COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== SENATE ELECTION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Six senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 153,268 Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: 1,478 Formal votes: unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Addison FT 21,802 43.3 Hon Sir Richard BAKER FT 35,235 70.0 ELECTED 3 Thomas Burgoyne Prot 16,353 32.5 Hon David CHARLESTON FT 29,153 57.9 ELECTED 5 William Copley FT 20,807 41.3 Hon Sir John DOWNER Prot 30,493 60.6 ELECTED 4 Andrew Kirkpatrick Prot 25,620 50.9 Hon Gregor McGREGOR Prot/Lab 26,264 52.2 ELECTED 6 James O'Loughlin Prot/Lab 21,871 43.4 Hon Thomas PLAYFORD Prot 36,892 73.3 ELECTED 2 Hon Sir Josiah SYMON FT 37,642 74.8 ELECTED 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 302,132 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The official Return gives only the total number of votes cast (302,132), 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 50,325 (302,132 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 South Australia in 1901 is not known (since the House election was also conducted on state-wide basis). 2. Percentages shown are percentages of 50,355, 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. McGregor joined the Labour Party Caucus when the Parliament met. 4. Burgoyne was SA MHA for Newcastle 1884-1902, Flinders 1902-15. 5. Copley was SA MHA for Frome 1884-87, SA MLC for Northern 1887-94, SA MHA for Yorke Peninsula 1896-1902. 6. Kirkpatrick was SA MLC for Southern 1891-97, Central 1900-09, SA MHA for Newcastle 1915-18, SA MLC for Central No 1 1918-28. 7. For O'Loughlin, see Senate South Australia 1906, Appointments. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 30 March 1901. Baker, Playford and Symon elected for a term to end on 31 December 1906. Charleston, Downer and McGregor elected for a term to end on 31 December 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Chaffey Baker (1842-1911): Elected 1901 Born: 22 June 1842, Adelaide Career: Educated Eton School and Cambridge University, England. Barrister, Adelaide. Large landowner and mining investor. Member Federal Conventions 1891, 1897, President 1897 Convention. Knighted 1895. Colonial politics: SA MHA for Barossa 1868-71, SA MLC 1877-85, for Southern 1885-1901. Attorney-General 1871, Minister for Education 1884-85. President of the Legislative Council 1893-1901. President of the Senate from 9 May 1901 > David Morley Charleston (1848-1934): Elected 1901 Born: 27 May 1884, Cornwall, England Career: Primary education. Apprentice engineer. Engineering unionist, marine engineer. Migrated 1884. marine and mining engineer. President Adelaide Trades and Labour Council. Left Labour Party 1897. Colonial politics: SA MLC for Central 1891-1901 > John William Downer (1844-1915): Elected 1901 Born: 5 July 1844, Adelaide Career: Educated St Peters College, Adelaide. Barrister 1867. Leading barrister, active federalist. Member Federal Conventions 1883, 1897. Knighted 1887. Father of Hon Sir Alexander Downer MP and grandfather of Hon Alexander Downer MP. Colonial politics: SA MHA for Barossa 1878-1901. Attorney-General 1881-84 1885-87, Premier 1885-87, 1892-93, Chief Secretary 1892-93, Treasurer 1893 Downer retired in 1903. Later career: SA MLC for Southern 1905-15 Died 2 August 1915 > Gregor McGregor (1848-1914): Elected 1901 Born: 18 October 1848, Argyleshire, Scotland Career: Primary education. Worker in Clydeside shipyards. Migrated 1876. Farmworker, builder's laborer. Blinded in accident. President United Builders Laborers Association. President South Australian Trades and Labour Council. President South Australian Labour Party. Colonial politics: SA MLC for Southern 1894-1901 Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 8 May 1901 > Thomas Playford (1837-1915): Elected 1901 Born: 26 November 1837, London, England Career: Migrated 1843. Primary education. Market gardener, Norton Summit, South Australia. East Torrens District Council. Member Federal Conventions 1890, 1891. Agent-General for South Australia in London 1894-98. Grandfather of Hon Sir Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia 1938-65. Colonial politics: SA MHA for Onkaparinga 1869-71, East Torrens 1885-87, Newcastle 1887-90, East Torrens 1890-95, Gumeracha 1899- 1901. Commissioner for Crown Lands and Immigration 1876 1877-81 1885 1890-92, Commissioner for Public Works 1884-85, Premier 1887- 89 1890-92, Treasurer 1887-89 1890-94, Minister in charge of Northern Territory 1893-94 > Josiah Henry Symon (1846-1934): Elected 1901 Born: 27 September 1846, Caithness, Scotland Career: Educated Stirling High School and Moray Training College, Edinburgh, Scotland. Migrated 1866. Barrister 1871. President South Australian Law Society. Leading federalist. Philanthropist. Knighted 1901. Colonial politics: SA MHA for Sturt 1881-87. Attorney-General 1881. --------------------------------------------------------------------