COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914
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SENATE ELECTION
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VICTORIA (Six senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          814,740         -01.9
Votes cast:                               644,898   79.2  +03.7
Informal votes:                            21,246   03.3  -01.2
Formal votes:                             623,652   96.7  +01.2
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Stephen BARKER *               ALP        334,517   53.6  ELECTED 2
John BARNES *                  ALP        334,782   53.7  ELECTED 1
Albert BLAKEY *                ALP        331,911   53.2  ELECTED 5
Hon James Hume-Cook            Lib        289,478   46.4
William Edgar                  Lib        289,854   46.5
Hon Edward FINDLEY *           ALP        329,198   52.8  ELECTED 6
Hon James McColl *             Lib        294,104   47.2
Andrew McKISSOCK               ALP        333,739   53.5  ELECTED 4
William McLean                 Lib        287,542   46.1
Hon Samuel Mauger              Lib        293,353   47.0
Edward RUSSELL *               ALP        334,238   53.6  ELECTED 3
William Trenwith               Lib        289,196   46.4
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Total                                   3,741,912
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 623,652, 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. Edgar was Vic MLC for Melbourne West 1904-13, East Yarra 1917-48.
3. Hume-Cook was MHR for Bourke 1901-10.
4. Mauger was MHR for Melbourne Ports 1901-06 and for Maribyrnong 
1906-10.
5. Trenwith was a Senator for Victoria 1903-10.
6. Russell resigned from the ALP Caucus on 14 November 1916 and 
joined the Nationalist Party in 1917.
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Senators' terms began 5 September 1914. Barnes, Barker and Russell 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1920. Blakey, Findley and 
McKissock elected for a term ending 30 June 1917. 
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> Stephen Barker (1854-1924): Elected 1910, 1914
> John Barnes (1868-1938): Elected 1913, 1914
> Albert Edward Howarth Blakey (1879-1935): Elected 1910, 1914
> Edward Findley (1862-1947): Elected 1903, 1910, 1914
> James Hiers McColl (1844-1929): Elected 1906, 1913. Defeated 1914
Vice-President of the Executive Council to 17 September 1914
Later career: Farmer at Gunbower, Victoria.
Died 20 February 1929
> Andrew Nelson McKissock (1873-1919): Elected 1914 
Born: 6 December 1873, Ballaarat, Victoria
Career: Primary education. Apprentice printer. Official 
Typographical Association. President Ballaarat Trades and Labour 
Council. President Victoria-Riverina Australian Workers Union.
State politics: Vic MLA for Ballaarat West 1908-11
> Edward John Russell (1879-1925): Elected 1906, 1913, 1914
Assistant Minister 27 October 1915 to 17 February 1917
Honorary Minister from 17 February 1917
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