnout 16,14755.3
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +13.4

Fawkner

1906 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Protectionist George Fairbairn 12,21260.5+60.5
Labour Thomas Smith 6,62132.8+32.8
Protectionist John Miller1,3606.7+6.7
Total formal votes20,19396.4
Informal votes7593.6
Turnout 20,95257.3
Ind. Protectionist win(new seat)

Flinders

1906 Australian federal election: Flinders
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist William Irvine 7,62151.5+15.2
Protectionist Arthur Nichols 7,18448.5+21.2
Total formal votes14,80595.7
Informal votes6594.3
Turnout 15,46454.3
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -3.0

Gippsland

1906 Australian federal election: Gippsland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist George Wise 7,82550.3-49.7
Anti-Socialist Allan McLean 7,72849.7+49.7
Total formal votes15,55396.3
Informal votes6013.7
Turnout 16,15455.2
Protectionist hold Swing -49.7

Grampians

1906 Australian federal election: Grampians
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Hans Irvine 7,59855.8+19.5
Labour Edward Grayndler 6,01344.2+18.3
Total formal votes13,61195.6
Informal votes6334.4
Turnout 14,24450.5
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +3.2

Indi

1906 Australian federal election: Indi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Joseph Brown 6,80144.4+44.4
Labour Daniel Turnbull5,98639.0+39.0
Protectionist Thomas McInerney 2,54616.6+16.6
Total formal votes15,33394.6
Informal votes8725.4
Turnout 16,20555.0
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +44.4

Kooyong

1906 Australian federal election: Kooyong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist William Knox 12,01858.7+5.9
Protectionist Robert Barbour 7,09334.7−12.5
Labour Edward Hodges1,3586.6+6.6
Total formal votes20,46996.8
Informal votes6763.2
Turnout 21,14562.8
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +9.2

Laanecoorie

1906 Australian federal election: Laanecoorie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Carty Salmon 5,20437.5-37.1
Labour William Rowe4,46632.2+32.2
Anti-Socialist Walter Grose 4,20630.3+4.9
Total formal votes13,87694.0
Informal votes8816.0
Turnout 14,75753.5
Protectionist hold Swing -21.9

Maribyrnong

1906 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Samuel Mauger 11,10956.9
Labour Clement Davidson8,40743.1
Total formal votes19,51695.9
Informal votes8394.1
Turnout 20,35560.9
Protectionist win(new seat)

Melbourne

1906 Australian federal election: Melbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Maloney 9,22860.4+10.6
Ind. Protectionist William Lormer6,05639.6+39.6
Total formal votes15,28496.5
Informal votes5613.5
Turnout 15,84551.0
Labour hold Swing +10.6

Melbourne Ports

1906 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Mathews 6,81340.6-1.3
Protectionist Edward Watts5,93235.4-20.1
Independent Labour James Ronald 3,21519.2+19.2
Ind. Anti-Socialist Cyril James8024.8+4.8
Total formal votes16,76295.9
Informal votes7144.1
Turnout 17,47655.9
Labour gain from Protectionist Swing +9.4

Mernda

1906 Australian federal election: Mernda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Robert Harper 5,30636.5-16.5
Labour James Kenneally 3,96227.2+27.2
Anti-Socialist John Leckie 3,75325.8-3.0
Ind. Protectionist Richard O'Neill 1,53410.5+10.5
Total formal votes14,55595.4
Informal votes7024.6
Turnout 15,25752.3
Protectionist hold Swing -7.4

Wannon

1906 Australian federal election: Wannon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McDougall 9,15152.8+15.2
Anti-Socialist Arthur Robinson 8,17947.2+3.8
Total formal votes17,33096.3
Informal votes6643.7
Turnout 17,99463.8
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +5.7

Wimmera

1906 Australian federal election: Wimmera
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Protectionist Sydney Sampson 7,91151.6+14.6
Labour Richard Taffe3,55423.2+23.2
Ind. Anti-Socialist Max Hirsch 2,00213.0+13.0
Ind. Protectionist Herman Brauer1,73711.3+11.3
Ind. Anti-Socialist William Leslie1420.9+0.9
Total formal votes15,34696.5
Informal votes5603.5
Turnout 15,90657.0
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist Swing +14.6

Yarra

1906 Australian federal election: Yarra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Tudor 8,59158.3-9.9
Ind. Protectionist Richard Vale 5,77639.2+39.2
Independent Labour George Roberts 3582.4+2.4
Total formal votes14,72596.9
Informal votes4733.1
Turnout 15,19850.2
Labour hold Swing -8.6

