COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== BARRIER, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Menindie, White Cliffs, Wilcannia -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Independent 32.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,164 +30.5 Votes cast: 7,832 31.1 -09.2 Informal votes: 311 04.2 +01.9 Formal votes: 7,521 95.8 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Marshall AS 1,919 25.5 Hon Josiah THOMAS * Lab 5,602 74.5 -07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,521 24.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Thomas (1863-1933): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Postmaster-General 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALARE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,536 Votes cast: 13,717 51.7 Informal votes: 393 02.9 Formal votes: 13,324 97.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas BROWN * Lab 6,759 50.7 John Fitzpatrick AS 6,565 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,324 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Brown was member for Canobolas 1901-06 (Canobolas was abolished at the 1906 redistribution). 2. Fitzpatrick was NSW MLA for Rylstone 1895-1904, Orange 1907-20, Bathurst 1920-27, Orange 1927-30. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brown (1861-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COOK, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Alexandria, Camperdown, Golden Grove, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,037 Votes cast: 14,725 52.5 Informal votes: 470 02.8 Formal votes: 16,154 97.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James CATTS Lab 8,563 53.0 John Hindle AS 7,591 47.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,154 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hindle was NSW MLA for Newtown 1891-94. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Howard Catts (1878-1951): Elected 1906 Born: 1878, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Career: Primary education, Sydney. Railway worker. General Secretary Rail and Tramways Workers Union, union journalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COWPER, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Bellingen, Grafton, Kempsey, Wingham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,626 +08.0 Votes cast: 11,515 41.7 -05.9 Informal votes: 404 03.5 +00.9 Formal votes: 11,111 96.5 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Lee * AS 4,602 41.4 -21.6 John O'Brien Lab 399 03.6 Eugene Rudder 1,316 11.8 John THOMSON Prot 4,794 43.1 +06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,111 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 13.9% from Anti-Socialist to Protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry William Lee (1856-1927): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: Businessman, Sydney Died 12 August 1927 > John Thomson (1862-1934): Elected 1906 Born: 1862, near Taree, NSW. Career: Primary education. Shopkeeper and grazier at Taree. Alderman Taree Council. State politics: NSW MLA for The Manning 1901-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,058 -12.5 Votes cast: 19,194 63.9 +12.8 Informal votes: 481 02.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 18,713 97.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Howe Lab 8,850 47.3 Hon William WILKS * AS 9,863 52.7 -22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,713 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Howe, see Dalley 1910. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Wilks (1863-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,244 +71.9 Votes cast: 11,514 43.9 +07.3 Informal votes: 532 04.6 +01.5 Formal votes: 10,982 95.4 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis Acton AS 4,626 42.1 +00.3 Hon William SPENCE * Lab 6,356 57.9 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,982 07.9 00.3 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Denham Street, Glenmore, King -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Free Trade over Labour 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,444 -21.6 Votes cast: 13,440 49.0 +10.2 Informal votes: 275 02.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 13,165 98.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon George REID * AS 7,229 54.9 -06.4 John West Lab 5,936 45.1 +12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,165 04.9 09.5 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- For West, see East Sydney 1910. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918): Elected 1901. Resigned seat 1903. Elected 1903 By, 1903, 1906 Leader of the Opposition to 16 November 1908 Leader of the Anti-Socialists to 16 November 1908 Resigned seat 24 December 1909 (no by-election held) Later career: High Commissioner to Britain 1910-16. British MP 1916- 18. Knighted 1909. Died 12 September 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reid resigned when it became clear that a fusion with the Protectionists could not be negotiated while he was Leader of the Opposition. -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDEN-MONARO, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bega, Braidwood, Cooma, Queanbeyan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,457 +05.1 Votes cast: 12,339 52.6 Informal votes: 571 04.6 Formal votes: 11,768 95.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Austin CHAPMAN * Prot 7,979 67.8 John Longmuir AS 3,789 32.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,768 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin Chapman (1864-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Postmaster-General to 30 July 1907 Minister for Trade and Customs 30 July 1907 to 13 November 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,764 +15.2 Votes cast: 13,806 53.6 +14.9 Informal votes: 442 03.2 -01.8 Formal votes: 13,364 97.8 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Cunningham AS 6,246 46.7 +16.0 William WEBSTER * Lab 7,118 53.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,364 03.3 08.1 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUME, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Adelong, Albury, Tumut, Wagga Wagga -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,049 +12.7 Votes cast: 15,224 60.8 +06.7 Informal votes: 274 01.8 +00.4 Formal votes: 14,950 98.2 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Gibb * AS 5,727 38.3 -01.7 Hon Sir William LYNE * Prot 9,223 61.7 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,950 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 1.7% from Anti-Socialist to Protectionist. 