COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906
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SENATE ELECTION
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QUEENSLAND (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          271,109          +19.3
Votes cast:                               124,539   45.9
Informal votes:                             7,344   05.9
Formal votes:                             117,195   94.1
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Thomas CHATAWAY                AS          60,738   51.8  ELECTED 1
Hon Anderson Dawson *                      26,771   22.8 
James Griffith                 Lab         46,805   39.9
Hon William Higgs *            Lab         54,176   46.2
Jens Lundager                  Lab         46,584   39.7
Robert SAYERS                  AS          58,824   50.2  ELECTED 2
Anthony ST LEDGER              AS          57,687   49.2  ELECTED 3
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Total                                     351,585
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 117,195, indicating the 
proportion of voters who supported each candidate. The percentages 
column will thus add up to 300%, since each voter cast three votes.
2. Dawson had decided to retire, then changed his mind and stood as 
an independent, splitting the Labour vote.
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Senators' terms began 1 January 1907. Chataway, Sayers and St Ledger 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1913. Continuing senators (term to 
end 30 June 1910): Thomas GIVENS (Lab), Hon James STEWART (Lab), 
Henry TURLEY (Lab).
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> Thomas Drinkwater Chataway (1864-1925): Elected 1906
Born: 1864, Sussex, England
Career: Educated Charterhouse School, England. Migrated 1881. 
Grazier, mill-owner, NSW and Queensland. Leader of Queensland 
canegrowers. Mackay Council, mayor 1904.
> Anderson Dawson (1863-1910): Elected 1901. Defeated 1906
Died 20 July 1910
> Thomas Givens (1864-1928): Elected 1903
> William Guy Higgs (1862-1951): Elected 1901. Defeated 1906 
Later career: See House of Representatives, Capricornia 1910
> Robert John Sayers (1845-1919): Elected 1906 
Born: 1845, Isle of Wight, England
Career: Educated England. Migrated 1863. Goldminer NSW and 
Queensland. Mineowner, Charters Towers.
Colonial/state politics: Qld MLA for Charters Towers 1888-93
> James Charles Stewart (1851-1931): Elected 1901, 1903
> Anthony James Joseph St Ledger (1859-1929): Elected 1906
Born: 1859, Lancashire, England
Career: Migrated as child. Educated St Killan College, Ipswich, 
Queensland. Teacher Queensland Education Department. Studied law, 
barrister.
> Joseph Henry Lewis Turley (1959-1929): Elected 1903
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