BY-ELECTIONS 1906-1910 ==================================================================== ECHUCA, Vic 31,183 enrolled, 22,329 (71.5%) voted ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rushworth, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 majority: Anti-Socialist over Protectionist 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 July 1907, following the voiding of the election of Albert Palmer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Kennedy Prot 10,481 47.4 (-02.5) Albert PALMER AS 11,618 52.6 (+02.5) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 230 (01.0%) informal 22,099 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kennedy was member for Moira 1901-06. 2. Palmer was member for Echuca 1906-07. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Clayton Palmer (1859-1919): Elected 1906. Election declared void 1907. Elected 1907 By -------------------------------------------------------------------- ADELAIDE, SA 29,874 enrolled, (33.7%) 10,068 voted ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, Walkerville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 June 1908, following the death of Rt Hon Charles Kingston -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander McLachlan 4,887 48.8 Ernest ROBERTS ALP 5,121 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 (00.6%) informal 10,008 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For McLachlan, see Senate South Australia 1925. He was an independent anti-socialist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Alfred Roberts (1869-1913): Elected 1908 By Born: 21 February 1869, London, England. Career: Primary education. Seaman. Migrated 1889. Waterside worker, Port Pirie, Secretary Wharf Laborers Union. Military Service, South Africa, 1899-1902. Labor editor. Colonial/State politics: SA MHA for Gladstone 1896-1902, Adelaide 1905-08. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA 30,782 enrolled, 14,998 (48.7%) voted ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Independent over Labour 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 August 1909, following the death of Hon Sir Frederick Holder -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER Lib 8,120 54.5 John Vaughan ALP 6,789 45.5 (+09.3) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 (00.6%) informal 14,909 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaughan was SA MLC for Central 1912-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By Born: 20 August 1856, Yorkshire, England. Career: Educated Prospect House, Yorkshire. Migrated 1879. Studied for ministry. Shopkeeper, Quorn. Later landowner. Quorn Council. Colonial/State politics: SA MHA for Newcastle 1893-1902, Flinders 1902-06. Commissioner for Public Works 1899, 1904, 1905, Minister for Industry 1902, Minister for Agriculture 1905. --------------------------------------------------------------------