COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== THE SENATE ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 440,851 +08.5 Votes cast: 400,175 90.8 +08.1 Informal votes: 25,530 06.4 -04.4 Formal votes: 374,645 93.6 +04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas GIVENS * Nat 201,400 53.8 ELECTED 1 Sir William Glasgow * Nat 10,633 02.8 Group A Wiliam Thompson * Nat 2,596 00.7 Harold Jensen ALP 24,438 06.5 Group B William Riordan ALP 121,030 32.3 Henry Turley ALP 14,548 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 374,645 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jensen's first name is spelled Harold in the 1925 returns and Harald in the 1928 returns. 2. For Riordan, see House of Representatives, Kennedy 1936 by- election. 3. Turley was a Senator for Queensland 1904-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy: Givens elected with an absolute majority of first preference votes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Givens's 201,400 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIVENS * E ELECTED 1 GLASGOW * 198,821 98.7 209,454 55.9 ELECTED 2 Thompson * 1,556 00.8 4,152 01.1 Jensen 417 00.2 24,855 06.6 Riordan 316 00.2 121,346 32.4 Turley 290 00.1 14,838 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 201,400 374,645 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Givens's 201,400 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIVENS * E ELECTED 1 GLASGOW * E 10,633 02.8 ELECTED 2 THOMPSON * 199,373 99.0 201,969 53.9 ELECTED 3 Jensen 871 00.4 25,309 06.8 Riordan 568 00.3 121,598 32.5 Turley 588 00.3 15,136 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 201,400 374,645 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1926. Givens, Glasgow and Thompson elected for a term ending 30 June 1932. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1929): Hon Thomas CRAWFORD (Nat), Harry FOLL (Nat) and Matthew REID (Nat). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas William Crawford (1865-1948): Elected 1917, 1922 Honorary Minister > Hattil Spencer Foll (1890-1977): Elected 1917, 1922 > Thomas Givens (1864-1928): Elected 1903, 1910, 1914, 1919, 1925 President of the Senate to 30 June 1926 Died 19 June 1928 (see Appointments) > Thomas William Glasgow (1876-1955): Elected 1919, 1925 Minister for Defence from 2 April 1927 > Matthew Reid (1856-1947): Elected 1917, 1922 > William George Thompson (1863-1953): Elected 1922 --------------------------------------------------------------------