COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== SENATE ELECTION ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES (Six senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 329,615 Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: 38,674 Formal votes: unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Abigail 7,164 03.9 Andrew Armstrong 2,348 01.3 John Blake 2,906 01.6 Francis Brown 2,998 01.6 Richard Colonna-Close 5,174 02.8 John Cook Lab 7,422 04.1 Francis Cotton 9,170 05.0 George Cox 11,263 06.2 Thomas Edwards 3,580 02.0 David Fealy 3,411 01.9 William Flynn 2,736 01.5 David Gash 1,473 00.8 Eden George 20,136 11.1 William Gocher 2,172 01.2 Hon Albert GOULD FT 74,253 40.8 ELECTED 3 John Gray FT 69,499 38.2 John Griffin 6,502 03.6 Mark Hammond Prot 32,252 17.7 Henry Holland 4,771 02.6 John Kidd Prot 44,661 24.6 Harry Lassetter 17,741 09.8 Patrick Lynch 3,876 02.1 Donald Macdonnell Lab 30,416 16.7 James Mackay Prot 41,596 22.9 Sir William Manning Prot 48,110 26.4 James Maroney 4,257 02.3 Thomas Melling 3,495 01.9 Richard Meagher 32,903 18.1 Edward MILLEN FT 75,010 41.2 ELECTED 2 James Moriarty 2,366 01.3 James Morrish 3,109 01.7 John NEILD FT 70,563 38.8 ELECTED 5 John Neill 5,952 03.3 John Norton 66,463 36.5 Hon Richard O'CONNOR Prot 72,858 40.1 ELECTED 4 Denis O'Sullivan 12,928 07.1 Walter Quinn 3,700 02.0 William Read 5,836 03.2 William Richardson 3,289 01.8 Hon Edward PULSFORD FT 70,468 38.7 ELECTED 6 Samuel Rosa 5,560 03.1 Charles Royle 7,216 04.0 William Shipway 2,776 01.5 Samuel Smith Lab 31,185 17.1 Edward Terry 18,764 10.3 Ernest Thompson 4,000 02.2 Andrew Thomson 5,823 03.2 George Waddell Prot 32,729 18.0 James WALKER FT 79,800 43.9 ELECTED 1 Harrie Wood 14,736 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,091,416 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The official Return gives only the total number of votes cast (1,091,416), not the number of voters who cast them. Since each voter could vote for up to six candidates, the total formal vote is taken to be 181,903 (1,091,416 divided by six). But since voters could vote for fewer than six candidates, the actual number of voters was greater. The total formal vote for the House of Representatives in NSW in 1901 was 211,104. 2. Percentages shown are percentages of 181,903, indicating the proportion of voters who supported each candidate. The percentages column will thus add up to 600%, since each voter cast six votes. 3. Abigail was NSW MLA for West Sydney 1880-91. 4. Cotton was NSW MLA for Newtown 1891-94, Newtown-Camperdown 1895- 1901. 5. Cox was a NSW MLC 1863-1901. 6. George was NSW MLA for Sydney-Belmore 1901-04, Ashburnham 1904-07. 7. For Gray, see Senate NSW 1903. 8. Hammond was NSW MLA for Canterbury 1884-87. 9. Holland was leader of the New Zealand Labour Party 1919-35. 10. Kidd was NSW MLA for Camden 1880-82, 1885-87, 1889-95, 1898- 1904. 11. Macdonnell was NSW MLA for Cobar 1901-11. 12. Mackay was NSW MLA for Boorowa 1895-99, NSW MLC 1899-1934. 13. Manning was NSW MLA for South Sydney 1893-94. 14. Meagher was NSW MLA for Sydney-Phillip 1895, The Tweed 1898- 1904, Phillip 1907-17, NSW MLC 1917-20. 15. Morrish was NSW MLA for King 1910-17. 16. Norton was NSW MLA for Sydney-Fitzroy 1898, Northumberland 1899- 1901, Surry Hills 1904-06, Darling Harbour 1907-10. 17. Shipway was NSW MLA for Paddington 1894-95. 18. Smith was NSW MLA for Sydney-Pyrmont 1898-1902. 19. Terry was NSW MLA for Ryde 1898-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 30 March 1901. Gould, Millen and Walker elected for a term to end on 31 December 1906. Neild, O'Connor and Pulsford elected for a term to end on 31 December 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Albert John Gould (1847-1936): Elected 1901 Born: 1847, Sydney Career: Educated Wooll's School, Parramatta and University of Sydney. Solicitor 1870. Businessman and investor. Citizen soldier. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Patrick's Plains 1882-94, Singleton 1894-98. NSW MLC 1899-1901. Minister for Justice 1889-91 1894-98. > Edward Davis Millen (1862-1923): Elected 1901 Born: 1862, Kent, England Career: Educated England. Migrated 1880. Journalist, editor, press proprietor. Campaigner for land reform. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Bourke 1894-98. NSW MLC 1899-1900. > John Cash Neild (1846-1911): Elected 1901 Born: 4 January 1846, Bristol, England Career: Educated privately. To New Zealand 1853. Migrated 1860. Insurance agent and manager. Woollahra Council. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Paddington 1885-1901 > Richard Edward O'Connor (1851-1912): Elected 1901 Born: 1851, Sydney Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School and University of Sydney. Barrister 1876. Journalist and federalist activist. Colonial politics: NSW MLC 1887-98. Minister for Justice 1891- 93, Solicitor-General 1893. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vice-President of the Executive Council 1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903 Resigned place 27 September 1903 (see Appointments) Later career: Justice of the High Court of Australia 1903-12. Died 18 November 1912 > Edward Pulsford (1844-1919): Elected 1901 Born: 29 September 1884, Staffordshire, England Career: Educated privately. Migrated 1884. Journalist, financial editor Daily Telegraph. Leading free trader. Colonial politics: NSW MLC 1895-1901 > James Thomas Walker (1841-1923): Elected 1901 Born: 20 March 1841, Leith, Scotland Career: Educated Edinburgh Institution and King's College, London. Migrated 1844, returned to Scotland for education. Bank manager, Queensland from 1875. Leading banker, Sydney. --------------------------------------------------------------------