COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903
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SENATE ELECTION
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NEW SOUTH WALES (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          687,049        +108.5
Votes cast:                               324,364   47.2
Informal votes:                            15,796   04.9
Formal votes:                             308,568   95.1
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Mary Bentley                               18,924   06.1
Nathaniel Collins              Prot        65,832   21.3
John Cunneen                   Prot        59,431   19.3
Herbert Drake                  Lab         17,659   05.7 
Henry Fletcher                 Lab         23,308   07.6
John GRAY                      FT         185,716   60.2  ELECTED 3
Arthur Griffith                Lab        107,083   34.7
Nellie Martel                              18,502   06.0
James Moroney                  Lab         25,539   08.3
Hon John NEILD *               FT         189,892   61.5  ELECTED 1
Hon Edward PULSFORD *          FT         188,101   61.0  ELECTED 2
Andrew Thomson                 Lab         25,717   08.3
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Total                                     925,704 
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 308,568, indicating the 
proportion of voters who supported each candidate. The percentages 
column will thus add up to 300%, since each voter cast three votes.
2. Griffith was NSW MLA for Waratah 1894-1904, Sturt 1904-13, 
Annandale 1913-17.
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Senators' terms began 1 January 1904. Gray, Neild and Pulsford 
elected for a term to end on 30 June 1910. Continuing senators 
(terms to end 31 December 1906): Hon Albert GOULD (FT), Hon Edward 
MILLEN (FT), Hon James WALKER (FT)
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> Albert John Gould (1847-1936): Elected 1901 
> John Proctor Gray (1841-1914): Elected 1903
Born: 1 December 1841, York, England
Career: Educated England. Business manager. Migrated 1889. 
Businessman, Sydney.
> Edward Davis Millen (1862-1923): Elected 1901
> John Cash Neild (1846-1911): Elected 1901, 1903
> Edward Pulsford (1844-1919): Elected 1901, 1903
> James Thomas Walker (1841-1923): Elected 1901
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