Candidates of the 1901 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1901 Australian federal election. The election was held on 29/30 March 1901.

House of Representatives

Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

New South Wales

Electorate Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
 
BarrierJosiah ThomasBenjamin Long (Ind)
BlandWilliam LucasChris WatsonPatrick Heffernan (Ind Prot)
CanobolasBernhard WiseThomas BrownThomas Dalveen (Ind Prot)
William Melville (Ind Prot)
CowperFrancis ClarkeRobert DavidsonHugh McKinnon (Ind Prot)
DalleyReginald CohenBill WilksSydney Law
DarlingPatrick QuinnThomas BertramWilliam Spence
East SydneyGeorge ReidJohn Cleary (Ind Prot)
Harry Foran (Ind Prot)
James Toomey (Ind)
Eden-MonaroAustin Chapman*
William Wood
GwydirGeorge CruickshankEdward FoxallWilliam WebsterWilliam Buchanan (Ind FT)
HumeSir William LyneWilliam Goddard
HunterEdmund Barton
IllawarraAlexander HayGeorge FullerAndrew Lysaght (Ind Prot)
LangJames EdwardsFrancis McLeanJames WatsonJames Mitchell (Ind Prot)
MacquarieWilliam FergusonSydney Smith
NewcastleOwen GilbertDavid WatkinsJohn Bailey (Ind Lab)
New EnglandWilliam SawersEdmund LonsdaleGeorge Simpson (Ind)
North SydneyDugald ThomsonEdward Clark (Ind FT)
ParkesRobert ThomsonBruce SmithGeorge Burns (Ind Lab)
ParramattaWilliam SandfordJoseph Cook
RichmondThomas EwingRobert Pyers (Ind Prot)
RiverinaJohn ChanterJames Ashton
RobertsonJohn FitzGeraldHenry Willis
South SydneyGeorge EdwardsJames McGowenHenry Hoyle (Ind Prot)
WentworthJohn GannonSir William McMillan
WerriwaThomas RoseAlfred Conroy
West SydneyJames BeerBilly HughesJames Hanrahan (Ind Prot)

Queensland

Electorate Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
 
BrisbaneCharles Hardie Buzacott
Thomas Macdonald-Paterson*
Daniel Guilfoyle
CapricorniaWallace NelsonAlexander Paterson (Ind FT)
Darling DownsWilliam Henry Groom*
Horace Ransome
HerbertWilliam BrownFred Bamford
KennedyMaurice BarnettCharles McDonald
MaranoaGeorge BunningJim Page
MoretonAnthony Darvall
William Kellett
William Ryott Maughan
Edward Kretschmer (Ind)
Robert Neilson (Ind)
James Wilkinson* (Ind Lab)
OxleyRichard EdwardsHarry Turley
Wide BayJohn AnnearAndrew Fisher

^ There was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland. Elected candidates joined the Protectionists in Parliament.
^ There was no Free Trade organisation in Queensland.

South Australia

Note that South Australia was constituted as one seven-member division, with each elector casting seven votes.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates
 
Sir Langdon Bonython*
Robert Caldwell
John Cooke
Charles Kingston*
John O'Connell
George Wyld
Henry Baker
Paddy Glynn*
Frederick Holder*
Alexander Poynton*
Vaiben Louis Solomon*
Crawford Vaughan
Thomas Webb
Richard Wood
Lee Batchelor*
Thomas Price
George Mitchell

Tasmania

Note that Tasmania was constituted as one five-member division, with each elector casting one vote.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Independent candidates
 
Charles Fenton
Sir Philip Fysh*
King O'Malley*
James Whitelaw
Sir Edward Braddon*
Norman Cameron*
William Hartnoll
Frederick Piesse*
David Blanshard

^ There was no Labour organisation in Tasmania; O'Malley joined the Labour Caucus when Parliament sat.

Victoria

Electorate Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
 
BalaclavaSir George Turner
BallaaratAlfred DeakinRichard Vale (Ind Prot)
BendigoSir John Quick
BourkeJames Hume CookFrederick HickfordMartin HannahJames Mirams (Ind Prot)
James Rose (Ind Prot)
CorangamiteChester ManifoldJohn Woods (Ind Prot)
CorinellaJames McCayNicholas Fitzgerald
CorioRichard CrouchJames BoydJonas Levien (Ind Prot)
Angus McNaughton (Ind Prot)
EchucaJames McCollMax Hirsch
FlindersLouis SmithArthur GroomAlfred Downward (Ind Prot)
GippslandAllan McLean
GrampiansAlfred RinderThomas SkeneHolford Wettenhall (Ind Prot)
IndiIsaac IsaacsThomas Ashworth
KooyongTheodore FinkWilliam KnoxJohn Rogers (Ind Prot)
LaanecoorieCarty SalmonWalter Grose (Ind Prot)
MelbourneSir Malcolm McEacharnWilliam Maloney
Melbourne PortsSamuel Mauger
MerndaRobert HarperThomas Hunt (Ind Prot)
Sydney Stott (Ind Prot)
MoiraThomas KennedyJohn West
Northern MelbourneRobert BarrH. B. Higgins* (Ind Prot)
Isaac Selby (Ind Prot)
Southern MelbourneDonald McArthurAlexander SutherlandJames RonaldDavid Gaunson (Ind Prot)
WannonLouis HorwitzSamuel CookeLeo Cussen (Ind Prot)
WimmeraPharez PhillipsWilliam IrvineHenry Williams (Ind FT)
YarraWilliam WilsonFrank TudorJohn Gahan (Ind Prot)
Patrick O'Connor (Ind Prot)