Queensland

1906 Australian federal election (Queensland)
Flag of Queensland (1901-1963).svg
  1903 12 December 1906 1910  

All 9 Queensland seats in the House of Representatives
Registered271,109
 First partySecond partyThird party
  George Reid crop.jpg John Christian Watson.jpg Portrait of Alfred Deakin seated at his desk (cropped).jpg
Leader George Reid Chris Watson Alfred Deakin
Party Anti-Socialist Labour Protectionist
Last election6 seats2 seats
Seats won441
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote60,59951,2317,440
Percentage50.81%42.95%6.24%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.58Decrease2.svg33.31

Brisbane

1906 Australian federal election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Justin Foxton 8,20061.3+61.3
Labour Millice Culpin 5,18738.7−8.1
Total formal votes13,38796.7
Informal votes4553.3
Turnout 13,84239.7
Anti-Socialist gain from Labour Swing +13.4

Capricornia

1906 Australian federal election: Capricornia
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Edward Archer 7,89255.6+25.1
Labour David Thomson 6,30444.4−5.2
Total formal votes14,19696.4
Informal votes5293.6
Turnout 14,72552.5
Anti-Socialist gain from Labour Swing +15.2

Darling Downs

1906 Australian federal election: Darling Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Littleton Groom 7,44065.1-34.9
Anti-Socialist Horace Ransome3,99134.9+34.9
Total formal votes11,43195.9
Informal votes4884.1
Turnout 11,91937.8
Protectionist hold Swing -34.9

Herbert

1906 Australian federal election: Herbert
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Bamford 8,15152.9-4.9
Anti-Socialist Walter Tunbridge 7,25547.1+47.1
Total formal votes15,40695.3
Informal votes7644.7
Turnout 16,17050.8
Labour hold Swing -4.9

Kennedy

1906 Australian federal election: Kennedy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles McDonald 6,46257.8-11.9
Anti-Socialist Frederick Johnson4,71142.2+11.9
Total formal votes11,17393.0
Informal votes8457.0
Turnout 12,01848.4
Labour hold Swing -11.9

Maranoa

1906 Australian federal election: Maranoa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Page 6,59968.8-6.2
Anti-Socialist Joseph Little2,98931.2+6.2
Total formal votes9,58894.2
Informal votes5935.8
Turnout 10,18141.2
Labour hold Swing -6.2

Moreton

1906 Australian federal election: Moreton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Hugh Sinclair 10,05562.5+18.3
Labour James Wilkinson 6,03837.5+37.5
Total formal votes16,09396.9
Informal votes5143.1
Turnout 16,60752.4
Anti-Socialist gain from Independent Labour Swing +18.3

Oxley

1906 Australian federal election: Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Richard Edwards 8,72266.6+66.6
Labour Alfred Merry4,37233.4-14.3
Total formal votes13,09495.4
Informal votes6354.6
Turnout 13,72939.7
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +14.3

Wide Bay

1906 Australian federal election: Wide Bay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Fisher 8,11854.5-6.7
Anti-Socialist Jasper Harvey6,78445.5+6.7
Total formal votes14,90297.5
Informal votes3892.5
Turnout 15,29152.7
Labour hold Swing -6.7

South Australia

1906 Australian federal election (South Australia)
Flag of South Australia.svg
  1903 12 December 1906 1910  

All 7 South Australian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered193,118
 First partySecond partyThird party
  John Christian Watson.jpg George Reid crop.jpg Portrait of Alfred Deakin seated at his desk (cropped).jpg
Leader Chris Watson George Reid Alfred Deakin
Party Labour Anti-Socialist Protectionist
Last election2 seats2 seats2 seats
Seats won321
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote11,84512,080N/A
Percentage38.34%39.10%N/A
SwingDecrease2.svg21.81Increase2.svg14.57

Adelaide

1906 Australian federal election: Adelaide
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Charles Kingston unopposed
Protectionist hold Swing

Angas

1906 Australian federal election: Angas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Paddy Glynn 5,54663.6−36.4
Labour Alexander Day3,17736.4+36.4
Total formal votes8,27394.5
Informal votes5035.5
Turnout 9,22634.1
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −36.4

Barker

1906 Australian federal election: Barker
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist John Livingston 6,53458.1+58.1
Labour Roland Campbell4,71541.9+41.9
Total formal votes11,24995.3
Informal votes5594.7
Turnout 11,80844.2
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +58.1

