COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917
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SENATE ELECTION
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          265,779         +03.3
Votes cast:                               191,178   71.9  -08.2
Informal votes:                             8,483   04.4  +00.6
Formal votes:                             182,695   95.6  -00.6
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Thomas Butterfield             ALP         79,751   43.7
Robert GUTHRIE *               Nat        106,408   58.2  ELECTED 1
Lionel Hill                    ALP         79,036   43.3
Francis Lundie                 ALP         76,358   41.8
James ROWELL *                 Nat        102,700   56.2  ELECTED 3
William SENIOR *               Nat        103,832   56.8  ELECTED 2
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Total                                     548,085
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 182,695, 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. Butterfield was SA MHA for Newcastle 1915-17, 1918-33.
3. Hill was SA MHA for East Torrens 1915-17, Port Pirie 1918-33. 
He was Premier of South Australia 1926-27 and 1930-33.
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Senators' terms began 1 July 1917. Guthrie, Rowell and Senior 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1923. Continuing senators (term 
to end 30 June 1920): John NEWLAND (Nat), Hon James O'LOGHLIN 
(ALP), John SHANNON (Nat).
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> James Francis Guthrie (1857-1921): Elected 1903, 1910, 1914, 1917
> John Newland (1864-1932): Elected 1913, 1914
> James Vincent O'Loghlin (1852-1925): Elected 1907. Election 
declared void 1907. Elected 1913, 1914
> James Rowell (1851-1940): Appointed 1917
> William Senior (1850-1926): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917
> John Wallace Shannon (1862-1926): Elected 1912. Defeated 1913. 
Elected 1914
Shannon retired in 1919.
Died 30 January 1926
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