Western Australia

Electorate Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
 
CoolgardieJohn ArchibaldHugh Mahon
FremantleElias SolomonTom O'BeirneWilliam Adcock (Ind FT)
Charles Jones (Ind FT)
KalgoorlieJohn KirwanJohn Marquis Hopkins (Ind FT)
PerthMichael CavanaghJames Fowler
SwanSir John Forrest

Senate

Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Socialist Labor candidates Other candidates
 
Mark Hammond
John Kidd
Kenneth Mackay
Sir William Manning
Richard O'Connor*
George Waddell
Albert Gould*
John Gray
Edward Millen*
John Neild*
Edward Pulsford*
James Walker*
Donald Macdonell
Samuel Smith
Harry Holland
Thomas Melling
James Moroney
James Morrish
John Neill
Andrew Thomson
Francis Abigail (Ind FT)
Andrew Armstrong (Ind FT)
John Blake (Ind)
Francis Brown (Ind)
Richard Colonna-Close (Ind Prot)
John Cook (Ind)
Francis Cotton (Ind FT)
George Cox (Ind FT)
Thomas Edwards (Ind)
David Fealy (Ind Prot)
William Flynn (Ind)
David Gash (Ind)
Eden George (Ind Prot)
William Gocher (Ind)
John Griffin (Ind FT)
Harry Lassetter (Ind FT)
Patrick Lynch (Ind Prot)
Richard Meagher (Ind Prot)
James Moriarty (Ind FT)
John Norton (Ind Prot)
Denis O'Sullivan (Ind)
Walter Quinn (Ind Prot)
William Read (Ind Prot)
William Richardson (Ind Prot)
Sam Rosa (Ind FT)
Charles Royle (Ind FT)
William Shipway (Ind FT)
Edward Terry (Ind FT)
Lindsay Thompson (Ind FT)
Harrie Wood (Ind Prot)

Queensland

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates
 
John Bartholomew
Charles Hardie Buzacott
Alfred Cowley
James Drake*
Thomas Glassey*
John Hamilton
Thomas Murray-Prior
Edmund Plant
David Seymour
Andrew Thynne
Joseph Ahearne
John Ferguson*
Anderson Dawson*
William Higgs*
James Stewart*
John Hoolan

^ There was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland. Glassey and Drake, when elected, sat with the Protectionists in Parliament.
^ There was no Free Trade organisation in Queensland. Ferguson, when elected, sat with the Free Traders in Parliament.

South Australia

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates
 
Thomas Burgoyne
Sir John Downer*
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Thomas Playford*
Arthur Addison
Sir Richard Baker*
David Charleston*
William Copley
Sir Josiah Symon*
Gregor McGregor*
James O'Loghlin

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Independent candidates
 
Cyril Cameron*
John Keating*
William Moore
David O'Keefe*
Jonathan Best
John Clemons*
Henry Dobson*
James Macfarlane*
Henry Murray
Robert Patterson
Arthur Morrisby (Ind FT)
Alfred Page (Ind FT)
Don Urquhart (Ind FT)
James Waldron (Ind FT)
Joseph Woollnough (Ind FT)

^ O'Keefe joined the Labour Party when Parliament sat (there was no Labour organisation in Tasmania).

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. Fraser and Zeal sat as Protectionists once elected.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates
 
Robert Best*
John Dow
William Kelly
James Styles*
William Watt
John Duffy
William Moule
James Purves
Robert Reid
Sir Frederick Sargood*
John Wallace
Stephen Barker
John Barrett*
Alfred Hampson
Richard Baker (Ind Prot)
Simon Fraser* (Ind Prot)
Charles Sargeant (Ind Prot)
George Wise (Ind Prot)
Sir William Zeal* (Ind Prot)

Western Australia

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates
 
Joseph Charles
John Phair
Norman Ewing*
Edward Harney*
Alexander Matheson*
Staniforth Smith*
Joseph Thomson
Louis Wolff
Hugh de Largie*
George Pearce*
Julius Bowen (Ind FT)
Henry Ellis (Ind FT)
Richard Gell (Ind FT)
Henry Saunders (Ind FT)
Walter Phillips (Ind FT)
Horace Stirling (Ind FT)

References

  • Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1901
  • Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1901
  • Hawker, Geoffrey (2002). Politicians All: The Candidates for the Australian Commonwealth Election 1901 - A Collective Biography. Australian Institute of Political Science. ISBN 090933191X.

See also

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