COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== BARRIER, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, White Cliffs, Wilcannia -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,290 Votes cast: 5,493 53.4 Informal votes: 174 03.2 Formal votes: 5,319 96.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Long 670 12.6 Josiah THOMAS Lab 4,649 87.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,319 37.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Long was "comparatively unknown, and it is difficult to view his nomination seriously." (Daily Telegraph, 23 March 1901) 2. Thomas was also endorsed by the Free Trade party. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Thomas (1863-1933): Elected 1901 Born: 1863, Cornwall, England. Career: No formal education. Migrated as child. Miner, Broken Hill. President, Amalgamated Miners Association. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Alma 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Coolamon, Narrandera, Wagga Wagga, West Wyalong -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,996 Votes cast: 7,370 67.0 Informal votes: 175 02.4 Formal votes: 7,195 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Heffernan 2,271 31.6 William Lucas FT 792 11.0 Chris WATSON Lab 4,132 57.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,195 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Watson was also endorsed by the ALA. 2. Heffernan was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Christian Watson (1867-1941): Elected 1901 Born: 1867, Valparaiso, Chile (see below) Career: Primary education New Zealand. Migrated 1886. Compositor and unionist. President NSW Trades and Labor Council 1893-95. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Young 1894-1901. Leader of the Labour Party from 8 May 1901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Watson was born while the ship on which his parents were travelling was visiting Chile. His father was an Austrian sailor named Johann Tanck. His mother settled in New Zealand and later married a man named Watson. He was therefore not a British subject by birth or naturalisation and was thus ineligible for election to the NSW and Commonwealth parliaments. These facts did not become known till after his death. 2. Watson was elected Leader of the Labour Party at its first Caucus meeting when the Parliament assembled in Melbourne. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CANOBOLAS, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Forbes, Molong, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,025 Votes cast: 7,717 70.0 Informal votes: 112 01.5 Formal votes: 7,605 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas BROWN Lab 4,120 54.2 Thomas Dalveen 54 00.7 William Melville 153 02.0 Hon Bernhard Wise Prot 3,278 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,605 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Brown was also endorsed by the AFTLA. 2. Dalveen and Melville were independent protectionist candidates. 3. Wise was NSW MLA for South Sydney 1887-94, Sydney-Flinders 1894- 95, Ashfield 1898-1900, NSW MLC 1900-08. He was a prominent colonial Free Trade politician, but he had broken with Reid and was endorsed by Barton. The AFTLA retaliated by endorsing Brown. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brown (1861-1934): Elected 1901 Born: 6 October 1861, Forbes, NSW. Career: Primary education. Farmer and unionist. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Condoblin 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COWPER, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Bellingen, Grafton, Kempsey, Taree -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,802 Votes cast: 8,632 67.4 Informal votes: 112 01.3 Formal votes: 8,520 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis CLARKE Prot 3,267 38.3 Ralph Davidson FT 2,866 33.6 Hugh McKinnon 2,387 28.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,520 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McKinnon was NSW MLA for The Hastings and Manning 1891-94. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Clarke (1857-1939): Elected 1901 Born: 25 March 1857, Stroud, NSW. Career: Educated Catholic schools Bathurst. Surveyor. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for The Macleay 1893-94, The Hastings and the Macleay 1894-98, NSW MLC 1899-1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Balmain, Glebe, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,110 Votes cast: 10,964 72.6 Informal votes: 131 01.2 Formal votes: 10,833 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaiah Cohen Prot 3,081 28.4 Sydney Law Lab 2,245 20.7 William WILKS FT 5,507 50.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,833 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Law was NSW MLA for Balmain South 1894-1904, Rozelle 1904-07. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Wilks (1863-1940): Elected 1901 Born: 1863, Sydney. Career: Educated public schools. Fuel merchant and land valuer. Prominent Free Trader and land reformer. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Balmain North 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING, NSW ==================================================================== North-West NSW: Bourke, Cobar, Coonamble, Gilgandra -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,930 Votes cast: 5,092 57.0 Informal votes: 128 02.5 Formal votes: 4,964 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Bertram FT 1,537 31.0 Patrick Quinn Prot 1,221 24.6 William SPENCE Lab 2,206 44.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,964 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quinn was NSW MLA for Sydney-Bligh 1898-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901 Born: 1846, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Career: Migrated as child. No formal education. Miner and shearer. President Amalgamated Shearers Union 1886-93, General-Secretary Australian Workers Union 1894-1917. Author and Labor publicist. Father-in-law of Hon Hector Lamond MP. