COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== SENATE ELECTION ==================================================================== VICTORIA (Four senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 612,472 +135.5 Votes cast: 313,485 51.2 Informal votes: 7,003 02.2 Formal votes: 306,482 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Barker Lab 76,039 24.8 Hon John Barrett * Lab 64,346 21.0 Hon Robert BEST * Prot 97,693 31.9 ELECTED 2 Frederick Derham FT 81,912 26.7 John Dow Prot 68,123 22.2 Edward FINDLEY Lab 88,614 28.9 ELECTED 3 Vida Goldstein 51,497 16.8 John Lemmon Lab 73,245 23.9 William McCulloch Prot 58,284 19.0 Sir John McIntyre FT 84,699 27.6 Sir Bryan O'Loghlen 27,160 08.9 Edward Smith FT 71,875 23.5 Robert Solly Lab 80,593 26.3 Hon James STYLES * Prot 85,287 27.8 ELECTED 4 John Templeton 74,062 24.2 William TRENWITH 102,382 33.4 ELECTED 1 Henry Williams 19,061 06.2 George Wise Prot 21,056 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,225,928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Victoria elected four Senators because of the death of Hon Sir Frederick Sargood, a long-term Senator, in 1903. The fourth Senator elected filled the remainder of Sargood's term. 2. Percentages shown are percentages of 306,482, indicating the proportion of voters who supported each candidate. The percentages column will thus add up to 400%, since each voter cast four votes. 3. For Barker, see Senate Victoria 1910. 4. Derham was Vic MLA for Sandridge 1883-89, Port Melbourne 1889-92. 5. Dow was Vic MLA for Kara Kara 1877-93. 6. Lemmon was Vic MLA for Williamstown 1904-55 (he was the longest- serving member of the Victorian Parliament). 7. McCulloch was Vic MLC for Eastern 1880-82, Gippsland 1882-1903. 8. McIntyre was Vic MLA for Sandhurst 1877-80, Maldon 1881-1902. 9. O'Loughlen was Vic MLA for West Melbourne 1878-80, West Bourke 1880-83, Belfast 1888-89, Port Fairy 1889-94, 1897-1900. He was Premier of Victoria 1881-83. 10. Solly was Vic MLA for Railway Officers 1904-06, Carlton 1908-32. 11. Trenwith was an independent protectionist candidate 12. Williams was Vic MLA for Mandurang 1877-83, Eaglehawk 1889-1902. 13. For Wise, see House of Representatives, Gippsland 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 January 1904. Best, Findley and Trenwith elected for a term to end on 30 June 1910. Styles elected for a term to end 31 December 1906 (remainder of Hon Sir Frederick Sargood's term). Continuing senators (terms to end 31 December 1906): Hon Sir Simon FRASER (Prot), Hon Sir William ZEAL (Prot). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John George Barrett (1858-1928): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903 Later career: Active unionist and prohibitionist. Died 19 May 1928 > Robert Wallace Best (1856-1946): Elected 1901, 1903 > Edward Findley (1862-1947): Elected 1903 Born: 1862, Bendigo, Victoria Career: Primary education. Apprentice compositor. Journalist, editor Tocsin. President Australian Typographical Union. President, Melbourne Trades Hall Council. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Melbourne 1900-01 (expelled) > Simon Fraser (1832-1919): Elected 1901 > James Styles (1841-1913): Elected 1901 > William Arthur Trenwith (1847-1925): Elected 1903 Born: 8 July 1847, Launceston, Tasmania Career: No formal education. Bootmaker from childhood. Active unionist. To Victoria 1897. Secretary Victorian Operative Bootmakers Union. President Melbourne Trades Hall Council. First Labour member Victorian Parliament. Left Labour Party over pledge. Colonial/state politics: Vic MLA for Richmond 1889-1903. Commissioner for Public Works 1900-01, Minister for Railways 1900-01, Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 1901-01 1901-02, Chief Secretary 1901-02. > William Austin Zeal (1830-1912): Elected 1901 Zeal retired in 1906 Died 11 March 1912 --------------------------------------------------------------------