COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== SENATE ELECTION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 207,655 +07.5 Votes cast: 110,503 53.2 +16.7 Informal votes: 3,675 03.3 -00.6 Formal votes: 106,828 96.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David Charleston Lib 49,063 45.9 David Gordon Lib 50,729 47.5 Robert GUTHRIE * ALP 57,733 54.0 ELECTED 2 Hon Gregor McGREGOR * ALP 58,955 55.2 ELECTED 1 John Shannon Lib 48,834 45.7 William STORY * ALP 55,170 51.6 ELECTED 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 320,484 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Percentages shown are percentages of 106,828, 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. Charleston was a Senator for South Australia 1901-03. 3. For Gordon, see House of Representatives, Boothby by-election 1912. 4. For Shannon, see Appointments. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1910. Guthrie, McGregor and Story elected for a term ending 30 June 1916. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1913): William RUSSELL (ALP), Hon Sir Josiah SYMON (Lib), Joseph VARDON (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Francis Guthrie (1857-1921): Elected 1903, 1910 > Gregor McGregor (1848-1914): Elected 1901, 1903, 1910 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 29 April 1910 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party > William Russell (1842-1912): Elected 1906 Died 28 June 1912 (see Appointments) > William Harrison Story (1857-1924): Elected 1903, 1910 > Josiah Henry Symon (1857-1924): Elected 1901, 1906 > Joseph Vardon (1843-1913): Elected 1906. Election declared void 1907. Elected 1908 --------------------------------------------------------------------