COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic 34,412 enrolled ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, Prahran -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,412 +181.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir George TURNER * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Turner (1851-1916): Elected 1901, 1903 Treasurer to 27 April 1904 Treasurer 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner was a member of the group of conservative Protectionists who supported an alliance with Reid against Labour. He accepted office under Reid, effectively ending his connection with the Deakinite Protectionists. Turner retired in 1906. Died 12 August 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Ballarat West, Mt Pleasant, Soldiers Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 24.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,281 +130.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred DEAKIN * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Deakin (1856-1919): Elected 1901, 1903 Prime Minister to 27 April 1904 Minister for External Affairs to 27 April 1907 Prime Minister from 5 July 1905 Minister for External Affairs from 5 July 1905 Leader of the Protectionists -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deakin resigned as Prime Minister when the House carried a Labour amendment to the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, allowing Watson to form a Labour government. He gave support from the crossbench to Reid's coalition government, but moved an amendment to the Address in Reply on 30 June 1905, leading to Reid's resignation. Deakin then formed a new government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Heathcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,320 +112.7 Votes cast: 14,500 57.3 Informal votes: 126 00.9 Formal votes: 14,374 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril James FT 2,650 18.4 Sir John QUICK * Prot 6,020 41.9 David Smith Lab 5,704 39.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,374 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith was Vic MLA for Bendigo West 1904-24. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Quick (1852-32): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick was one of the group of conservative Protectionists who supported an alliance with Reid against Labour. During this Parliament he effectively ended his connection with the Deakinite Protectionists. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albion, Edward, Moonee Ponds, Northcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,921 +161.5 Votes cast: 20,745 59.4 -06.7 Informal votes: 314 01.5 +00.5 Formal votes: 20,431 98.5 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James HUME-COOK * Prot 8,657 42.4 +07.8 Rothwell Grundy 3,841 18.8 Martin Hannah Lab 7,933 38.8 +21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,431 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hannah was Vic MLA for Railway Officers 1904-06, Collingwood 1908-21. 2. Grundy was an independent Protectionist. 3. Hume-Cook appeared first on the ballot paper because his legal surname was Cook. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Newton Haxton Hume-Cook (1866-1942): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== SouthWest Victoria: Camperdown, Colac, Terang, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,849 +113.9 Votes cast: 13,226 55.5 +06.9 Informal votes: 138 01.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 13,088 99.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Dunne 4,036 30.8 Dr Gratton WILSON FT 4,600 35.2 John Woods 1,484 11.3 Agar Wynne + Prot 2,968 22.7 -49.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,088 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dunne and Woods were independent protectionist candidates. 2. Woods was Vic MLA for Crowlands 1859-64, Stawell 1877-92. 3. For Wynne, see Balaclava 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gratton Wilson (1863-1948): Elected 1903 Born: 18 August 1863, Melbourne. Career: Educated Wesley College and University of London. Doctor and farmer near Warrnambool. State politics: Vic MLA for Villiers and Heytesbury 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORINELLA, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Castlemaine, Daylesford, Kyneton, Woodend -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 20,792 +78.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James McCAY * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Whiteside McCay (1864-1930): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for Defence 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCay was one of the group of conservative Protectionists who supported an alliance with Reid against Labour. He accepted office under Reid, thus effectively ending his connection with the Deakinite Protectionists. He joined Reid's Anti-Socialists in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Corinella was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. McCay contested Corio in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Barwon, Geelong, Newtown, Werribee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,531 +112.2 Votes cast: 15,508 60.7 +06.4 Informal votes: 225 01.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 15,283 98.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard CROUCH * Prot 6,951 45.5 +03.7 Donald Macdonald FT 5,623 36.8 +23.4 John Reed Lab 2,709 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,283 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Armstrong Crouch (1868-1949): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kerang, Kyabram, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 20,221 +78.0 Votes cast: 8,953 44.3 -15.3 Informal votes: 254 02.8 +02.1 Formal votes: 8,699 97.2 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James McCOLL * Prot 5,511 63.3 +09.3 Hon Henry Williams FT 3,188 36.7 -09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,699 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 9.3% from Free Trade to Protectionist. 