COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Melbourne suburban: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,649 -08.0 Votes cast: 17,088 54.0 Informal votes: 431 02.5 Formal votes: 16,657 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hampson Lab 3,263 19.6 Joseph Hewison 5,651 33.9 Edwards Roberts Prot 786 04.7 Agar WYNNE + AS 6,957 41.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,657 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Hampson, see Bendigo 1915 by-election 2. Wynne was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. 3. Hewison was an independent free trade candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agar Wynne (1850-1934): Elected 1906 Born: 15 July 1850, Ballaarat, Victoria. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar. Solicitor 1869. Pastoralist and stockbreeder, businessman and investor. Colonial/State politics: Vic MLC for Western Province 1888-1902. Postmaster-General 1893-94, Solicitor-General 1893-94, 1900-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynne joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Mt Pleasant, Sebastopol, Soldiers Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,481 +00.7 Votes cast: 19,048 62.5 Informal votes: 412 02.2 Formal votes: 18,636 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred DEAKIN * Prot 12,331 66.2 James Scullin Lab 6,305 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,636 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Scullin, see Corangamite 1910. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Deakin (1856-1919): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Prime Minister to 13 November 1908 Minister for External Affairs to 13 November 1908 Prime Minister from 2 June 1909 Leader of the Opposition 26 May 1909 to 2 June 1909 Leader of the Protectionists to 26 May 1909 Leader of the Liberal Party from 26 May 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deakin resigned following the breakdown of the informal coalition between the Protectionists and the ALP, resulting in the House carrying a vote of no-confidence on 10 November 1908. Following the fusion of the Anti-Socialists and the Protectionist party he became Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition, despite the fact that he had fewer followers in the new party than did Cook, the Anti-Socialist Leader. He resumed office following the passage of a no-confidence in Fisher's government on 27 May 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Delbridge, Fitzroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,590 Votes cast: 14,939 48.8 Informal votes: 743 05.0 Formal votes: 14,196 95.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jabez COON + Prot 7,098 50.0 Samuel Painter 330 02.3 Robert Solly Lab 6,617 46.6 Roy Vernon 151 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,196 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Solly was Vic MLA for Railway Officers 1904-06, Carlton 1908-32. 2. Painter and Vernon were independent Labour candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jabez Coon (1869-1935): Elected 1906 Born: 1869, Maldon, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Goldminer. Boot merchant in Melbourne. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Labour 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,257 +27.4 Votes cast: 19,053 59.1 +01.8 Informal votes: 467 02.5 +01.6 Formal votes: 18,586 97.5 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Glass Lab 8,969 48.3 +29.9 Hon Sir John QUICK * AS 9,617 51.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,586 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Glass was Vic MLA for Bendigo East 1907-11. 2. Quick was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Quick (1852-1932): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Postmaster-General from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albion, Edward, North Carlton, Northcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,621 -03.7 Votes cast: 21,220 63.1 +03.7 Informal votes: 624 02.9 +01.4 Formal votes: 20,596 97.2 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Randolph Bedford Lab 8,016 38.9 +00.1 Hon James HUME-COOK * Prot 10,745 52.2 +09.8 Joseph Molden AS 1,835 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 624 (02.9%) informal 20,596 06.7 04.9 to Prt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bedford was Qld MLC 1917-18, 1918-22, Qld MLA for Warrego 1923-37, 1937-41. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Newton Haxton Hume-Cook (1866-1942): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister without portfolio 28 January 1908 to 13 November 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Camperdown, Colac, Terang, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,012 +21.6 Votes cast: 17,783 61.3 +05.8 Informal votes: 765 04.3 +03.3 Formal votes: 17,018 95.7 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Carey Lab 4,306 25.3 Desmond Dunne Prot 5,237 30.8 +08.1 Dr Gratton WILSON * AS 7,475 43.9 +08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,018 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gratton Wilson (1863-1948): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Barwon, Belmont, Geelong, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,703 +20.3 Votes cast: 19,035 62.0 +01.3 Informal votes: 612 03.2 +01.7 Formal votes: 18,432 96.8 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard CROUCH * Prot 10,135 55.0 +09.5 Hon James McCay * AS 8,288 45.0 +08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,432 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McCay was member for Corinella 1901-06 (Corinella was abolished at the 1906 redistribution). He had been a protectionist until he accepted office in Reid's government. 2. There was a swing of 0.6% from Anti-Socialist to Protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Whiteside McCay (1864-30): Elected 1901. Defeated 1906 Later career: Military service 1909-18. Businessman and banker. Knighted 1918. Died 1 October 1930 > Richard Armstrong Crouch (1868-1949): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rushworth, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,205 +44.4 Votes cast: 16,147 55.3 +11.0 Informal votes: 867 05.4 +02.6 Formal votes: 15,280 94.6 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas Kennedy * Prot 7,624 49.9 -13.4 Albert PALMER AS 7,656 50.1 +13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,280 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 13.4 % from Protectionist to Anti-Socialist. 2. Kennedy was member for Moira 1901-06 (Moira was abolished at the 1906 redistribution). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Kennedy (1860-1929): Elected 1901, 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: Farmer, Buffalo, Victoria. Died 16 February 1929 > Albert Clayton Palmer (1859-1919): Elected 1906 Born: 1859, Melbourne. Career: Primary education. Bank clerk. Later flour-miller and grazier. Euroa Shire Council. Leader of Kyabram Reform Movement (a conservative rural movement). Election declared void 10 June 1907 (see By-elections) Later career: See Echuca by-election 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Melbourne suburban: Albert Park, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,553 Votes cast: 20,952 57.3 Informal votes: 759 03.6 Formal votes: 20,193 96.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George FAIRBAIRN AS 12,212 60.5 John Miller Prot 1,360 06.7 Thomas Smith Lab 6,621 32.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,193 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fairbairn was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. 2. Smith was Vic MLA for Emerald Hill 1889-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Fairbairn (1854-1943): Elected 1906 Born: 23 March 1855, Geelong, Victoria. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School and Cambridge University. Managed family properties Queensland. Founded financial company, Melbourne, boards of many companies, insurance houses, part-owner The Argus. President Victorian Employers Federation. Uncle of Hon James Fairbairn MP and grandfather of Hon David Fairbairn MP. State politics: Vic MLA for Toorak 1903-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fairbairn joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South-east of Melbourne: Dandenong, Korumburra, Mitcham, Warragul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,478 +03.7 Votes cast: 15,464 54.3 +01.5 Informal votes: 659 04.3 +03.1 Formal votes: 14,805 95.7 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William IRVINE + AS 7,621 51.5 +15.2 Arthur Nichols Prot 7,184 48.5 +21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,805 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 3.0% from Anti-Socialist to Protectionist 2. Nichols was Vic MLA for Gippsland West 1900-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hill Irvine (1858-1943): Elected 1906 Born: 6 July 1858, Newry, Ireland. Career: Educated Royal School, Armagh, and Trinity College, Dublin. Migrated 1879. Barrister 1884, KC 1906. Colonial/State politics: Vic MLA for Lowan 1894-1906. Attorney- General 18991900 1902-03, Solicitor-General 1903, Premier 1902-04, Treasurer 1903-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Foster, Moe, Sale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,253 +49.7 Votes cast: 16,154 55.2 Informal votes: 601 03.7 Formal votes: 15,553 96.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Allan McLean * AS 7,728 49.7 George WISE Prot 7,825 50.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,553 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLean stood as an Anti-Socialist having previously sat as a Protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Allan McLean (1844-1911): Elected 1901, 1903. Defeated 1906 Died 13 July 1911 > George Henry Wise (1853-1950): Elected 1906 Born: 1 July 1853, Melbourne. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne. Barrister 1874, practised Sale. Sale Council 1880-1904. Active federalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wise refused to support the Protectionist/Anti-Socialist fusion in 1908 and sat as an independent. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAMPIANS, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ararat, Dunolly, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,206 +30.0 Votes cast: 14,244 50.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 633 04.4 +02.1 Formal votes: 13,611 95.6 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Grayndler Lab 6,013 44.2 +18.3 Hans IRVINE + AS 7,598 55.8 +19.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,611 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grayndler was a NSW MLC 1921-34, 1936-43. He was General Secretary of the Australian Workers Union 1912-40. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans William Henry Irvine (1857-1922): Elected 1906 Born: 1857, Melbourne. Career: Primary education. Printer's apprentice. To Great Western 1888, vigneron. Pioneer wine exporter, President Victorian Vignerons. State politics: Vic MLC for Nelson 1901-06 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Beechworth, Benalla, Rutherglen, Wangaratta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,437 +53.1 Votes cast: 16,205 55.0 Informal votes: 872 05.4 Formal votes: 15,333 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph BROWN AS 6,801 44.4 Thomas McInerney + Prot 2,546 16.6 Daniel Turnbull Lab 5,986 39.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,333 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McInerney was Vic MLA for Delatite 1900-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Tilley Brown (1843-1925): Elected 1906 Born: 1843, London, England. Career: Migrated as child. Educated Geelong Grammar School. Banker's clerk. Property manager, pastoralist, Rochester. Large landowner, NSW and Victoria. Colonial/State politics: Vic MLA Mandurang for 1886-89, Shepparton and Euroa 1897-1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Melbourne suburban: Auburn, Glenferrie, Kew, Malvern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,695 -14.4 Votes cast: 21,145 62.8 +03.9 Informal votes: 676 03.2 +01.6 Formal votes: 20,469 96.8 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Barbour Prot 7,093 34.7 -12.5 Edward Hodges Lab 1,358 06.6 Hon William KNOX * AS 12,018 58.7 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,469 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 9.2% from Protectionist to Anti-Socialist. 2. Barbour was Vic MLA for Hawthorn 1900-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Knox (1850-1913): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAANECOORIE, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Castlemaine, Creswick, Maldon, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 24.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,606 +38.3 Votes cast: 14,757 53.5 +05.4 Informal votes: 881 06.0 +02.8 Formal votes: 13,876 94.0 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Grose AS 4,206 30.3 +04.9 William Rowe Lab 4,466 32.2 Hon Dr Charles SALMON * Prot 5,204 37.5 -37.