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Cobar 1898-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Redfern -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,253 Votes cast: 9,413 61.7 Informal votes: 313 03.3 Formal votes: 9,100 96.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cleary 517 05.7 Harry Foran 2,139 23.5 Rt Hon George REID FT 6,191 68.0 James Toomey 253 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,100 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleary and Foran were independent protectionists. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918): Elected 1901 Born: 1845, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Career: Migrated as child. Educated Scotch College, Melbourne. Clerk 1856-64. Public servant NSW 1864-80. Barrister 1879. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for East Sydney 1880-1894, King Division of Sydney 1894-1901. Minister for Public Instruction 1883-84, Premier and Treasurer 1894-99, Premier and Attorney-General 1899. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897. Leader of the Opposition from 9 May 1901 Leader of the Free Traders from 9 May 1901 Resigned seat 18 August 1903 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Reid was elected Leader of the Free Trade party at a meeting described as a Caucus. 2. Reid resigned his seat as a protest at the government's decision not to redistribute electoral boundaries following the enfranchisement of women, then contested the by-election caused by his own resignation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDEN-MONARO, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bega, Braidwood, Cooma, Milton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,665 Votes cast: 8,619 68.0 Informal votes: 127 01.5 Formal votes: 8,492 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin CHAPMAN 5,451 64.2 William Wood 3,041 35.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,492 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Chapman and Wood were both protectionists. The ALA did not endorse a candidate. 2. Wood was NSW MLA for Eden-Bombala 1894-1904, Bombala 1904-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin Chapman (1864-1926): Elected 1901 Born: 10 July 1864, Bowral, NSW. Career: Educated public school Marulan. Publican, auctioneer and businessman. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Braidwood 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Defence from 24 September 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,000 Votes cast: 6,575 50.6 Informal votes: 156 02.4 Formal votes: 6,419 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Buchanan 157 02.4 George CRUICKSHANK Prot 3,522 54.9 Edward Foxall FT 871 13.6 William Webster Lab 1,869 29.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,419 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Buchanan was an independent free trade candidate. 2. For Webster, see Gwydir 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Alexander Cruickshank (1853-1904): Elected 1901 Born: 1853, near Dubbo, NSW. Career: Educated Collegiate School, Bathurst. Grazier northern NSW from 1878. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Inverell 1889-98. Cruickshank retired in 1903. Died 12 April 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUME, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Adelong, Albury, Cootamundra, Tumut -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,872 Votes cast: 7,412 68.2 Informal votes: 88 01.2 Formal votes: 7,324 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Goddard FT 3,359 45.9 Hon Sir William LYNE Prot 3,965 54.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,324 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Lyne (1844-1913): Elected 1901 Born: 6 April 1844, Apslawn, Tasmania. Career: Educated Horton College, Ross, Tasmania. Pastoralist, Queensland, Tasmania and NSW. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for The Hume 1880-1901. Secretary for Public Works 1885, 1886-87, 1891-94, Secretary for Lands 1889, Premier and Treasurer 1899-1901. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Home Affairs 1 January 1901 to 11 August 1903 Minister for Trade and Customs from 11 August 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyne was commissioned as Prime Minister by the Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, on 19 December 1900, but he was unable to form a government and returned his commission on 21 December. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTER, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Maitland, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Edmund BARTON Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Barton (1849-1920): Elected 1901 Born: 18 January 1849, Sydney. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School and University of Sydney. Barrister. Leading federalist. Uncle of Arthur Robinson MP. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for The University of Sydney 1879, Wellington 1880-1881, East Sydney 1882-87, NSW MLC 1887-91, 1897-98, NSW MLA for Hastings and Macleay 1898-1900. Speaker 1883-87. Attorney-General 1889, 1891-93. Delegate to Federal Conventions 1891 and 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prime Minister 1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903 Minister for External Affairs 1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903 Leader of the Protectionists to 24 September 1903 Resigned seat 30 September 1903 (no by-election held) Later career: Justice of the High Court of Australia 1903-20. Died 7 January 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was no meeting to elect Barton as Leader of the Protectionists. He was the established leader of the party and this was confirmed by his commissioning as Prime Minister. He was knighted in 1902. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLAWARRA, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Nowra, Picton, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,559 Votes cast: 10,353 76.4 Informal votes: 183 01.8 Formal votes: 10,170 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George FULLER FT 5,788 56.9 Alexander Hay Prot 3,693 36.3 Andrew Lysaght 689 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,170 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Hay, see New England 1919. 