COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * FT - Free Trade * Lab - Labour * Prot - Protectionist VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic 12,247 enrolled ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, Prahran -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir George TURNER Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Turner (1851-1916): Elected 1901 Born: 5 August 1851, Melbourne. Career: Educated Model School, University of Melbourne. Lawyer. St Kilda City Council 1885-1900. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for St Kilda 1889-1901, Minister for Health 1891-93, Commissioner for Trade and Customs 1891-93 1990, Solicitor-General 1892-93, Premier and Treasurer 1894-99, 1900-01. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Treasurer from 1 January 1901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic 13,189 enrolled, 6,278 (47.6%) voted ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Ballarat West, Mt Pleasant, Soldiers Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred DEAKIN Prot 4,655 74.5 Richard Vale 1,594 25.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 (04.6%) informal 6,249 24.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vale was Vic MLA for West Ballarat 1886-89 and 1892-1902. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Deakin (1856-1919): Elected 1901 Born: 3 August 1856, Melbourne. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar, University of Melbourne. Lawyer and journalist. Age writer 1878-83. Prominent federalist. Father-in- law of Hon Thomas White MP. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for West Bourke 1879, 1880-89, Essendon and Flemington 1889-1900. Commissioner for Public Works 1883-86, Commissioner for Water Supply 1883-84, 1886-90, Vice-President of the Board of Works and Land 1883-86, Solicitor-General 1883-86, 1890, Chief Secretary 1886-90, Minister for Health 1890. Delegate to Federal Conventions 1891, 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Attorney-General 1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903 Prime Minister from 24 September 1903 Minister for External Affairs from 24 September 1903 Leader of the Protectionists from 24 September 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic 11,902 enrolled ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Heathcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir John QUICK Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Quick (1852-1932): Elected 1901 Born: 14 April 1852, Cornwall, England. Career: Primary education. Migrated as child. Miner and journalist, Bendigo. Studied law, LLD 1882, solicitor. Prominent federalist. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Sandhurst 1880-89. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic 13,352 enrolled, 8,824 (66.1%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albion, Edward, Moonee Ponds, Northcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- James HUME COOK Prot 3,021 34.6 Martin Hannah Lab 1,559 17.8 Frederick Hickford FT 2,343 26.8 James Mirams 676 07.7 James Rose 1,138 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 87 (01.0%) informal 8,737 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hannah was Vic MLA for Railway Officers 1904-06, Collingwood 1908-21. 2. Hickford was Vic MLA for East Bourke 1902-03. 3. Mirams was Vic MLA for Collingwood 1876-88, Williamstown 1887-89. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 4. Rose was Vic MLA for North Melbourne 1883-89. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Newton Haxton Hume Cook (1866-1942): Elected 1901 Born: 23 September 1866, Auckland, New Zealand. Career: Educated public schools New Zealand. Migrated 1881. Silversmith, estate agent, orchardist. Brunswick City Council 1894- 1900. Prominent federalist and social reformer. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for East Bourke 1894-1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic 11,151 enrolled, 5,415 (48.6%) voted ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Camperdown, Colac, Terang, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chester MANIFOLD Prot 3,886 72.2 John Woods 1,495 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 (00.6%) informal 5,381 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Although Manifold was endorsed by the NLO, he was a conservative who frequently voted with the free traders. 2. Woods was Vic MLA for Crowlands 1859-64, 1871-77, Stawell 1877-92. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Chester Manifold (1867-1918): Elected 1901 Born: 10 February 1867, Camperdown, Victoria. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar. Grazier and philanthropist. Manifold retired in 1903. Later career: see Corangamite 1913. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORINELLA, Vic 11,669 enrolled, 6,628 (56.8%) voted ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Castlemaine, Daylesford, Kyneton, Woodend -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Nicholas Fitzgerald FT 2,723 41.5 James McCAY Prot 3,836 58.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 (01.0%) informal 6,559 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fitzgerald was Vic MLC for North-Western 1864-82, 1882-1908. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Whiteside McCay (1864-1930): Elected 1901 Born: 21 December 1864, Ballynure, Ireland. Career: Migrated as child. Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Lawyer and teacher. Member Castlemaine Borough Council. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Castlemaine 1895-99. Minister for Public Instruction 1899, Commissioner for Trade and Customs 1899. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic 12,029 enrolled, 6,537 (54.3%) voted ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Barwon, Geelong, Newtown, Werribee -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Boyd FT 867 13.4 Richard CROUCH Prot 2,710 41.8 Jonas Levien 1,580 24.4 Angus McNaughton 1,321 20.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 (00.9%) informal 6,478 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Boyd, see Henty 1913. 2. Levien was Vic MLA for South Grant 1871-77, for Barwon 1877, 1880-1906. 3. Levien and McNaughton were independent protectionist candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Armstrong Crouch (1868-1949): Elected 1901 Born: 19 June 1868, Ballaarat, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools Ballaarat and University of Melbourne. Solicitor, author and citizen soldier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic 11,358 enrolled, 6,771 (59.6%) voted ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kerang, Kyabram, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Hirsch FT 3,091 46.0 James McCOLL Prot 3,632 54.