COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Brisbane North, Fortitude Valley, Ithaca, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over NLU 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,839 +01.0 Votes cast: 13,842 39.7 -11.5 Informal votes: 455 03.3 +01.4 Formal votes: 13,387 96.7 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Millice Culpin * Lab 5,187 38.7 -08.1 Justin FOXTON AS 8,200 61.3 +18.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,387 11.3 13.4 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Millice Culpin (1846-1941): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: Suburban doctor, Brisbane. Died 1 September 1941 > Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton (1849-1916): Elected 1906 Born: 24 September 1849, Merri Creek, Victoria. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar. To Queensland 1864. Solicitor, Stanthorpe. Colonel, Queensland Defence Force. Colonial/State politics: Qld MLA for Carnarvon 1883-1904. Secretary for Public Lands 1896-98, Home Secretary 1898-99, 1899-1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over NLU 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,067 +29.8 Votes cast: 14,725 52.5 -05.7 Informal votes: 529 03.6 +00.8 Formal votes: 14,196 96.4 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward ARCHER AS 7,892 55.6 +25.1 David Thomson * Lab 6,304 44.4 -05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,196 05.6 15.2 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Thomson (1844-1908): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906 Died 28 October 1926 > Edward Walker Archer (1871-1940): Elected 1906 Born: 12 December 1871, Croydon, England. Career: Educated Kings College, London. Shipping mananger, pastoralist Canada. Migrated 1897. Pastoralist and businessman, Brisbane. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (NLU unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,548 +30.6 Votes cast: 11,919 37.8 Informal votes: 488 04.1 Formal votes: 11,431 95.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Prot 7,440 65.1 Horace Ransome Lab 3,991 34.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,431 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901by, 1903, 1906 Attorney-General to 13 November 1908 Minister for External Affairs from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Cairns, Herberton, Mackay, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over NLU 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,857 +23.2 Votes cast: 16,170 50.8 -12.4 Informal votes: 764 04.7 +00.2 Formal votes: 15,406 95.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick BAMFORD * Lab 8,151 52.9 -04.9 Walter Tunbridge AS 7,255 47.1 +04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,406 02.9 04.9 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Bamford (1849-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North-west Queensland: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Georgetown, Winton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over NLU 19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,843 +26.1 Votes cast: 12,018 48.4 -12.2 Informal votes: 845 07.0 +03.5 Formal votes: 11,173 93.0 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Johnson AS 4,711 42.2 +11.9 Hon Charles McDONALD * Lab 6,462 57.8 -11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,173 07.8 11.9 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McDonald (1861-1925): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Longreach, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over NLU 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,698 +46.4 Votes cast: 10,181 41.2 -17.2 Informal votes: 593 05.8 +03.0 Formal votes: 9,588 94.2 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Little AS 2,989 31.2 +06.2 Hon James PAGE * Lab 6,599 68.8 -06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,588 18.8 06.2 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Page (1861-1921): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Bundamba, Esk, Ipswich, Nundah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Independent over NLU 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,643 +16.0 Votes cast: 16,607 52.4 +06.0 Informal votes: 514 03.1 +01.4 Formal votes: 16,093 96.9 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh SINCLAIR AS 10,055 62.5 +18.3 Hon James Wilkinson * Lab 6,038 37.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,093 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilkinson had joined the Labour Caucus in 1904 after sitting as an independent. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Wilkinson (1853-1915): Elected 1901, 1903. Defeated 1906 Died 11 January 1915 > Hugh Sinclair (1864-1926): Elected 1906 Born: 6 July 1864, Cambewarra, NSW. Career: Primary education. To Queensland 1890. Dairy farmer. Manager Queensland Framers Co-operative. -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Brisbane suburban: Brisbane South, Toombul, Windsor, Woolloongabba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: NLU over Labour 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,589 +10.4 Votes cast: 13,729 39.7 -15.5 Informal votes: 635 04.6 +02.4 Formal votes: 13,094 95.4 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard EDWARDS * AS 8,722 66.6 Alfred Merry Lab 4,372 33.4 -14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,094 16.6 14.3 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Edwards stood as an Anti-Socialist having previously sat as a Protectionist. 2. The Anti-Socialist majority over Labour is compared with the Protectionist majority over Labour in 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Edwards (1842-1915): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over NLU 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,025 +10.3 Votes cast: 15,291 52.7 -14.6 Informal votes: 389 02.5 +00.5 Formal votes: 14,902 97.5 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Andrew FISHER * Lab 8,118 54.5 -06.7 Jasper Harvey AS 6,784 45.5 +06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,902 04.5 06.7 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Prime Minister 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 Treasurer 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 Leader of the Opposition from 2 June 1909 Assistant Leader of the Labour Party to 30 October 1907 Leader of the Labour Party from 30 October 1907 (Australian Labour Party from 1908) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisher was elected leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Watson. Following the breakdown of the informal coalition between the Protectionists and the ALP, resulting in the House carrying a vote of no-confidence in Deakin's government on 10 November 1908, he formed a minority government. He resigned office following the formation of the Liberal Party and the passage of a no-confidence motion in his government on 27 May 1909. --------------------------------------------------------------------