2. Williams was Vic MLC for North-Western 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hiers McColl (1844-1929): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McColl contested the Senate in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South-East of Melbourne: Dandenong, Korumburra, Moe, Warragul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,461 +125.9 Votes cast: 14,501 52.8 +05.6 Informal votes: 177 01.2 +00.5 Formal votes: 14,324 98.8 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James GIBB + FT 5,194 36.3 -03.6 Arthur Nichols Prot 3,917 27.3 -06.7 Louis Smith 2,242 15.7 Arthur Wilson Lab 2,971 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,324 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 1.5% from Protectionist to Free Trade. 2. Nichols was Vic MLA for Gippsland West 1900-02. 3. Smith was Vic MLA for South Bourke 1859-65, Richmond 1871-74, 1877-80, 1880-83, Mornington 1886-94. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 4. Wilson was WA MLA for Collie 1908-47. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Gibb (1843-1919): Elected 1903 Born: 30 June 1843, Campbellfield, Victoria. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne. Farmer at Berwick. Berwick Shire Council. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Mornington 1880-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibb contested Hume, NSW, in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Maffra, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,536 +97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McLEAN * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McLean (1844-1911): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for Trade and Customs 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLean was the leader of the group of conservative Protectionists who supported an alliance with Reid against Labour. He accepted office under Reid, effectively ending his connection with the Deakinite Protectionists. He joined Reid's Anti-Socialists in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAMPIANS, Vic ==================================================================== Central West Victoria: Ararat, Beaufort, Stawell, St Arnaud -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,734 +102.4 Votes cast: 10,832 49.8 +00.4 Informal votes: 254 02.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 10,578 97.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Andrews 722 06.9 Patrick McGrath Lab 2,735 25.9 Archibald Ritchie Prot 3,285 31.1 -05.7 Thomas SKENE * FT 3,836 36.3 -12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,578 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 3.5% from Free Trade to Protectionist. 2. Andrews was an independent Labour candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Skene (1845-1910): Elected 1901, 1903 Skene retired in 1906. Died 15 March 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-East Victoria: Beechworth, Bright, Wangaratta, Yackandandah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,228 +92.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Isaac ISAACS * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac Alfred Isaacs (1853-1948): Elected 1901, 1903 Attorney-General 5 July 1905 to 12 October 1906 Resigned seat 12 October 1906 (no by-election held) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Later career: Justice of the High Court of Australia 1906-30. Chief Justice 1930. Governor-General of Australia 1931-36 (first Australian-born Governor-General). Knighted 1928. After retirement, author and broadcaster. Died 11 February 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Kew, Malvern, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,359 +187.5 Votes cast: 23,179 58.9 -07.5 Informal votes: 366 01.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 22,813 98.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Barbour Prot 10,768 47.2 +13.7 William KNOX * FT 12,045 52.8 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,813 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 9.2% from Free Trade to Protectionist. 2. Barbour was Vic MLA for Hawthorn 1901-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Knox (1850-1913): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAANECOORIE, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Avoca, Creswick, Maldon, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,954 +96.6 Votes cast: 9,599 48.1 -10.0 Informal votes: 311 03.2 +02.7 Formal votes: 9,288 96.8 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Bevan FT 2,358 25.4 Dr Charles SALMON * Prot 6,930 74.6 +22.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,288 24.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty Salmon (1861-1917): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Bourke, East Melbourne, Lonsdale, West Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,753 +102.1 Votes cast: 15,654 58.5 -03.9 Informal votes: 219 01.4 +00.6 Formal votes: 15,435 98.6 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Malcolm McEACHARN * Prot 7,756 50.2 -10.6 Dr William Maloney Lab 7,679 49.8 +10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,435 00.2 10.6 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Maloney, see Melbourne by-election 1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Donald McEacharn (1852-1910): Elected 1901, 1903 Election declared void 10 March 1904 (see By-elections) Later career: Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1903-04. Died 10 March 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,893 +142.1 Votes cast: 17,765 55.7 Informal votes: 386 02.2 Formal votes: 17,379 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry Foran 443 02.5 James Matthews Lab 7,290 41.9 Samuel MAUGER * Prot 9,646 55.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,379 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Foran was an independent Labour candidate. 