2. Lysaght was NSW MLA for Illawarra 1885-87, 1891. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Warburton Fuller (1861-1940): Elected 1901 Born: 22 January 1861, Kiama, NSW. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar and University of Sydney. Barrister, Crown Prosecutor. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Kiama 1889-94. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Kogarah, Livingstone, Marrickville, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,003 Votes cast: 10,285 85.7 Informal votes: 292 02.8 Formal votes: 9,993 97.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Edwards Prot 1,801 18.0 Francis McLEAN FT 7,449 74.5 James Mitchell 111 01.1 James Watson Lab 632 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,993 28.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitchell was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Edward McLean (1863-1926): Elected 1901 Born: 1863, Sydney. Career: Primary education. Clerk, then accountant and businessman. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Marrickville 1894-1901. McLean contested Hume in 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Blayney, Cowra, Wallerawang -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,453 Votes cast: 7,261 63.4 Informal votes: 130 01.8 Formal votes: 7,131 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Ferguson Prot 3,285 46.1 Sydney SMITH FT 3,846 53.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,131 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferguson was NSW MLA for Sturt 1894-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Smith (1856-1934): Elected 1901 Born: 1856, near Penrith, NSW. Career: Educated public schools. Railways clerk, land agent, auctioneer. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for East Macquarie 1882-94, Bathurst 1894-98, Canterbury 1900. Secretary for Mines 1889-91 1894-98, Secretary for Agriculture 1894-98. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ENGLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Armidale, Glen Innes, Tamworth, Tingha -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,421 Votes cast: 9,035 67.3 Informal votes: 172 01.9 Formal votes: 8,863 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Lonsdale FT 3,955 44.6 William SAWERS Prot 4,063 45.8 George Simpson 845 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,863 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lonsdale, see New England 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bowie Stewart Sawers (1844-1916): Elected 1901 Born: 1844, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Career: Educated Scotland. Migrated 1865. Grazier with extensive holdings. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Bourke 1885-86, Tamworth 1898-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== Central North NSW: Hamilton, Mereweather, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,529 Votes cast: 11,880 71.9 Informal votes: 218 01.8 Formal votes: 11,662 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bailey 95 00.8 Owen Gilbert FT 4,072 34.9 David WATKINS Lab 7,495 64.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,662 14.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The enrolment figure comes from the Newcastle Morning Herald. 2. Bailey was an independent Labour candidate 3. Gilbert was NSW MLA for Newcastle West 1901-04, Newcastle 1907-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Watkins (1865-1935): Elected 1901 Born: 5 May 1865, Wallsend, NSW. Career: Primary education. Coalminer. Secretary Miners Union 1891. President NSW Labor Federation 1897. Father of David Oliver Watkins MP. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Wallsend 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Crows Nest, Gordon, Manly, Mosman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,100 Votes cast: 11,044 73.1 Informal votes: 145 01.3 Formal votes: 10,899 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Clark 4,315 39.6 Dugald THOMSON FT 6,584 60.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,899 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark was NSW MLA for St Leonards 1891-94, Willoughby 1894-95, St Leonards 1895-1904, 1907-10. He was an independent free trade candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dugald Thomson (1848-1922): Elected 1901 Born: 28 December 1848, London, England. Career: Migrated as child. Primary education. Seaman, shipping clerk. Partner in shipping firm, ferry operator. Philanthropist. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Warringah 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,906 Votes cast: 10,203 64.1 Informal votes: 185 01.8 Formal votes: 10,018 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Burns 413 04.1 Bruce SMITH FT 7,321 73.1 Robert Thompson Prot 2,284 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,018 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Burns, see Illawarra 1913. He was an independent Labour candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Bruce Smith (1851-1937): Elected 1901 Born: 1851, London, England. Career: Migrated as child. Educated Wesley College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Barrister and businessman Melbourne, then Sydney. Managing director shipping firm, founder Employers Federation. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Gundagai 1880-84, The Glebe 1889-94. Secretary for Public Works 1889-91, Treasurer 1891. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== West of Sydney: Lithgow, Parramatta, Penrith, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,763 Votes cast: 9,515 74.6 Informal votes: 91 01.0 Formal votes: 9,424 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Joseph COOK FT 5,778 61.3 William Sandford Prot 3,646 38.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,424 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Cook (1860-1947): Elected 1901 Born: December 1860, Staffordshire, England. Career: No formal education. Migrated 1885. Coalminer, Lithgow, NSW. Mining unionist, leading single taxer and labour organiser. Studied accountancy. Left Labour Party over pledge 1894. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Hartley 1891-1901. Leader of the Labour Party 1891-94. Postmaster-General 1894-98, Secretary of Mines and Agriculture 1898-99. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,054 Votes cast: 6,733 67.0 Informal votes: 145 02.2 Formal votes: 6,588 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas EWING Prot 3,646 55.3 Robert Pyers 2,942 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,588 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pyers was NSW MLA for The Richmond 1894-1904. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Thomson Ewing (1856-1920): Elected 1901 Born: 9 October 1856, Pitt Town, NSW. Career: Educated New England. Surveyor and farmer, Richmond River area. Brother of Senator Hon Norman Ewing. Colonial politics: NSW MLA The Richmond 1885-94, Lismore 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Berrigan, Deniliquin, Hay, Moama -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,956 Votes cast: 6,211 62.4 Informal votes: 86 01.4 Formal votes: 6,125 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Ashton FT 2,850 46.5 John CHANTER Prot 3,275 53.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,125 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashton was NSW MLA for Hay 1894-98, Goulburn 1898-1907, NSW MLC 1907-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Moore Chanter (1845-1931): Elected 1901 Born: 11 February 1845, Adelaide. Career: Educated St Peters College, Adelaide. Farmed at Rochester, Victoria, from 1874. Auctioneer and agent, Moama, NSW, 1881. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for The Murray 1885-94, Deniliquin 1894- 1901. Secretary for Mines and Agriculture 1889. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Dubbo, Mudgee, Narromine, Wellington -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,370 Votes cast: 7,176 58.0 Informal votes: 134 01.9 Formal votes: 7,042 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John FitzGerald Prot 3,307 47.0 Henry WILLIS FT 3,735 53.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,042 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FitzGerald was NSW MLA for West Sydney 1891-94, NSW MLC 1915-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Willis (1860-1950): Elected 1901 Born: 6 April 1860, Adelaide. Career: Educated Adelaide Grammar School. Businessman in NSW, owned several properties. Alderman Camden and Randwick. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Botany, Newtown, Waterloo -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,777 Votes cast: 11,544 73.2 Informal votes: 203 01.8 Formal votes: 11,341 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George EDWARDS FT 4,693 41.4 Henry Hoyle 2,334 20.6 James McGowen Lab 4,314 38.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,341 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hoyle was NSW MLA for Redfern 1891-94, Surry Hills 1910-17. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 2. McGowen was NSW MLA for Redfern 1891-1917, NSW MLC 1917-22. He was also endorsed by the ALA. He was generally regarded as the leader of the federal Labour Party during the 1901 election campaign. He was Leader of the NSW Labor Party 1894-1913 and Premier of NSW 1910-13. He left the ALP over conscription in 1916. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Bertrand Edwards (1855-1911): Elected 1901 Born: 30 January 1855, Hobart. Career: Educated Christ College Hobart. Journalist, Tasmania, then businessman, Melbourne and Sydney. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bondi, Waverley, Randwick, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,396 Votes cast: 9,383 70.0 Informal votes: 153 01.6 Formal votes: 9,230 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gannon Prot 2,915 31.6 Hon Sir William McMILLAN FT 6,315 68.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,230 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McMillan (1850-1926): Elected 1901 Born: 14 November 1850, Londonderry, Ireland. Career: Educated Wesley College, Dublin. Migrated 1869. Worked in family softgoods business. President Sydney Chamber of Commerce 1886. Leading Free Trader. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for East Sydney 1887-94, Burwood 1894-98. Colonial Treasurer 1889-91, Minister for Railways 1889-91. Delegate to Federal Conventions 1891 and 1897. Deputy Leader of the Free Traders from 9 May 1901 McMillan retired in 1903. Died 21 December 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Murrumburrah, Queanbeyan, Yass -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,295 Votes cast: 7,894 69.9 Informal votes: 138 01.7 Formal votes: 7,756 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred CONROY FT 4,025 51.9 Thomas Rose Prot 3,731 48.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,756 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hugh Beresford Conroy (1863-1920): Elected 1901 Born: 7 April 1863, Winchelsea, Victoria. Career: Educated Hawthorn Grammar, Melbourne. Bank clerk, surveyor. In Goulburn 1883. Barrister 1893. Alderman Goulburn Council. Later grazier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Forest Lodge, Pyrmont, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,661 Votes cast: 9,300 63.4 Informal votes: 279 03.0 Formal votes: 9,021 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Beer Prot 2,062 22.9 James Hanrahan 307 03.4 Billy HUGHES Lab 6,652 73.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,021 25.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hanrahan was an independent protectionist candidate. 2. Hughes was also endorsed by the AFTLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901 Born: 25 September 1862, London, England (of Welsh parents). Career: Educated Wales and St Stephens School, London. Migrated 1884. Bushworker, waterside worker, bookseller. One of the founders of the Labour Party. Secretary Sydney Wharf Laborers Union 1899. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Lang Division of Sydney 1894-1901. --------------------------------------------------------------------