COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== THE SENATE ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 389,200 +02.9 Votes cast: 330,231 84.8 -04.2 Informal votes: 26,468 08.0 +03.2 Formal votes: 303,763 92.0 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Adamson Nat 144,497 47.6 Myles Ferricks * ALP 129,981 42.8 Hon Thomas Givens * Nat 3,531 01.2 Sir Thomas Glasgow Nat 16,816 05.5 William Maughan * ALP 4,002 01.3 Hon Henry Turley ALP 4,936 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turley was a Senator for Queensland 1904-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Givens's 3,531 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adamson 845 23.9 145,342 47.8 Ferricks * 166 04.7 130,147 42.8 Glasgow 1,800 51.0 18,616 06.1 Maughan * 564 16.0 4,566 01.5 Turley 156 04.4 5,092 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,531 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 3rd count: Maughan's 4,566 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adamson 167 03.7 145,509 47.9 Ferricks * 1,113 24.4 131,260 43.2 Glasgow 193 04.2 18,809 06.2 Turley 3,093 67.7 8,185 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,566 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 4th count: Turley's 8,185 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adamson 671 08.2 146,180 48.1 Ferricks * 6,083 74.3 137,343 45.2 Glasgow 1,431 17.5 20,240 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,185 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 5th count: Glasgow's 20,240 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMSON 17,386 85.9 163,566 53.8 ELECTED 1 Ferricks * 2,854 14.1 140,197 46.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,240 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Adamson's 144,497 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMSON E ELECTED 1 Ferricks * 4,312 03.0 134,293 44.2 Givens * 126,974 87.9 130,505 43.0 Glasgow 11,969 08.3 28,785 09.5 Maughan * 778 00.5 4,780 01.6 Turley 464 00.3 5,400 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 144,497 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 2nd count: Maughan's 4,780 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMSON E ELECTED 1 Ferricks * 1,132 23.7 135,425 44.6 Givens * 259 05.4 130,764 43.0 Glasgow 283 05.9 29,068 09.6 Turley 3,106 65.0 8,506 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,780 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 3rd count: Turley's 8,506 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMSON E ELECTED 1 Ferricks * 6,181 72.7 141,606 46.6 Givens * 960 11.3 131,724 43.4 Glasgow 1,365 16.0 30,433 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,506 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 4th count: Glasgow's 30,433 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMSON E ELECTED 1 Ferricks * 2,022 06.6 143,628 47.3 GIVENS * 28,411 93.4 160,135 52.7 ELECTED 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,433 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Adamson's 144,497 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMSON E ELECTED 1 Ferricks * 4,633 03.2 134,614 44.3 GIVENS * E 3,531 01.2 ELECTED 2 GLASGOW 137,713 95.3 154,529 50.9 ELECTED 3 Maughan * 1,290 00.9 5,292 01.7 Turley 861 00.6 5,797 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 144,497 303,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1920. Adamson, Givens and Glasgow elected for for a term ending 30 June 1926. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1923): Thomas CRAWFORD (Nat), Harry FOLL (Nat) and Matthew REID (Nat). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Adamson (1857-1922): Elected 1919 Born: 18 February 1857, Co Durham, England Career: Primary education. Shoemaker, blacksmith, lay preacher. Migrated 1878. Methodist minister, Queensland. Left ALP 1916. State politics: Qld MLA for Maryborough 1907-09, Rockhampton 1911- 17. Secretary for Railways 1915-16. Died 2 May 1922 (see Appointments) > Thomas William Crawford (1865-1948): Elected 1917 > Myles Aloysius Ferricks (1875-1932): Elected 1913, 1914. Defeated 1919 Later career: Qld MLA for South Brisbane 1920-29. Died 20 August 1932 > William John Ryott Maughan (1863-1933): Elected 1913, 1914. Defeated 1919 Died 9 April 1933 > Hattil Spencer Foll (1890-1977): Elected 1917 > Thomas Givens (1864-1928): Elected 1903, 1910, 1914, 1919 President of the Senate > Thomas William Glasgow (1876-1955): Elected 1919 Born: 6 June 1876, Blackmount, Queensland Career: Educated Maryborough Grammar School, Maryborough, Queensland. Bank officer. Military Service 1899-1900, 1914-19 (Major-General 1918). Knighted 1919. > Matthew Reid (1856-1947): Elected 1917 --------------------------------------------------------------------