2. For Matthews, see Melbourne Ports 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Mauger (1856-1936): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister without portfolio from 12 October 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauger contested Maribyrnong in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERNDA, Vic ==================================================================== North-East of Melbourne: Lilydale, Mitcham, Seymour, Yea -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,969 +92.6 Votes cast: 9,927 45.2 -05.5 Informal votes: 166 01.7 +00.8 Formal votes: 9,761 98.3 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert HARPER * Prot 5,178 53.0 +07.7 Frederick Hickford FT 2,807 28.8 Edward Hodges 1,776 18.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,761 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hickford was Vic MLA for East Bourke 1902-03. 2. Hodges was an independent protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Harper (1842-1919): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOIRA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Benalla, Nathalia, Numurkah, Yarrawonga -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 20,970 +105.9 Votes cast: 10,131 48.3 -02.5 Informal votes: 156 01.5 +00.7 Formal votes: 9,975 98.5 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas KENNEDY * Prot 5,385 54.0 -02.2 Albert Palmer FT 4,590 46.0 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,975 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 2.2% from Protectionist to Free Trade. 2. For Palmer, see Echuca 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Kennedy (1860-1929): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moira was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. Kennedy contested Echuca in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton, Fitzroy South, North Carlton, North Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,542 +132.6 Votes cast: 17,101 48.1 -07.4 Informal votes: 609 03.6 +02.8 Formal votes: 16,492 96.4 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry HIGGINS * Prot 11,595 70.3 +11.3 Samuel Painter Lab 4,897 29.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,492 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bournes Higgins (1851-1929): Elected 1901, 1903 Attorney-General 27 April 1904 to 18 August 1904 Resigned seat 13 October 1906 (no by-election held) Later career: Justice of the High Court of Australia 1906-29. President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court 1907-20. Died 13 January 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Higgins accepted office in the Watson ministry with Deakin's approval. He remains the only person to hold office in a Labor ministry without being a member of the Labor Party. 2. Northern Melbourne was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, St Kilda, South Melbourne, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,753 +179.9 Votes cast: 19,395 54.2 -07.8 Informal votes: 390 02.0 +01.0 Formal votes: 19,005 98.0 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Joske 1,066 05.6 Charles Monteith 8,282 43.6 James RONALD * Lab 9,057 47.7 +06.8 John Sloss 600 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,005 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The NLA did not endorse a candidate in this seat. Joske, Monteith and Sloss were all protectionists (although Monteith was endorsed by The Argus, a free trade paper). -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Black Ronald (1861-1941): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern Melbourne was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. Ronald contested Melbourne Ports in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Horsham, Koroit -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Independent 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,103 +105.5 Votes cast: 12,467 54.0 -07.8 Informal votes: 215 01.7 +00.8 Formal votes: 12,252 98.3 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Hogan Prot 2,318 18.9 -08.5 Arthur ROBINSON + FT 5,323 43.4 -01.4 Thomas White Lab 4,611 37.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,252 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Robinson (1872-1945): Elected 1903 Born: 23 April 1872, Melbourne. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, and University of Melbourne. Solicitor, company director and Secretary of Law Institute. Nephew of Rt Hon Sir Edmund Barton MP. Colonial/State politics: Vic MLA for Dundas 1900-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-West Victoria: Mildura, Nhill, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,691 +68.5 Votes cast: 8,553 51.2 +02.1 Informal votes: 185 02.2 +01.4 Formal votes: 8,368 97.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gray 2,011 24.0 Max Hirsch FT 3,094 37.0 -01.0 Pharez PHILLIPS * Prot 3,263 39.0 -10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,368 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 4.6% from Protectionist to Free Trade. 2. Gray was Vic MLA for Swan Hill 1904-17. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 3. Hirsch was Vic MLA for Mandurang 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pharez Phillips (1855-1914): Elected 1901, 1903 Phillips retired in 1906. Died 9 August 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond, Fitzroy Central -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,199 +144.7 Votes cast: 20,753 55.8 -08.0 Informal votes: 327 01.6 +00.6 Formal votes: 20,426 98.4 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank TUDOR * Lab 13,930 68.2 +35.1 William Wilson Prot 6,496 31.8 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,426 18.2 15.9 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Gwynne Tudor (1866-1922): Elected 1901, 1903 --------------------------------------------------------------------