COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Fingal, Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,571 Votes cast: 7,398 42.1 Informal votes: 181 02.4 Formal votes: 7,216 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hartnoll * FT 3,124 43.3 David STORRER Prot 4,092 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,216 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hartnoll was a member for Tasmania 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Hartnoll (1841-1932): Elected 1902 by. Defeated 1903 Died 11 July 1932 > David Storrer (1854-1935): Elected 1903 Born: 1854, Freshwater Point, Tasmania. Career: Educated Chalmers Church Grammar School, cabinet maker and furniture warehouseman. Launceston Alderman 1894. State politics: Tas MHA for Launceston 1902, West Launceston 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,111 Votes cast: 9,348 58.0 Informal votes: 458 04.9 Formal votes: 8,890 95.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Brickhill Prot 4,354 49.0 James Gaffney 53 00.6 King O'MALLEY * Lab 4,483 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,890 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. O'Malley was a member for Tasmania 1901-03. 2. Gaffney was Tas MHA for Lyell 1899-1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,607 Votes cast: 8,610 51.8 Informal votes: 255 03.0 Formal votes: 8,355 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron * FT 3,630 43.4 Hon Sir Philip FYSH * Prot 3,661 43.8 Andrew Kirk 1,064 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,355 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron and Fysh were members for Tasmania 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Norman Cameron (1851-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903 Later career: See Wilmot By-election 1904. > Philip Oakley Fysh (1835-1919): Elected 1901, 1903 Postmaster-General to 27 April 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- After leaving office Fysh reverted to his natural inclination as a free trader, and was effectively an Anti-Socialist by 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Brighton, Huon, New Norfolk, Port Cygnet -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,261 Votes cast: 5,513 33.9 Informal votes: 162 02.9 Formal votes: 5,351 97.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Clifford 785 14.7 Wentworth Hardy 320 06.0 Russell McNaughton FT 1,485 27.8 William McWILLIAMS 1,986 37.1 Henry Tinning 775 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,351 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford, McWilliams and Tinning were independent Revenue Tariffists. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James McWilliams (1860-1929): Elected 1903 Born: 1860, Hobart. Career: Educated Hobart. Journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor. Colonial politics: Tas MHA for Ringarooma 1893-1900. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (Tasmania was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,718 Votes cast: 6,144 39.1 Informal votes: 108 01.8 Formal votes: 6,036 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir Edward BRADDON * FT 3,313 54.9 John Cheek Prot 2,723 45.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,036 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Braddon was a member for Tasmania 1901-03. 2. Cheek was Tas MLC for Westmorland 1907-13, 1919-42. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon (1829-1904): Elected 1901, 1903 Died 2 February 1904 (see By-elections) --------------------------------------------------------------------