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 (00.7%) informal 6,723 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hirsch was Vic MLA for Mandurang 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hiers McColl (1844-1929): Elected 1901 Born: 31 January 1844, South Shields, England. Career: Migrated as child. Educated Scotch College, Melbourne. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Manduring 1886-89, Gunbower 1889- 1901. Minister for Mines and Water Supply 1894, President of the Board of Lands and Works 1899-1900, Commissioner for Crown Lands and Survey 1899-1900, Minister for Forests 1899-1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic 12,156 enrolled, 5,742 (47.2%) voted ==================================================================== South-east of Melbourne: Dandenong, Korumburra, Moe, Warragul -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Downward 1,489 26.1 Arthur GROOM FT 2,272 39.9 Louis Smith Prot 1,939 34.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 (00.7%) informal 5,700 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Downward was Vic MLA for Mornington 1894-1929. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 2. Smith was Vic MLA for South Bourke 1859-65, Richmond 1871-74, 1877-80, 1880-83, Mornington 1886-94. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Champion Groom (1852-1922): Elected 1901 Born: 1852, St Mary's, Tasmania. Career: Educated Horton College, Ross, Tasmania. Auctioneer, stock agent. Businessman in Victoria from 1872. After parliament, grazier Queensland. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for South Gippsland 1886-89, West Gippsland 1889-92. Groom retired in 1903. Died 22 March 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic 9,888 enrolled ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Maffra, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Allan McLEAN Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McLean (1844-1911): Elected 1901 Born: 3 February 1840, Scotland. Career: Migrated as child. Educated state schools. Stock and station agent. Maffra Shire Council 1873-80. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for North Gippsland 1880-1901. President of the Board of Land and Works 1890-93, Commissionr of Crown Lands and Survey 1890-93, Minister for Agriculture 1891, Chief Secretary 1893, Honorary Minister 1894-98, Premier and Chief Secretary 1899- 1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAMPIANS, Vic 10,738 enrolled, 5,309 (49.4%) voted ==================================================================== Central West Victoria: Ararat, Beaufort, Stawell, St Arnaud -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Rinder Prot 1,934 36.8 Thomas SKENE FT 2,576 49.0 Holford Wettenhall 745 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 (01.0%) informal 5,255 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wettenhall was Vic MLC for Nelson 1883-86. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Skene (1845-1910): Elected 1901 Born: 15 December 1845, near Ballaarat, Victoria. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, and Aberdeen University. Grazier, Western District. Portland and Stawell Shire Councils. Graziers' leader. -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic 10,013 enrolled, 5,949 (59.4%) voted ==================================================================== North-East Victoria: Beechworth, Bright, Wangaratta, Yackandandah -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ashworth FT 2,058 34.9 Hon Isaac ISAACS Prot 3,839 65.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 (00.9%) informal 5,897 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashworth was Vic MLA for Ovens 1902-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac Alfred Isaacs (1853-1948): Elected 1901 Born: 6 August 1853, Melbourne. Career: Educated Beechworth Grammar and University of Melbourne. Teacher. Studied law, barrister 1880. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Bogong 1892-1901. Solicitor-General 1893, Attorney-General 1894-99, 1900-01. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic 13,690 enrolled, 9,085 (66.4%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Kew, Malvern, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodore Fink Prot 3,026 33.5 William KNOX FT 5,193 57.4 John Rogers 821 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 (00.5%) informal 9,040 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fink was Vic MLA for Jolimont and West Richmond 1894-1904. 2. Rogers was Vic MLA for South Yarra 1894-97. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Knox (1850-1913): Elected 1901 Born: 25 April 1850, Melbourne. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne. Bank clerk, accountant, mining director. One of the founders of BHP. Grazier, stockbroker. Malvern Shire Council. Colonial politics: Vic MLC for South-Eastern 1898-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAANECOORIE, Vic 10,149 enrolled, 5,894 (58.1%) voted ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Avoca, Creswick, Maldon, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Charles SALMON Prot 3,054 52.1 Walter Grose 2,810 47.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 (00.5%) informal 5,864 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grose was Vic MLA for Creswick 1894-1904. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty Salmon (1861-1917): Elected 1901 Born: 29 July 1861, Amherst, Victoria. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, Universities of Melbourne and Edinburgh. Doctor and social reformer. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Talbot and Avoca 1893-1901. Honorary Minister 1899, Minister for Public Instruction 1899-1900, Commissioner for Trade and Customs 1899-1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic 13,235 enrolled, 8,263 (62.4%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Bourke, East Melbourne, Lonsdale, West Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Malcolm McEACHARN Prot 4,985 60.8 Dr William Maloney Lab 3,212 39.