COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== COOLGARDIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Coolgardie, Menzies, Mt Leonora, Mt Magnet -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,969 Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: unknown Formal votes: 6,303 39.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Archibald FT 2,974 47.2 Hugh MAHON Lab 3,329 52.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,303 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901 Born: 6 January 1857, Kings Co, Ireland. Career: Apprenticed as printer in Ireland. Active Irish nationalist, imprisoned 1881-82. Migrated 1882. Labor journalist and organiser. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Murray -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,759 Votes cast: 5,213 31.1 Informal votes: 148 02.8 Formal votes: 5,065 97.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- W E Adcock 102 02.0 Charles Jones 262 05.2 T O'Bierne Lab 1,831 36.2 Elias SOLOMON FT 2,870 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,065 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adcock and Jones were independent free trade candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elias Solomon (1839-1909): Elected 1901 Born: 2 September 1839, London, England. Career: Migrated as child. No formal education. Clerk, auctioneer, businessman Fremantle from 1868. Fremantle Council from 1877. Colonial politics: WA MLA for South Fremantle 1892-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Hannans, Ivanhoe, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,811 Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: unknown Formal votes: 8,389 44.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hopkins 3,015 35.9 John KIRWAN FT 5,374 64.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,389 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hopkins was WA MLA for Boulder 1901-05, Beverley 1908-10. He was an independent free trade candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Waters Kirwan (1869-1949): Elected 1901 Born: 2 December 1869, Galway, Ireland. Career: Primary education. Migrated 1889. Goldminer, Coolgardie. Newspaper proprietor, Kalgoorlie. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Guildford, North Perth, Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,482 Votes cast: 5,750 31.1 Informal votes: 106 01.8 Formal votes: 5,644 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Cavanagh Prot 2,310 40.9 James FOWLER Lab 3,334 59.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,644 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowler was also endorsed by the AFTLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901 Born: 20 June 1865, Scotland. Career: Educated Scotland. Migrated 1891. Goldminer, active unionist and federalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901 Born: 22 August 1847, Bunbury, Western Australia. Career: Educated Bishop Hale's School, Perth. Surveyor and explorer. Surveyor-General of Western Australia 1883-90. Colonial politics: WA MLC 1883-90, WA MLA for Bunbury 1890-1901. Premier and Colonial Treasurer 1890-1901, Colonial Secretary 1894- 98. Delegate to Federal Convention 1891 and 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Postmaster-General 1 January 1901 to 17 January 1901 Minister for Defence 17 January 1901 to 10 August 1903 Minister for Home Affairs from 11 August 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest was personally a free trader, but his loyalty to Barton and Deakin led him to accept office in the Protectionist ministry, and he is therefore classed as a Protectionist. --------------------------------------------------------------------