COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, Walkerville -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,273 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Charles KINGSTON * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kingston was a member for South Australia 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cameron Kingston (1850-1908): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,045 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick GLYNN * FT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Glynn was a member for South Australia 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Strathalbyn -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,035 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Langdon BONYTHON * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonython was a member for South Australia 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Langdon Bonython (1848-1939): Elected 1901, 1903 Bonython retired in 1906. Later career: Business and philanthropy. Died 22 October 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,199 Votes cast: 10,853 43.1 Informal votes: 276 02.5 Formal votes: 10,577 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee BATCHELOR * Lab 5,775 54.6 Vaiben Solomon * FT 4,802 45.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,577 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batchelor and Solomon were members for South Australia 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853-1908): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903 Later career: SA MHA for Northern Territory 1905-08. Died 20 October 1908 > Egerton Lee Batchelor (1865-1911): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for Home Affairs 27 April 1904 to 17 August 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Gladstone, Melrose, Petersburg, Port Pirie -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,548 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander POYNTON * FT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Poynton was a member for South Australia 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Poynton (1853-1935): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Poynton joined the Labour Caucus in 1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Goodwood, Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,446 Votes cast: 9,269 37.9 Informal votes: 266 02.9 Formal votes: 9,003 97.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James HUTCHISON Lab 6,003 66.7 James Shaw Prot 3,000 33.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,003 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hutchison (1859-1909): Elected 1903 Born: 20 April 1859, Aberdeen, Scotland. Career: Educated Mechanics Institute, Aberdeen. Printer and journalist. Migrated 1884. Compositor and publisher, Adelaide. President South Australian Labour Party. Colonial/State politics: SA MHA for East Adelaide 1898-1902. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,229 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Frederick HOLDER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holder was a member for South Australia 1901-03. He had been elected as a Free Trader but became an Independent when elected Speaker. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Holder (1850-1909): Elected 1901, 1903 Speaker of the House of Representatives --------------------------------------------------------------------