COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, Walkerville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,093 +19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Charles KINGSTON * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cameron Kingston (1850-1908): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Died 11 May 1908 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Free Trade unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,078 +12.6 Votes cast: 9,226 34.1 Informal votes: 503 05.5 Formal votes: 8,273 94.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Dey Lab 3,177 36.4 Hon Patrick GLYNN * AS 5,546 63.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,273 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Attorney-General from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Strathalbyn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,711 +16.0 Votes cast: 11,808 44.2 Informal votes: 559 04.7 Formal votes: 11,249 95.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowland Campbell Lab 4,715 41.9 John LIVINGSTON + AS 6,534 58.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,249 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Livingston (1856-1935): Elected 1906 Born: 24 March 1856, Mt Gambier, South Australia. Career: Primary education. Drover, stock dealer and station manager, NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Mayor of Mt Gambier 1898. Colonial/State politics: SA MHA for Victoria 1899-1902, Victoria and Albert 1902-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,767 +26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Lee BATCHELOR * Lab Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Egerton Lee Batchelor (1865-1911): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for External Affairs 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Gladstone, Melrose, Petersburg, Port Pirie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Free Trade unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,117 +07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alexander POYNTON * Lab Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Poynton (1853-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Poynton had joined the Labour Caucus in 1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Goodwood, Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,353 +11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James HUTCHISON * Lab Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hutchison (1859-1909): Elected 1903, 1906 Minister without portfolio 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 Died 6 December 1909 (No by-election held) -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Independent unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,532 +13.6 Votes cast: 11,485 41.7 Informal votes: 560 04.9 Formal votes: 10,925 95.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Frederick HOLDER * 6,972 63.8 John Vaughan Lab 3,953 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,925 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Holder was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists but maintained that as Speaker he was an independent. He did not take part in Anti- Socialist party activities. 2. Vaughan was SA MLC for Central 1912-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Holder (1850-1909): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 23 July 1909 Died 23 July 1909 (see By-elections) --------------------------------------------------------------------