COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913
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SENATE ELECTION
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          244,026         +17.5
Votes cast:                               195,463   80.1  +26.9
Informal votes:                            11,204   05.7  +02.4
Formal votes:                             184,259   94.3  -02.4
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Peter Allen                     Lib        81,805   44.4
John NEWLAND                    ALP        96,179   52.2  ELECTED 2
Hon James O'LOGHLIN             ALP        96,750   52.5  ELECTED 1
William SENIOR                  ALP        94,222   51.1  ELECTED 3
John Shannon *                  Lib        82,436   44.7
Hon Sir Josiah Symon *                     18,556   10.1
Joseph Vardon *                 Lib        82,829   45.0
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Total                                     552,777  
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 184,259, 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. Allen was SA MHA for Wallaroo 1902-12, Yorke Peninsula 1915-25.
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Senators' terms began 1 July 1913. Newland, O'Loghlin and Senior 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1919. Continuing senators (term to 
end 30 June 1916): Hon Gregor McGREGOR (ALP), Robert GUTHRIE (ALP), 
William STORY (ALP).
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> James Francis Guthrie (1857-1921): Elected 1903, 1910
> Gregor McGregor (1848-1914): Elected 1901, 1903, 1910
Vice-President of the Executive Council to 2 June 1913
Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 13 August 1914
Died 13 August 1914 (no Appointment made)
> John Newland (1864-1932): Elected 1913 
Born: 4 August 1964, Nairnshire, Scotland
Career: Educated Scotland. Migrated 1883. Railway worker. Secretary 
Railway Officers Association. Terowie District Council.
State politics: SA MHA for Burra 1906-12
> James Vincent O'Loghlin (1852-1925): Appointed 1907. Election 
declared void 1907. Elected 1913
> William Senior (1850-1926): Elected 1913 
Born: 9 February 1850, Yorkshire, England
Career: Migrated as child. Educated state schools, Mt Gambier, South 
Australia. Shopkeeper and Methodist Minister. 
State politics: SA MHA for Victoria and Albert 1904-12
> John Wallace Shannon (1862-1926): Appointed 1912. Defeated 1913
Later career: See Senate 1914
> William Harrison Story (1857-1924): Elected 1903, 1910
> Josiah Henry Symon (1857-1924): Elected 1901, 1906. Defeated 1913
Died 29 March 1934
> Joseph Vardon (1843-1913): Elected 1906. Election declared void 
1907. Elected 1908. Defeated 1913
Later career: SA MHA for Sturt 1918-21, 1924-30
Died 23 February 1937
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