COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906
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SENATE ELECTION
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TASMANIA (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                           90,209         +09.7
Votes cast:                                48,879   54.2
Informal votes:                             2,192   04.5
Formal votes:                              46,687   95.5
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Hon Cyril CAMERON              AS          25,089   53.7  ELECTED 1
Hon John CLEMONS *             AS          24,844   53.2  ELECTED 2
Hon Norman Ewing               AS          23,390   50.1
James Guy                      Lab         20,748   44.4
Hon John KEATING *             Prot        23,862   51.1  ELECTED 3
Hon David O'Keefe *            Lab         22,128   47.4
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Total                                     140,061
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 46,687, 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. Cameron was a Senator for Tasmania 1901-03.
3. Ewing was a Senator for Western Australia 1901-03.
4. For Guy, see Senate Tasmania 1914.
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Senators' terms began 1 January 1907. Cameron, Clemons and Keating 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1913. Continuing senators (term to 
end 30 June 1910): Hon Henry DOBSON (AS), Edward MULCAHY (Prt), 
Hon James MACFARLANE (AS).
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> Cyril St Clair Cameron (1857-1941): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. 
Elected 1906
> John Singleton Clemons (1862-1944): Elected 1901, 1906
> Henry Dobson (1841-1919): Elected 1901, 1903
> John Henry Keating (1872-1940): Elected 1901, 1906
Vice-President of the Executive Council to 20 February 1907
Minister for Home Affairs 24 January 1907 to 13 November 1908
> James Macfarlane (1844-1914): Elected 1901, 1903
> Edward Mulcahy (1850-1927): Elected 1903
> David John O'Keefe (1864-1943): Elected 1901. Defeated 1906
Later career: See Senate Tasmania 1910
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