COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906
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SENATE ELECTION
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VICTORIA (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          672,054         +09.7
Votes cast:                               381,185   56.7  +05.5
Informal votes:                            23,481   06.2  +04.0
Formal votes:                             357,704   93.8  -04.0
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Charles Atkins                 Prot        37,912   10.6
Stephen Barker                 Lab         88,511   24.7
Hon Sir Simon FRASER *         AS         188,299   52.6  ELECTED 1
Hon James McCOLL               AS         185,906   52.0  ELECTED 2
Alexander Ramsay               Prot        87,385   24.4
Edward RUSSELL                 Lab        131,500   36.8  ELECTED 3
Hon Thomas Skene               AS         105,929   29.6
Hon James Styles *             Prot       116,599   32.6
Thomas Tunnecliffe             Lab        131,071   36.6
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Total                                   1,073,112
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 357,704, 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. For Barker, see Senate Victoria 1910.
3. Ramsay was Vic MLA for Williamstown 1900-04.
4. Skene was MHR for Grampians 1901-06.
5. Tunnecliffe was Vic MLA for West Melbourne 1903-04, Eaglehawk 
1907-20, Collingwood 1921-47.
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Senators' terms began 1 January 1907. Fraser, McColl and Russell 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1913. Continuing senators (term to 
end 30 June 1910): Hon Sir Robert BEST (Prt), Edward FINDLEY (Lab), 
William TRENWITH (Ind).
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> Robert Wallace Best (1856-1946): Elected 1901, 1903
Vice-President of the Executive Council 20 February 1907 to 13 
November 1908
Minister for Trade and Customs from 2 June 1909
> Edward Findley (1862-1947): Elected 1903
> Simon Fraser (1832-1913): Elected 1901, 1906
> James Hiers McColl (1844-1929): Elected 1906 
Born: 31 January 1844, South Shields, England.
Career: Migrated as child. Educated Scotch College, Melbourne.
Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Manduring 1886-89, Gunbower 1889-
1901. Minister for Mines and Water Supply 1894, President of the 
Board of Lands and Works 1899-1900, Commissioner for Crown Lands and 
Survey 1899-1900, Minister for Forests 1899-1900.
House of Representatives: MHR for Echuca 1901-06.
> Edward John Russell (1879-1925): Elected 1906
Born: 1879, Warrnambool, Victoria
Career: Primary education. Estate agent, printer. Official, Printers 
Union.
> James Styles (1841-1913): Elected 1901. Defeated 1906
Died 4 February 1914
> William Arthur Trenwith (1847-1925): Elected 1903
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