COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914
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SENATE ELECTION
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TASMANIA (Six senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          105,979
Votes cast:                                82,253   77.6
Informal votes:                             3,871   04.7
Formal votes:                              78,382   95.3
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Thomas BAKHAP *                Lib         38,342   48.9  ELECTED 6
David Blanchard                             2,820   03.6
Hon Cyril Cameron                           6,979   08.9
Hon John Clemons *             Lib         36,577   46.7
James GUY                      ALP         39,656   50.6  ELECTED 3
Hon John KEATING *             Lib         39,193   50.0  ELECTED 4
James LONG *                   ALP         39,853   50.8  ELECTED 2
James McDonald                 ALP         37,771   48.2
Edward Mulcahy                 Lib         38,016   48.5
Hubert Nicholls                Lib         36,325   46.3
Hon David O'KEEFE *            ALP         39,879   50.9  ELECTED 1
Rudolph READY *                ALP         38,779   49.5  ELECTED 5
Louis Shoobridge               Lib         38,006   48.5
William Shoobridge             ALP         38,096   48.6
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Total                                     470,292
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 78,382, 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. Cameron was a Senator for Tasmania 1901-03, 1907-13.
3. McDonald was Tas MHA for Bass 1915-16, Tas MLC for Gordon 
1916-22, 1928-47.
4. Mulcahy was a Senator for Tasmania 1903-10.
5. L Shoorbridge was Tas MLC for Derwent 1921-37
6. W Shoobridge was Tas MHA for Franklin 1916-19, 1922-25, Wilmot 
1925-28, 1929-31.
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Senators' terms began 5 September 1914. Guy, Long and O'Keefe 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1920. Bakhap, Keating and Ready 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1919.
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> Thomas Jerome Kingston Bakhap (1866-1923): Elected 1913, 1914
> John Singleton Clemons (1862-1944): Elected 1901. Defeated 1914
Minister without portfolio to 17 Septemer 1914
Later career: Lived in England.
Died 10 November 1944
> James Guy (1861-1921): Elected 1914 
Born: 1861, Tasmania
Career: Primary education. Blacksmith. Founding member and 
Secretary Tasmanian Workers Political League, later Labour Party. 
Father of Hon Allan Guy, MP and Senator.
State politics: Tas MHA for Bass 1909-13
> John Henry Keating (1872-1940): Elected 1901, 1906, 1913, 1914
> James Joseph Long (1870-1932): Elected 1910, 1914
> David John O'Keefe (1864-1943): Elected 1901. Defeated 1906. 
Elected 1910, 1914
> Rudolph Keith Ready (1878-1958): Elected 1910, 1914
Resigned place 1 March 1917 (see Appointments)
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