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 (00.8%) informal 8,197 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Maloney, see Melbourne 1904 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Donald McEacharn (1852-1910): Elected 1901 Born: 1852, Islay, Scotland. Career: Primary education in Scotland. Clerk in shipping firm, rose to management positions. Migrated with firm 1879. President Chamber of Commerce. Melbourne City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic 13,172 enrolled ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel MAUGER Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Mauger (1856-1936): Elected 1901 Born: 12 November 1857, Geelong, Victoria. Career: Educated Geelong National School. Hat manufacturer. Social reformer. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Footscray 1899-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERNDA, Vic 11,409 enrolled, 5,786 (50.7%) voted ==================================================================== North-East of Melbourne: Lilydale, Mitcham, Seymour, Yea -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert HARPER Prot 2,601 45.3 Thomas Hunt 2,110 37.8 Sydney Stott 1,026 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 (00.9%) informal 5,737 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hunt was Vic MLA for Kilmore 1874-77, Kilmore and Anglesey 1877- 89, 1903-04, Upper Goulburn 1904-08. 2. Hunt and Stott were independent protectionist candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Harper (1842-1919): Elected 1901 Born: 1 February 1842, Glasgow, Scotland. Career: Educated Glasgow Academy. Migrated 1856. Tea and coffee merchant. Pastoralist. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for West Bourke 1879-80, East Bourke 1882-89 1891-97. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOIRA, Vic 10,185 enrolled, 5,178 (50.8%) voted ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Benalla, Nathalia, Numurkah, Yarrawonga -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas KENNEDY Prot 2,883 56.2 John West FT 2,251 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 (00.8%) informal 5,134 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Kennedy (1860-1929): Elected 1901 Born: 1860, Gisborne, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Farmer from 17. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Benalla and Yarrawonga 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN MELBOURNE, Vic 15,280 enrolled, 8,476 (55.5%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton, Fitzroy South, North Carlton, North Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Barr Prot 1,767 21.0 Henry HIGGINS 4,958 59.0 Isaac Selby 1,681 20.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 (00.8%) informal 8,406 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Barr was Vic MLA for Fitzroy 1902-04. He was the endorsed candidate of the National Liberal Organisation. 2. Higgins was endorsed by the Victorian Labor Party and gave a written undertaking to support Labor measures, but he was not a Labor party member. He sat with the Protectionists in Parliament. 3. Selby was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bournes Higgins (1851-1929): Elected 1901 Born: 30 June 1851, Ireland. Career: Educated St Stephens Green, Dublin, and University of Melbourne. Migrated 1870. Barrister. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Geelong 1894-1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN MELBOURNE, Vic 12,774 enrolled, 7,922 (62.0%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, St Kilda, South Melbourne, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Gaunson 513 06.5 Donald McArthur Prot 2,256 28.8 James RONALD Lab 3,211 40.9 Alexander Sutherland FT 1,865 23.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 (01.0%) informal 7,845 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gaunson was Vic MLA for Ararat 1875-81, Emerald Hill 1883-89, Public Officers 1904-07. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 2. Ronald was a protectionist who had been passed over for the NLO nomination in favour of McArthur. He then gained Labour endorsement. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Black Ronald (1861-1941): Elected 1901 Born: 27 August 1861, Scotland. Career: Educated Edinburgh University. Presbyterian clergyman. Migrated 1888. Suburban clergyman, Melbourne. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic 11,243 enrolled, 6,951 (61.8%) voted ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Horsham, Koroit -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel COOKE FT 3,088 44.8 Leo Cussen 1,913 27.8 Louis Horwitz Prot 1,890 27.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 (00.9%) informal 6,891 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cussen was an independent free trade candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Winter Cooke (1847-1929): Elected 1901 Born: 12 March 1847, Harrow, Victoria. Career: Educated Cheltenham College and Cambridge University. Barrister and grazier. Portland Shire Council 1879-85. Leader of Western District graziers. Colonial politics: Vic MLC for Western Province 1888-1901. Honorary Minister 1893-94. Cooke retired in 1903. Died 26 June 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic 9,905 enrolled, 4,860 (49.1%) voted ==================================================================== North-West Victoria: Mildura, Nhill, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Irvine FT 1,832 38.0 Hon Pharez PHILLIPS Prot 2,372 49.2 Henry William 617 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 (00.8%) informal 4,821 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Irvine, see Flinders 1906. 2. William was an independent free trade candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pharez Phillips (1855-1914): Elected 1901 Born: 22 November 1855, Mt Blackwood, Victoria. Career: Educated Grenville College, Ballaarat. Shopkeeper and farmer. St Arnaud Shire Council. Leader of Wimmera farmers. Colonial politics: Vic MLC for North-Western 1896-1901. Honorary Minister 1900-01. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic 15,199 enrolled, 9,690 (63.8%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond, Fitzroy Central -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gahan 1,043 10.9 Patrick O'Connor 2,631 27.4 Frank TUDOR Lab 3,174 33.1 William Wilson Prot 2,745 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 97 (01.0%) informal 9,593 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. O'Connor was Vic MLA for Fitzroy 1901-02. 2. Gahan and O'Connor were independent protectionist candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Gwynne Tudor (1866-1922): Elected 1901 Born: 27 January 1866, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools. Apprenticed to hatter. Worked in Britain and USA. President of Melbourne Trades Hall Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------