2. Gibb was member for Flinders, Victoria, 1903-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Gibb (1843-1919): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906 Died 22 February 1919 > William John Lyne (1844-1913): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Treasurer to 13 November 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyne refused to support the Protectionist/Anti-Socialist fusion in 1908 and sat as an independent from 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTER, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Cessnock, Dungog, Kurri Kurri, Maitland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,822 -00.5 Votes cast: 13,774 51.4 +02.3 Informal votes: 314 02.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 13,460 97.3 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Kearsley Lab 6,617 49.2 +41.2 Dr Frank LIDDELL * AS 6,843 50.8 -08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,460 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kearsley was NSW MLA for Northumberland 1910-13, Cessnock 1913-20, Newcastle 1920-21. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Liddell (1862-1939): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLAWARRA, NSW ==================================================================== NSW South Coast: Bulli, Nowra, Picton, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Free Trade unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,388 -03.8 Votes cast: 15,740 59.6 Informal votes: 486 03.1 Formal votes: 15,254 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George FULLER * AS 9,726 63.8 George Holt Lab 5,528 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,254 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Warburton Fuller (1861-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for Home Affairs from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Sydney suburban: Hurstville, Kogarah, Marrickville, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,885 -25.7 Votes cast: 16,273 56.3 +01.4 Informal votes: 458 02.8 00.0 Formal votes: 15,815 97.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bennetts Lab 4,677 29.6 +11.2 Elliot JOHNSON * AS 11,138 70.4 +19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,815 20.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Blayney, Orange, Wallerawang -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,524 +19.9 Votes cast: 14,401 58.7 -00.1 Informal votes: 520 03.6 +02.2 Formal votes: 13,881 96.4 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest CARR Lab 7,121 51.3 Hon Sydney Smith * AS 6,760 48.7 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,881 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sydney Smith (1856-1934): Elected 1901, 1903. Defeated 1906 Died 21 February 1934 > Ernest Shoobridge Carr (1875-1956): Elected 1906 Born: 1875, Dubbo, NSW. Career: Educated state schools. Journalist and editor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEPEAN, NSW ==================================================================== West of Sydney: Granville, Lithgow, Liverpool, Penrith -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,719 Votes cast: 16,754 56.4 Informal votes: 677 04.0 Formal votes: 16,077 96.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric BOWDEN AS 9,749 60.6 Charles Dyer Lab 5,471 34.0 Thomas Taylor 857 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,077 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Kendall Bowden (1872-1931): Elected 1906 Born: 30 September 1872, Parramatta, NSW. Career: Educated Sydney High School and Newington College. Solicitor 1894. Granville Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ENGLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Armidale, Glen Innes, Tamworth, Tingha -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,943 +04.4 Votes cast: 15,268 54.6 +03.2 Informal votes: 538 03.5 +00.4 Formal votes: 14,730 96.5 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis FOSTER Lab 7,631 51.8 Edmund Lonsdale * AS 7,099 48.2 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,730 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edmund Lonsdale (1843-1913): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: NSW MLA for Armidale 1907-13. Died 4 October 1913 > Francis James Foster (1872-1948): Elected 1906 Born: 1872, Sofala, NSW. Career: Primary education. Miner, farmhand, teacher. Shopkeeper, orchardist, Inverell. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== Central North NSW: Hamilton, Mereweather, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,806 -16.4 Votes cast: 18,264 61.3 +15.3 Informal votes: 479 02.6 -01.4 Formal votes: 17,785 97.4 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hawthorne AS 5,833 32.8 -04.7 Hon David WATKINS * Lab 11,952 67.2 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,785 17.2 04.7 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawthorne was NSW MLA for Balmain 1885-91, Leichhardt 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Watkins (1865-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Sydney suburban: Chatswood, Crows Nest, Manly, Mosman -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Free Trade unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,320 -24.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dugald THOMSON * AS Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dugald Thomson (1848-1922): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Thomson retired in 1910. Later career: Shipowner and philanthropist. Died 27 November 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW ==================================================================== Sydney suburban: Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Free Trade over Labour 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,114 -18.3 Votes cast: 14,939 49.6 -09.1 Informal votes: 647 04.3 +01.9 Formal votes: 14,292 95.7 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hampton Slatyer 3,114 21.8 Hon Bruce SMITH * AS 11,178 78.2 +04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,292 28.