COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Brisbane North, Fortitude Valley, Toowong, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,142 +163.0 Votes cast: 17,466 51.2 -05.8 Informal votes: 327 01.9 -01.4 Formal votes: 17,139 98.1 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Millice CULPIN Lab 8,019 46.8 +15.1 Thomas Macdonald-Paterson * 1,799 10.5 William Morse NLU 7,321 42.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,139 02.1 09.7 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Morse having secured the NLU endorsement, Macdonald-Paterson, though nominally a protectionist, was in effect an independent since there was no protectionist organisation in Queensland. 2. The Labour majority over the NLU is compared with the Protectionist majority over Labour in 1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Macdonald-Paterson (1844-1906): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903 Died 21 March 1906 > Millice Culpin (1846-1941): Elected 1903 Born: 1 December 1846, Hertfordshire, England. Career: Educated Alleynes Grammar School, England, and University of Edinburgh. Doctor. Migrated 1891. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Musgrave, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Independent over Labour 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,624 +128.1 Votes cast: 12,583 58.2 -10.1 Informal votes: 358 02.8 +00.6 Formal votes: 12,225 97.2 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Curtis NLU 3,725 30.5 Thomas Ryan 2,435 19.9 David THOMSON Lab 6,065 49.6 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,225 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Curtis was Qld MLA for Rockhampton 1893-1902, Qld MLC 1914-22. 2. For Ryan, see West Sydney, NSW, 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Alexander Thomson (1856-1926): Elected 1903 Born: 26 February 1856, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools. Goldminer, Victoria. Shopkeeper, publican, NSW and Queensland. Rockhampton 1896, cordial manufacturer and farmer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Dalby, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 28.5 1901 by-election majority: Protectionist over Independent 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,155 +118.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton GROOM * NLU Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom was a Deakinite Protectionist -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903 Minister for Home Affairs 5 July 1905 to 12 October 1906 Attorney-General from 12 October 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queenaland: Cairns, Herberton, Mackay, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,865 +156.8 Votes cast: 16,241 63.2 -03.4 Informal votes: 727 04.5 +01.3 Formal votes: 15,514 95.5 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick BAMFORD * Lab 8,965 57.8 +06.2 William White NLU 6,549 42.2 -06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,514 07.8 06.2 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Labour majority over the NLU is compared with the Labour majority over the Protectionists in 1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Bamford (1849-1934): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North-West Queensland: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Georgetown, Ravenswood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,703 +105.3 Votes cast: 11,947 60.6 -05.9 Informal votes: 423 03.5 +01.6 Formal votes: 11,524 96.5 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Johnson NLU 3,493 30.3 -06.8 Charles McDONALD * Lab 8,031 69.7 +06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,524 19.7 06.8 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McDonald (1861-1925): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-West Queensland: Charleville, Cunnamulla, Longreach, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,865 +93.2 Votes cast: 9,843 58.4 -06.8 Informal votes: 280 02.8 +01.7 Formal votes: 9,563 97.2 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Leahy NLU 2,390 25.0 -21.7 James PAGE * Lab 7,173 75.0 +21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,563 25.0 21.7 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Page (1861-1921): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Bundamba, Ipswich, Nanango, Nundah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Independent over Protectionist 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,267 +123.6 Votes cast: 12,663 46.4 -10.3 Informal votes: 214 01.7 -03.9 Formal votes: 12,449 98.3 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Harrison NLU 5,508 44.2 +12.0 James WILKINSON * 6,941 55.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,449 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The NLU vote is compared with the Protectionist vote in 1901. 2. Wilkinson's vote of 55.8% was an increase of 16.4% from the 39.4% he polled in 1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Wilkinson (1853-1915): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilkinson was an independent Labour candidate, though he was also described as a protectionist. He joined the Labour Caucus in 1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Brisbane South, Coorparoo, Logan, Woolloongabba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,326 +155.2 Votes cast: 17,290 55.2 -02.6 Informal votes: 382 02.2 +01.6 Formal votes: 16,908 97.8 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard EDWARDS * NLU 8,846 52.3 -00.9 Carl Reinhold Lab 8,062 47.7 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,908 02.3 00.9 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Edwards (1842-1915): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards joined the Anti-Socialist party in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,313 +108.4 Votes cast: 17,698 67.3 -03.9 Informal votes: 346 02.0 +00.6 Formal votes: 17,352 98.0 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew FISHER * Lab 10,622 61.2 +05.8 George Stupart NLU 6,730 38.8 -05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,352 11.2 05.8 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Labour majority over the NLU is compared with the Labour majority over the Protectionists in 1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for Trade and Customs 27 April 1904 to 17 August 1904 Assistant Leader of the Labour Party from 5 August 1905 --------------------------------------------------------------------