Boothby

1906 Australian federal election: Boothby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee Batchelor unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Grey

1906 Australian federal election: Grey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Poynton unopposed
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing

Hindmarsh

1906 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hutchison unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield

1906 Australian federal election: Wakefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sir Frederick Holder 6,97263.8-36.2
Labour John Vaughan 3,95336.2+36.2
Total formal votes10,92595.1
Informal votes5604.9
Turnout 11,48541.7
Independent hold Swing -36.2

Western Australia

1906 Australian federal election (Western Australia)
Flag of Western Australia (1870-1953).svg
  1903 12 December 1906 1910  

All 5 Western Australian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered145,473
 First partySecond party
  John Christian Watson.jpg JohnForrest1909.jpg
Leader Chris Watson John Forrest
Party Labour Western Australian
Last election4 seats
Seats won32
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg2
Popular vote28,33422,154
Percentage56.12%43.88
SwingDecrease2.svg10.80

Coolgardie

1906 Australian federal election: Coolgardie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Mahon 6,80673.1−26.9
Western Australian John Archibald2,50326.9+26.9
Total formal votes9,30996.1
Informal votes3763.9
Turnout 9,68533.3
Labour hold Swing −26.9

Fremantle

1906 Australian federal election: Fremantle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Western Australian William Hedges 4,79850.9+12.2
Labour William Carpenter 4,62949.1-12.2
Total formal votes9,42792.9
Informal votes7187.1
Turnout 10,14537.5
Western Australian gain from Labour Swing +12.2

Kalgoorlie

1906 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlie Frazer 7,71579.0+12.4
Western Australian William Burton2,05121.0-12.4
Total formal votes9,76696.7
Informal votes3383.3
Turnout 10,10436.2
Labour hold Swing +12.4

Perth

1906 Australian federal election: Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Fowler 4,89252.7-20.1
Western Australian Edward Thurstan4,38447.3+20.1
Total formal votes9,27696.7
Informal votes3433.6
Turnout 9,61930.0
Labour hold Swing -20.1

Swan

1906 Australian federal election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Western Australian Sir John Forrest 8,41866.2-33.8
Labour Peter O'Loghlen 4,29233.8+33.8
Total formal votes12,71096.6
Informal votes4533.4
Turnout 13,16345.0
Western Australian hold Swing -33.8

Tasmania

1906 Australian federal election (Tasmania)
Flag of Tasmania.svg
  1903 12 December 1906 1910  

All 5 Tasmanian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered90,209
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader George Reid Chris Watson Alfred Deakin
Party Anti-Socialist Labour Protectionist
Last election1 seat1 seat2 seats
Seats won311
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote17,35012,5856,336
Percentage44.93%32.59%16.41%
SwingIncrease2.svg12.71Increase2.svg20.08Decrease2.svg24.96

Bass

1906 Australian federal election: Bass
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist David Storrer 5,82662.3+5.6
Anti-Socialist William Oldham3,52237.7−5.6
Total formal votes9,34896.1
Informal votes3803.9
Turnout 9,72852.2
Protectionist hold Swing +5.6

Darwin

1906 Australian federal election: Darwin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour King O'Malley 5,21555.0+4.6
Anti-Socialist William Lamerton 3,42036.0+36.0
Ind. Anti-Socialist Henry Bannister8498.9+8.9
Total formal votes9,48495.8
Informal votes4204.2
Turnout 9,90455.3
Labour hold Swing +8.8

Denison

1906 Australian federal election: Denison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Sir Philip Fysh 6,47358.5+15.1
Labour George Burns 4,16537.6+37.6
Ind. Protectionist William Brown 4343.9+3.9
Total formal votes11,07196.6
Informal votes3913.4
Turnout 11,46260.0
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +15.1

Franklin

1906 Australian federal election: Franklin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist William McWilliams unopposed
Anti-Socialist gain from Revenue Tariff Swing

Wilmot

1906 Australian federal election: Wilmot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Llewellyn Atkinson 3,93545.2-9.7
Labour Thomas Wilson3,20536.8+36.8
Ind. Anti-Socialist Norman Cameron 1,05812.1+12.1
Protectionist Charles Fenton 5105.9-39.2
Total formal votes8,70895.7
Informal votes3924.3
Turnout 9,10053.7
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -0.7

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