COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913
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SENATE ELECTION
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          179,784         +33.2
Votes cast:                               132,149   73.5  +11.3
Informal votes:                             8,251   06.2  +00.8
Formal votes:                             123,898   93.8  -00.8
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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William Butcher                 Lib        56,730   45.8
Charles Davies                  Lib        55,950   45.2
Patrick LYNCH *                 ALP        67,039   54.1  ELECTED 2
William Nairn                   Lib        56,162   45.3
Edward NEEDHAM *                ALP        66,897   54.0  ELECTED 3
Hon George PEARCE *             ALP        68,916   55.6  ELECTED 1
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Total                                     371,694
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 123,898, 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. Butcher was WA MLA for Gascoyne 1901-11, Roebourne 1915-17. 
3. Nairn was WA MLA for Swan 1914-21.
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Senators' terms began 1 July 1913. Lynch, Needham and Pearce elected 
for a term ending 30 June 1919. Continuing senators (term to end 30 
June 1916): Richard BUZACOTT (ALP), Hon Hugh DE LARGIE (ALP), George 
HENDERSON (ALP).
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> Richard Buzacott (1867-1933): Elected 1910
> Hugh de Largie (1859-1947): Elected 1901, 1903, 1910
> George Henderson (1861-1929): Elected 1903, 1910
> Patrick Joseph Lynch (1867-1944): Elected 1906, 1913
> Edward Needham (1872-1956): Elected 1906, 1913
> George Foster Pearce (1870-1952): Elected 1901, 1906, 1913
Minister for Defence to 24 June 1913
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