COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== SENATE APPOINTMENTS AND SPECIAL ELECTION DURING THE THIRD PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== South Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 July 1907, following the declaration that the election of Joseph Vardon was void -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James O'LOGHLIN Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Vincent O'Loghlin (1852-1925): Appointed 1907 Born: 25 October 1852, Gumeracha, South Australia Career: Educated Classical and Commercial Academy, Adelaide. Farmer, wheat buyer. Journlaist and owner of country newspapers. Active in Irish nationalist organisations. Colonial/state politics: SA MLC for Northern 1888-1902. Appointment declared void 20 December 1907. Fresh election ordered (see below) -------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ELECTION enrolment unknown, 77,222 cast valid votes ==================================================================== 15 February 1908, following the declaration that the appointment of Hon James O'Loghlin was void. -------------------------------------------------------------------- One senator to be elected -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James O'Loghlin Lab 35,779 46.3 Joseph VARDON AS 41,443 53.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- informal unknown 77,222 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Vardon (1843-1913): Elected 1906. Election declared void 1907. Elected 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The official return for this election cannot be located. These figures are from a newspaper report. 2. The South Australian parliament appointed O'Loghlin under s15 of the Constitution, but the High Court held that, since Vardon's election had been void, a s15 vacancy had not occurred, and ordered a special election. The political issue was the attempt by the Labour majority in the South Australian Parliament to replace an Anti-Socialist Senator with a Labour nominee. --------------------------------------------------------------------