VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 4 JUNE 1907 ==================================================================== Shows ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 4 June 1907 to 2 June 1910. Voting figures are taken from Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984," ANU Press 1986. Candidates' given names are taken from "The Argus." The election of Labour members from 1904 makes it possible for the first time to show a table of statewide results. SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ========================================================================= Voters enrolled: 180,799 Total votes cast: 23,722 13.1 Informal votes: 156 00.7 Formal votes 23,566 99.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % 1904 1907 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Labor 3,272 13.9 2 2 +02 4 +02 Non-Labor 20,294 86.1 15 15 -02 30 -02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,566 17 17 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. At this time about 70% of adult men were entitled to vote for the Legislative Council. Women gained the vote in 1908. 2. Seven of 17 Provinces were contested. Turnout in contested provinces averaged 35.7%. 3. Two Provinces were contested by Labor candidates. All other candidates are classed as non-Labor, as they did not run as party candidates. 4. The table shows members elected in 1904, for terms ending in 1910, and members elected at this election, for terms ending in 1913. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== BENDIGO PROVINCE 8,599 enrolled, 5,054 (59.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred HICKS * 3,016 59.9 Daniel B Lazarus 2,022 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 (00.3%) informal 5,038 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lazarus was MLA for Sandhurst 1893-97, 1900-02 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hicks (1860-1921): Elected 1904 by, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Bendigo Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Sternberg (1852-1928): Elected 1891 by, 1894, 1900, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 13,889 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Edward MILLER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Miller (1848-1932): Elected 1893 by, 1894, 1900, 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for East Yarra Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by, 1880, 1890, 1896, 1902, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 9,486 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William PEARSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pearson (1864-1919): Elected 1896 by, 1900, 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Gippsland Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Jolley Crooke (1861-1940): Elected 1893 by, 1898, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 14,011 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John DAVIES * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mark Davies (1840-1919): Elected 1889. Defeated 1895. Elected 1899 by. Accepted office 1899. Elected 1899 by, 1900. Accepted office 1902. Elected 1902 by, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Attorney-General to 28 February 1908 Solicitor-General to 28 February 1908 Attorney-General from 8 September 1908 to 8 January 1909 Solicitor-General from 8 September 1908 to 8 January 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Cain (1831-1914): Elected 1903 by, 1904 Cain retired in 1910. Died 29 October 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE EAST PROVINCE 11,429 enrolled, 3,551 (31.1%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Adam McLELLAN * Labor 1,819 51.4 Patrick J O'Connor 1,718 48.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 (00.4%) informal 3,537 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Connor was MLA for Fitzroy 1901-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam McLellan (1865-1929): Elected 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne East Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pitt (1855-1918): Elected 1891 by, 1896, 1902, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 22 September 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE 13,040 enrolled, 3,964 (30.4%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John W EVANS * Labor 1,453 37.3 Arthur F Showers 1,323 33.9 John S Walker 1,125 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 (01.6%) informal 3,901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans was MLC for Public Officers and Railways Officers 1904-07. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Evans (1856-1914): Elected 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne North Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Melville (1829-1919): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892, 1898. Accepted office 1899. Elected 1899 by, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE SOUTH PROVINCE 13,501 enrolled, 4,932 (36.5%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Godfrey 2,159 44.0 Hon Thomas LUXTON * 2,747 55.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 (00.5%) informal 4,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Godfrey was MLC for South Yarra Province 1895-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Luxton (1859-1911): Elected 1903 by, 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne South Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Henry Payne (1862-1932): Elected 1901 by, 1902, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 13,534 enrolled, 3,430 (25.3%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William H EDGAR * 2,257 66.3 John S White 1,150 33.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 (00.7%) informal 3,407 -------------------------------------------------------------------- White was MLA for Albert Park 1892-1902. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Haslem Edgar (1858-1948): Elected 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 1 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne West Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John George Aikman (1858-1928): Elected 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 8,017 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon J Drysdale BROWN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Drysdale Brown (1850-1922): Elected 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Attorney-General from 8 January 1909 Solicitor-General from 8 January 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Nelson Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Henry Austin (1860-1909): Elected 1892, 1894, 1897. Defeated 1900. Elected 1906 by Died 30 November 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 8,686 enrolled, 3,088 (35.5%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard H S ABBOTT 1,677 54.6 Hon William Orr 1,396 45.