COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== SENATE ELECTION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 279,031 +02.9 Votes cast: 170,634 61.2 +15.3 Informal votes: 8,854 05.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 161,780 94.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas GIVENS * ALP 82,234 50.8 ELECTED 1 Hon Thomas Glassey Lib 77,895 48.1 William Kellett 6,065 03.7 Hugh Macrossan Lib 77,367 47.8 Joe Millican Lib 75,707 46.8 Horace Ransome 4,014 02.5 Hon James STEWART * ALP 80,339 49.7 ELECTED 3 Henry TURLEY * ALP 81,719 50.5 ELECTED 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 485,340 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Percentages shown are percentages of 161,780, 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. Glassey was a Senator for Queensland 1901-03. 3. Kellett was Qld MLA for Stanley 1878-88. 4. Macrossan was Qld MLA for Windsor 1912-15. 5. Millican was Qld MLA for Charters Towers 1907-08. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1910. Givens, Stewart and Turley elected for a term ending 30 June 1916. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1913): Thomas CHATAWAY (Lib), Robert SAYERS (Lib), Anthony ST LEDGER (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Drinkwater Chataway (1864-1925): Elected 1906 > Thomas Givens (1864-1928): Elected 1903, 1910 > Robert John Sayers (1845-1919): Elected 1906 > James Charles Stewart (1851-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1910 > Anthony James Joseph St Ledger (1859-1929): Elected 1906 > Joseph Henry Lewis Turley (1859-1929): Elected 1903, 1910 President of the Senate from 1 July 1910 --------------------------------------------------------------------