1903 Australian Senate election

1903 Australian Senate election
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19 of the 36 seats in the Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Gregor McGregor Josiah Symon
Party Labor Free Trade
Leader's seat South Australia South Australia
Seats before 7 17
Seats won 10 4
Seats after 14 14
Seat change Increase4 Decrease3
Popular vote 784,859 986,030
Percentage 27.33% 34.33%
Swing Increase13.88pp Decrease5.11pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Tom Playford Henry Dobson
Party Protectionist Revenue Tariff
Leader's seat South Australia Tasmania
Seats before 10 —
Seats won 3 1
Seats after 7 1
Seat change Decrease3 New
Popular vote 503,586 25,310
Percentage 17.53% 0.88%
Swing Decrease27.33pp New

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.

Australia

This section is an excerpt from 1903 Australian federal election § Senate.[edit]
1903 Australian federal election: Senate (FPTP BV)
Party Votes % ± Seats
Seats
won 		Seats
held 		Seat
change
  Free Trade 986,030 34.33 −5.11 4 12 Decrease 3
  Labour 784,859 27.33 +13.83 3 8 Increase 4
  Protectionist 503,586 17.53 −27.33 3 8 Decrease 3
  National Liberal Union 136,727 4.76 +4.76 0 0 Steady
  Socialist Labor 69,769 2.43 +1.41 0 0 Steady
  Revenue Tariff 25,310 0.88 +0.88 1 1 Increase 1
  Independent 365,851 12.74 −8.60 1 1 Increase 1
 Formal votes 2,872,132
 Total
 Registered voters / turnout 1,893,586 46.86

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]
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

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]
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

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour William Trenwith [a] (elected 1) 102,382 33.4
Protectionist Robert Best (re-elected 2) 97,693 31.9
Labour Edward Findley (elected 3) 88,614 28.9
Protectionist James Styles (re-elected 4) 85,287 27.8
Free Trade Sir John McIntyre 84,699 27.6
Free Trade Frederick Derham 81,912 26.7
Labour Robert Solly 80,593 26.3
Labour Stephen Barker 76,039 24.8
Free Trade John Templeton 74,062 24.2
Labour John Lemmon 73,245 23.9
Free Trade Edmund Smith 71,875 23.5
Protectionist John Dow 68,123 22.2
Protectionist John Barrett (defeated) 64,346 21.0
Ind. Protectionist William McCulloch 58,284 19.0
Ind. Protectionist Vida Goldstein 51,497 16.8
Ind. Protectionist Sir Bryan O'Loghlen 27,160 8.9
Ind. Protectionist George Wise 21,056 6.9
Ind. Free Trade Henry Williams 19,061 6.2
Total formal votes 1,225,928
306,482 voters 		97.8
Informal votes 7,003 2.2
Turnout 313,485 51.2
Party total votes
Labour 318,491 26.0
Protectionist 315,449 25.7
Free Trade 312,548 25.5
Ind. Protectionist 157,997 12.9
Independent Labour 102,382 8.4
Ind. Free Trade 19,061 1.6

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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.