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,876 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grose was Vic MLA for Creswick 1894-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty Salmon (1861-1917): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 28 July 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Salmon was elected Speaker following the death of Sir Frederick Holder. Unlike Holder, he was elected as a government nominee on a party-line vote and did not withdraw from his party room. This set a precedent which has been followed ever since. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Melbourne suburban: Footscray, Moonee Ponds, Newmarket, North Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,441 Votes cast: 20,355 60.9 Informal votes: 839 04.1 Formal votes: 19,516 95.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clement Davidson Lab 8,407 43.1 Hon Samuel MAUGER * Prot 11,109 56.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,516 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauger was member for Melbourne Ports 1901-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Mauger (1857-1936): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister without portfolio to 30 June 1907 Postmaster-General 30 June 1907 to 13 November 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton, Carlton South, East Melbourne, West Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 00.2 1904 by-election two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,046 Votes cast: 15,845 51.0 Informal votes: 561 03.5 Formal votes: 15,284 96.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lormer AS 6,056 39.6 Dr William MALONEY * Lab 9,228 60.4 +10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,284 10.4 10.6 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lormer was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Nuttal Maloney (1854-1940): Elected 1904by, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Emerald Hill, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,246 -02.0 Votes cast: 17,476 55.9 +00.2 Informal votes: 714 04.1 +01.9 Formal votes: 16,762 95.9 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril James 802 04.8 James MATHEWS Lab 6,813 40.6 -01.3 Hon James Ronald * 3,215 19.2 Edward Watts + Prot 5,932 35.4 -20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,762 02.6 09.4 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. James was an independent anti-socialist. 2. Ronald was member for Southern Melbourne 1901-06 (Southern Melbourne was abolished at the 1906 redistribution). He stood as an independent Labour candidate having failed to gain Labour preselection for the seat. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Black Ronald (1861-1941): Elected 1901, 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: Rejoined ALP but left in 1916 over conscription. Died 27 July 1941 > James Mathews (1863-1934): Elected 1906 Born: 1863, Melbourne. Career: Primary education. Tailor and small businessman, South Melbourne. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERNDA, Vic ==================================================================== North-east of Melbourne: Gisborne, Kyneton, Lilydale, Yea -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,191 +32.9 Votes cast: 15,257 52.3 +07.1 Informal votes: 702 04.6 +02.9 Formal votes: 14,555 95.4 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Robert HARPER * Prot 5,306 36.5 -16.5 James Kenneally Lab 3,962 27.2 John Leckie AS 3,753 25.8 -03.0 Richard O'Neill 1,534 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,555 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Leckie, see Indi 1917. 2. O'Neill was Vic MLA for Mandurang 1893-1902. He was an independent protectionist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Harper (1842-1919): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Hamilton, Horsham, Koroit, Portland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Free Trade over Labour 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,197 +22.0 Votes cast: 17,994 63.8 +09.8 Informal votes: 664 03.7 +02.0 Formal votes: 17,330 96.3 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McDOUGALL Lab 9,151 52.8 +15.2 Arthur Robinson * AS 8,179 47.2 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,330 02.8 05.7 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Robinson (1872-1945): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: Business and company director. Vic MLC for Melbourne South Province 1912-25. Honorary Minister 1915-17, Solicitor-General 1918-19, 1923-24, Minister for Public Works 1918-19, Attorney- General 1923-24. Knighted 1921. Died 17 July 1945 > John Keith McDougall (1867-1957): Elected 1906 Born: 10 August 1867, Learmonth, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Farmer and grazier. Ararat Shire Council. Labor journalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,895 +67.1 Votes cast: 15,906 57.0 +05.8 Informal votes: 560 03.5 +01.3 Formal votes: 15,346 96.5 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herman Brauer 1,737 11.3 Max Hirsch 2,002 13.0 William Leslie 142 00.9 Sydney SAMPSON + AS 7,911 51.6 +14.6 Richard Taffe Lab 3,554 23.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,346 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sampson was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. 2. Brauer was an independent protectionist candidate. 3. Hirsch was Vic MLA for Mandurang 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906 Born: 1863, Creswick, Victoria. Career: Educated Creswick. Journalist on country papers. To Warracknabeal 1883. Farmer and newspaper proprietor. Uncle of Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sampson joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbottsford, Richmond, Richmond North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 18.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,292 -18.6 Votes cast: 15,198 50.2 -05.6 Informal votes: 473 03.1 +00.9 Formal votes: 14,725 96.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Roberts 358 02.4 Hon Frank TUDOR * Lab 8,591 58.3 -09.9 Richard Vale 5,776 39.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,725 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Roberts was Vic MLA for Richmond 1903-04. He was an independent Labour candidate. 2. Vale was Vic MLA for West Ballarat 1886-89, 1892-1902. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Gwynne Tudor (1866-1922): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for Trade and Customs 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 --------------------------------------------------------------------