COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917
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SENATE ELECTION
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TASMANIA (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          108,681         +02.5
Votes cast:                                82,608   76.0  -01.6
Informal votes:                             3,075   03.7  -01.0
Formal votes:                              79,533   96.3  +01.0
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Thomas BAKHAP *                Nat         43,972   55.3
James Belton                   ALP         32,470   40.8
Hon Cyril Cameron                           4,783   06.0
Hon John EARLE *               Nat         46,332   58.3
Henry Goodluck                              1,329   01.7
James Hirst                    ALP         32,855   41.3
Hon John KEATING *             Nat         45,595   57.3
Walter Woods                   ALP         31,263   39.3
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Total                                     238,599
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 79,533, 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. Cameron was a Senator for Tasmania 1901-03 and 1907-13.
3. Woods was Tas MHA for North Hobart 1906-09, Denison 1909-17, 
1925-31.
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Senators' terms began 1 July 1917. Bakhap, Earle and Keating elected 
for a term ending 30 June 1923. Continuing senators (term to end 30
June 1920): James GUY (ALP), James LONG (ALP), Hon David O'KEEFE 
(ALP)
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> Thomas Jerome Kingston Bakhap (1866-1923): Elected 1913, 1914, 
1917
> John Earle (1865-1932): Appointed 1917. Elected 1917
> James Guy (1861-1921): Elected 1914
> John Henry Keating (1872-1940): Elected 1901, 1906, 1913, 1914, 
1917
> James Joseph Long (1870-1932): Elected 1910, 1914
Resigned place 20 December 1918 (see Appointments)
Later career: Left ALP 1918. Commissioner to enquire into trade 
between Australia and the East Indies. Later publican, Victoria,
businessman, Melbourne.
Died 23 December 1932
> David John O'Keefe (1864-1943): Elected 1901. Defeated 1906. 
Elected 1910, 1914
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