COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Brisbane North, Fortitude Valley, Toowong, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,980 Votes cast: 7,396 57.0 Informal votes: 234 03.1 Formal votes: 7,162 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Buzacott 1,538 21.5 D H Guilfoyle Lab 2,273 31.7 Thomas MACDONALD-PATERSON 3,351 46.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,162 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Buzacott was Qld MLA for Rockhampton 1873-77, Qld MLC 1879-82, 1894-1901. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 2. Macdonald-Paterson joined the Protectionists when the Parliament assembled (there was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Macdonald-Paterson (1844-1906): Elected 1901 Born: 9 May 1844, Glasgow, Scotland. Career: Educated privately Glasgow. Migrated 1861. Butcher, speculator and lawyer. Colonial politics: Qld MLA for Rockhampton 1878-83, Moreton 1883-85, Qld MLC 1885-87, Qld MLA for North Brisbane 1896-1901. Delegate to Federal Convention 1891. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Musgrave, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,662 Votes cast: 7,285 68.3 Informal votes: 160 02.2 Formal votes: 7,125 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallace Nelson Lab 3,493 49.0 Alexander PATERSON 3,632 51.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,125 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Paterson was an independent free trader. 2. Nelson was WA MLA for Hannans 1904-05. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Paterson (1844-1908): Elected 1901 Born: 24 January 1844, Greenock, Scotland. Career: Educated grammar school, Scotland. Shipping manager. Migrated 1875. Businessman, Melbourne and Queensland. Paterson retired in 1903. Died 20 March 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Dalby, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,067 Votes cast: 6,192 56.0 Informal votes: 224 03.6 Formal votes: 5,968 96.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William GROOM 4,685 78.5 Horace Ransome 1,283 21.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,968 28.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom and Ransome described themselves as protectionist candidates (there was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland). Groom joined the Protectionists when the Parliament assembled. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Groom (1833-1901): Elected 1901 Born: 9 March 1833, Plymouth, England. Career: Baker's apprentice. Transported for theft 1846, released 1856. Shopkeeper and publican Toowoomba. Newspaper publisher. Toowoomba Alderman 1861-1900. Father of Hon Sir Littleton Groom MP. Colonial politics: Qld MLA for Drayton and Toowoomba 1862-1901. Speaker 1883-1888. Died 8 August 1901 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom was regarded as the "Father" of the House of Representatives since he had the longest service in colonial parliaments (39 years): he was not, however, the oldest member of the House, as is sometimes stated (Sir Edward Braddon, Tasmania, was older). Groom was also the only former convict ever elected to the Commonwealth Parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Cairns, Herberton, Mackay, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,073 Votes cast: 6,710 66.6 Informal votes: 217 03.2 Formal votes: 6,493 96.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick BAMFORD Lab 3,353 51.6 William Brown 3,140 48.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,493 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown was Qld MLA for Townsville 1885-88, 1891-93, Qld MLC 1901-15. He described himself as a protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Bamford (1849-1934): Elected 1901 Born: 11 February 1949, Dubbo, NSW. Career: Primary education, Toowoomba. Waterside worker, Bowen. Labor journalist, union official. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North-west Queensland: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Georgetown, Ravenswood -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,597 Votes cast: 6,384 66.5 Informal votes: 123 01.9 Formal votes: 6,261 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- M Barnett 2,325 37.1 Charles McDONALD Lab 3,936 62.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,261 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnett described himself as a free trader (there was no Free Trade organisation in Queensland). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McDonald (1861-1925): Elected 1901 Born: 8 August 1861, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools. Apprentice watchmaker, shearer. Labor publicist and organiser. President, Australian Labor Federation 1890-92. Colonial politics: Qld MLA for Flinders 1893-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-West Queensland: Charleville, Cunnamulla, Longreach, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,728 Votes cast: 5,689 65.2 Informal votes: 62 01.1 Formal votes: 5,627 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- G E Bunning 2,629 46.7 James PAGE Lab 2,998 53.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,627 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bunning described himself as a free trader (there was no Free Trade organisation in Queensland). -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Page (1861-1921): Elected 1901 Born: April 1861, London, England. Career: Educated Dr Barnado's Home, London. Military Service 1877- 83. Migrated 1883. Railway worker, unionist, labor organiser. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Bundamba, Ipswich, Nanango, Nundah -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,194 Votes cast: 6,916 56.7 Informal votes: 388 05.6 Formal votes: 6,528 94.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A W Darvall 2,099 32.2 William Kellett 149 02.3 E Kretschmer 301 04.6 R D Neilson 114 01.7 William Ryott Maughan 1,296 19.9 James WILKINSON 2,569 39.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,528 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wilkinson was an independent Labour candidate, though he was also described as a protectionist. 2. Kellett was Qld MLA for Stanley 1878-88. 3. Darvall described himself as a protectionist. 4. For Ryott Maughan, see Senate Queensland 1913 (as Maughan). -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Wilkinson (1853-1915): Elected 1901 Born: 30 November 1853, Ipswich, Queensland. Career: Educated state and grammar schools, Ipswich. Enginedriver, railways unionist. Alderman Ipswich Council. Member of Labour Party until 1900. Colonial politics: Qld MLA for Ipswich 1894-96. -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Brisbane South, Coorparoo, Logan, Woolloongabba -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,277 Votes cast: 7,097 57.8 Informal votes: 45 00.6 Formal votes: 7,052 99.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard EDWARDS Prot 3,753 53.2 Henry Turley Lab 3,299 46.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,052 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Turley, see Senate Queensland 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Edwards (1842-1915): Elected 1901 Born: 1842, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Career: Educated Wales. Migrated 1862. Goldminer in Victoria, then shopkeeper in Brisbane. Investor in sugar and newspapers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,624 Votes cast: 8,987 71.2 Informal votes: 122 01.4 Formal votes: 8,865 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Annear 3,955 44.6 Andrew FISHER Lab 4,910 55.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,865 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annear was Qld MLA for Maryborough 1884-1902, Qld MLC 1902-10. He described himself as a protectionist (there was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901 Born: 29 August 1862, Ayrshire, Scotland. Career: No formal education. Coalminer from boyhood. Migrated 1885. Miner and unionist, Queensland leader of Amalgamated Miners Union. Colonial politics: Qld MLA for Gympie 1893-96, 1899-1901. Secretary for Railways and Public Works 1899. --------------------------------------------------------------------