COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903
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SENATE ELECTION
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          167,775        +09.4
Votes cast:                                54,785   32.7
Informal votes:                             1,208   02.2
Formal votes:                              53,577   97.8
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Robert Caldwell                            19,400   36.2
Hon David Charleston *         FT          22,499   42.0
William Copley                             19,402   36.2
William Grasby                              8,294   15.5
Robert GUTHRIE                 Lab         28,376   53.0  ELECTED 2
Hon Gregor McGREGOR *          Lab         31,082   58.0  ELECTED 1
William STORY                  Lab         23,083   43.1  ELECTED 3
Crawford Vaughan                            8,595   16.0
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Total                                     160,731
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 53,577, 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. Caldwell was SA MHA for Yorke Peninsula 1884-90, Onkaparinga 
1890-92.
3. Copley was SA MHA for Frome 1884-87, SA MLC for Northern 1887-94, 
MHA for Yorke Peninsula 1896-1902.
4. Vaughan was SA MHA for Torrens 1905-15, Sturt 1915-18. He was 
Premier of South Australia 1915-17.
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Senators' terms began 1 January 1904. Guthrie, McGregor and Story 
elected for a term to end on 30 June 1910. Continuing senators 
(terms to end 31 December 1906): Hon Sir Richard BAKER (FT), Hon 
Thomas PLAYFORD (Prot), Hon Sir Josiah SYMON (FT).
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> Richard Chaffey Baker (1842-1911): Elected 1901
President of the Senate 
Baker retired in 1906. His term as President expired on 31 December 
1906.
Died 11 March 1911
> David Morley Charleston (1848-1934): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903
Later career: General Secretary Farmers and Producers Political 
Union.
Died 30 June 1934
> Robert Storrie Guthrie (1857-1921): Elected 1903 
Born: 17 November 1857, Scotland
Career: Educated Glasgow, Scotland. Seaman. Migrated 1887. South 
Australian Secretary and Federal President Seamens Union.
Colonial/state politics: SA MLC for Central 1891-1903
> Gregor McGregor (1848-1914): Elected 1901, 1903
Vice-President of the Executive Council 27 April 1904 to 17 August
1904
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
> Thomas Playford (1837-1915): Elected 1901
Vice-President of the Executive Council 24 September 1903 to 27 
April 1904
Minister for Defence from 5 July 1905
> William Harrison Story (1857-1924): Elected 1903
Born: 31 May 1857, Adelaide
Career: Educated state schools. Stonemason and bricklayer. 
President Operative Masons and Bricklayers Society. President 
Adelaide Trades and Labour Council. Norwood and Kensington 
District Council, mayor 1902.
> Josiah Henry Symon (1846-1934): Elected 1901
Attorney-General 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905
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