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Bruce Smith (1851-1937): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== Sydney suburban: Gordon, Gosford, Hunters Hill, Parramatta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,549 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Joseph COOK * AS Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Cook (1860-1947): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for Defence from 2 June 1909 Leader of the Opposition 17 November 1908 to 26 May 1909 Leader of the Anti-Socialists 17 November 1908 to 26 May 1909 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 26 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cook was elected Leader of the Anti-Socialists following the resignation of Reid, principally because he was a negotiating partner acceptable to the Protectionists. When the parties fused he conceded the leadership of the new party to Deakin, even though he had many more followers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 22.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,916 +36.5 Votes cast: 8,171 31.5 -13.8 Informal votes: 260 03.2 +00.7 Formal votes: 7,911 96.8 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas EWING * Prot 6,042 76.4 +03.8 John Sutton AS 1,869 23.6 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,911 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 3.8% from Anti-Socialist to Protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Thomson Ewing (1856-1920): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for Defence to 13 November 1908 Ewing retired in 1910. Later career: Farmer, Bexhill, NSW. Knighted 1908. Died 15 September 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Coolamon, Deniliquin, Narrandera, West Wyalong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 00.0 1904 by-election majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,915 +37.2 Votes cast: 12,921 51.9 +03.0 Informal votes: 601 04.7 +02.3 Formal votes: 12,320 95.3 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John CHANTER * Prot 6,662 54.1 +04.1 John Jackson AS 5,658 45.9 -04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,320 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 4.1% from Anti-Socialist to Protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Moore Chanter (1845-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904 By, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chanter refused to support the Protectionist/Anti-Socialist fusion in 1908 and joined the ALP Caucus in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Mudgee, Muswellbrook, Singleton, Wellington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,292 +17.7 Votes cast: 13,045 49.6 +09.1 Informal votes: 405 03.1 +00.4 Formal votes: 12,640 96.9 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry WILLIS * AS 7,199 57.0 -06.5 William Johnson Lab 5,441 43.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,640 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Johnson, see Robertson 1910. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Willis (1860-1950): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Botany, Foveaux, Redfern, Surry Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Free Trade over Labour 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,481 Votes cast: 18,832 63.9 Informal votes: 479 02.5 Formal votes: 18,353 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir James Graham + AS 8,006 43.6 -12.4 Hon Chris WATSON * Lab 10,347 56.4 +12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,353 06.4 12.4 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Watson was member for Bland 1901-06 (Bland was abolished at the 1906 redistribution). 2. Graham was NSW MLA for Sydney-Belmore 1894-1901, Surry Hills 1907-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Christian Watson (1867-1941): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Leader of the Labour Party to 23 October 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watson resigned as Leader of the Labour Party partly due to ill- health and partly due to party opposition to his close collaboration with Deakin. He retired in 1910. Later career: Left ALP 1916 over conscription. Company director. One of the founders of Ampol and the NRMA. Died 18 November 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Sydney suburban: Bondi, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 21.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,500 -09.1 Votes cast: 15,052 52.8 -09.8 Informal votes: 701 04.7 +03.2 Formal votes: 14,351 95.3 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Duncan Lab 3,846 26.8 William KELLY * AS 10,505 73.2 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,351 23.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Kelly (1877-1960): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Murrumburrah, Yass, Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Free Trade over Labour 18.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,601 +21.5 Votes cast: 14,652 57.2 +10.5 Informal votes: 518 03.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 14,134 96.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred Conroy * AS 6,818 48.2 -20.5 David HALL Lab 7,316 51.8 +20.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,134 01.8 20.5 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alfred Hugh Beresford Conroy (1863-1920): Elected 1901, 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: See Werriwa 1913. > David Robert Hall (1874-1945): Elected 1906 Born: 5 March 1874, Harrietville, Victoria. Career: Educated public schools and University of Sydney. Secretary, part-time law studies. Barrister 1903. State politics: NSW MLA for Gunnedah 1901-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Pyrmont, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,091 +08.9 Votes cast: 14,086 50.1 +08.2 Informal votes: 469 03.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 13,617 96.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Burns AS 6,056 44.5 Hon Billy HUGHES * Lab 7,561 55.5 -14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,617 05.5 14.4 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burns was a NSW MLC 1908-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Attorney-General 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The official Deputy Leader of the Labour Party was Senator McGregor, but Hughes became in effect the deputy leader when Fisher became Leader on 30 October 1907. --------------------------------------------------------------------