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 (00.4%) informal 3,074 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Orr was MLC for North Eastern Province 1901-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Hartley Smith Abbott (1859-1940): Elected 1907 Born: 1859, Bendigo Career: Educated Bendigo High School, St Andrew's University, Scotland. Businessman, active in tanning, building societies and gas companies. Strathfieldsaye Council, Bendigo City Council, Mayor 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Northern Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lawrence Baillieu (1859-1936): Elected 1901 by, 1902, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Public Health from 8 January 1909 Commissioner of Public Works from 8 January 1909 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 8 January 1909 to 15 June 1909 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 25 October 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 8,932 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Willis LITTLE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willis Little (1848-1917): Elected 1903 by, 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Eastern Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Otto Sachse (1860-1920): Elected 1892 by, 1894, 1900. Accepted office 1903. Elected 1903 by, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Public Instruction to 31 October 1908 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works to 31 October 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 9,787 enrolled, 3,133 (32.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick HAGELTHORN 1,975 63.2 Harold F Levien 1,148 36.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 (00.3%) informal 3,123 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Hagelthorn (1864-1943): Elected 1907 Born 23 January 1864, near Ballarat Career: Educated state school Sebastopol, Creswick Grammar School. Storekeeper, Portland and Horsham. Stock and station agent Horsham. Land investor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 1 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Western Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Bloomfield Rees (1859-1935): Elected 1903 by, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 9,566 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Nicholas FITZGERALD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874, 1884, 1890, 1896, 1902, 1904, 1907 Died 17 August 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Southern Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Embling (1840-1912): Elected 1892, 1898, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 10,896 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Duncan McBRYDE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Elphinstone McBryde (1853-1920): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Public Health 31 October 1908 to 8 January 1909 Comissioner of Public Works 31 October 1908 to 8 January 1909 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 31 October 1908 to 8 January 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Eastern Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Callender Campbell (1838-1916): Elected 1895 by, 1900, 1904 Campbell retired in 1910 Died 9 February 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 9,270 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Henry J WRIXON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry John Wrixon (1839-1915): Elected 1868. Accepted office 1870. Elected 1870 by, 1871, 1874. Retired 1877. Elected February 1880, July 1880, 1883, 1886, 1889, 1892. Resigned July 1894. Elected 1896 by, 1898, 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Western Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Charles Harwood (1825-1912): Elected 1899 by, 1902, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 8,708 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John Y McDONALD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Young McDonald (1837-1917): Elected 1898, 1904, 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio 16 November 1908 to 8 January 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Wellington Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Brawn (1857-1936): Elected 1907 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 9,488 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward WHITE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward James White (1869-1959): Elected 1907 Born 10 June 1869, Carapook Career: Rural worker Hamilton. Grazier at Cavendish from 1896, later at various other properties. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Western Province 1907-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Synnot Manifold (1849-1928): Elected 1901 by, 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1907-10 ==================================================================== SOUTHERN PROVINCE 9,873 enrolled, 4,365 (44.2%) voted ==================================================================== 29 September 1908, following the death of Nicholas Fitzgerald -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Butler 1,348 30.9 George DICKIE 2,207 50.7 John H Maddock 800 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 (00.2%) informal 4,355 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Thomas Dickie (1874-1910): Elected 1908 by Born 26 June 1874, Bacchus Marsh Career: Educated Scotch College. Storekeeper Bacchus Marsh. Bacchus Marsh Shire Council, President 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 11,738 enrolled ==================================================================== 11 November 1908, following acceptance of office by Hon Duncan McBryde -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Duncan McBRYDE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Elphinstone McBryde (1853-1920): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1907. Accepted office 1908. Elected 1908 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 8,105 enrolled ==================================================================== 19 January 1909, following acceptance of office by Hon James D Brown -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon J Drysdale BROWN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Drysdale Brown (1850-1922): Elected 1904, 1907. Accepted office 1909. Elected 1909 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 9,028 enrolled ==================================================================== 19 January 1909, following acceptance of office by Hon William L Baillieu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William L BAILLIEU Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lawrence Baillieu (1859-1936): Elected 1901 by, 1902, 1904. Accepted office 1909. Elected 1909 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 8,105 enrolled, 2,878 (35.5%) voted ==================================================================== 23 December 1909, following the death of Hon Edwin Austin -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas C MINERS 1,553 54.1 Henry Dodd 1,318 45.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 (00.2%) informal 2,871 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Carhew Miners (1860-1922): Elected 1907 Born 13 May 1860, Buninyong Career: Auctioneer, auditor and estate agent Maryborough. Maryborough Borough Council, President 1905. --------------------------------------------------------------------