COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914
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SENATE ELECTION
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NEW SOUTH WALES (Six senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                        1,083,129         +04.5
Votes cast:                               702,403   64.8  -00.8
Informal votes:                            34,984   05.0  -01.7
Formal votes:                             667,419   95.0  +01.7
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Francis Coen                   Lib        324,152   48.6
Albert GARDINER *              ALP        344,151   51.6  ELECTED 1
Hon Sir Albert GOULD *         Lib        341,569   51.1  ELECTED 4
John GRANT                     ALP        341,934   51.2  ELECTED 3
Allan McDOUGALL *              ALP        342,482   51.3  ELECTED 2
Hon Edward MILLEN *            Lib        339,476   50.9  ELECTED 5
Charles Oakes *                Lib        333,763   50.0
Herbert Pratten                Lib        322,076   48.3
Arthur Rae *                   ALP        333,243   49.9
Isaac Smith                    ALP        324,630   48.6
Arthur Trethowan               Lib        318,788   47.8
David WATSON                   ALP        338,250   50.7  ELECTED 6
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Total                                   4,004,514
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 667,419, indicating the 
proportion of voters who supported each candidate. The percentages 
column will thus add up to 600%, since each voter cast six votes.
2. For Pratten, see Senate NSW 1917.
3. Trethowan was a NSW MLC 1916-37.
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Senators' terms began 5 September 1914. Gardiner, Grant and 
McDougall elected for a term ending 30 June 1920. Gould, Millen 
and Watson elected for a term ending 30 June 1917.
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> Albert Gardiner (1867-1952): Elected 1910, 1914
Vice-President of the Executive Council 17 September 1914 to 20 
October 1916
Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 15 November 1916
> Albert John Gould (1847-1936): Elected 1901, 1906, 1913, 1914
Gould retired in 1917.
Later career: Company director.
Died 27 July 1936
> John Grant (1857-1928): Elected 1914
Born: 1857, Abernathy, Scotland
Career: Primary education. Stonemason. Migrated 1880. Secretary 
Stonemasons' Union. Founding member NSW ALP. General Secretary NSW 
ALP. 
> Allan McDougall (1856-1924): Elected 1910, 1914
> Edward Davis Millen (1862-1923): Elected 1901, 1906, 1913, 1914
Minister for Defence to 17 September 1914
Vice-President of the Executive Council from 17 February 1917
> Charles William Oakes (1861-1928): Elected 1913. Defeated 1914
Later career: NSW MLA for Waverley 1917-20, Eastern Suburbs 1922-25. 
Honorary Minister 1919-20, Colonial Secretary 1921 1922-25, Minister 
for Health 1921, 1922-25.
Died 3 July 1928
> Arthur Rae (1860-1943): Elected 1910. Defeated 1914
Later career: See Senate 1928 
> David Watson (1870-1924): Elected 1914
Born: 1870, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Career: Migrated as child. Primary education. Miner, Newcastle, NSW. 
President Northern District Miners Union.
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