Members of the Australian Senate, 1904–1906

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1904 to 1906.[1] Half of its members were elected at the March 1901 election and had terms deemed to start on 1 January 1901 and finishing on 31 December 1906; the other half were elected at the 16 December 1903 election and had terms starting on 1 January 1904 and finishing on 30 June 1910, extended as a result of the 1906 referendum, which changed Senate terms to finish on 30 June, rather than 31 December.[2] Parties reflect those acknowledged at the time of the 1904 election[lower-alpha 1]

Senator Party State Term ending Years in Office
Sir Richard Baker Free TradeSouth Australia31 December 19061901–1906
Hon. Robert Best ProtectionistVictoria30 June 19101901–1910
John Clemons Free TradeTasmania31 December 19061901–1914
John Croft LabourWestern Australia30 June 19101904–1910
Hon. Anderson Dawson LabourQueensland31 December 19061901–1906
Hugh de Largie LabourWestern Australia30 June 19101901–1923
Hon. Henry Dobson Tariff ReformTasmania30 June 19101901–1910
Hon. James Drake ProtectionistQueensland31 December 19061901–1906
Edward Findley LabourVictoria30 June 19101904–1917, 1923–1929
Hon. Simon Fraser ProtectionistVictoria31 December 19061901–1913
Thomas Givens LabourQueensland30 June 19101904–1928
Hon. Albert Gould Free TradeNew South Wales31 December 19061901–1917
John Gray Free TradeNew South Wales30 June 19101904–1910
Robert Guthrie LabourSouth Australia30 June 19101904–1921
George Henderson LabourWestern Australia30 June 19101904–1923
William Higgs LabourQueensland31 December 19061901–1906
Hon. John Keating ProtectionistTasmania31 December 19061901–1923
James Macfarlane Free TradeTasmania30 June 19101901–1910
Alexander Matheson Free TradeWestern Australia31 December 19061901–1906
Hon. Gregor McGregor LabourSouth Australia30 June 19101901–1914
Edward Millen Free TradeNew South Wales31 December 19061901–1923
Edward Mulcahy ProtectionistTasmania30 June 19101904–1910, 1919–1920
John Neild Free TradeNew South Wales30 June 19101901–1910
David O'Keefe LabourTasmania31 December 19061901–1906, 1910–1920
George Pearce LabourWestern Australia31 December 19061901–1938
Hon. Thomas Playford ProtectionistSouth Australia31 December 19061901–1906
Edward Pulsford Free TradeNew South Wales30 June 19101901–1910
Staniforth Smith Free TradeWestern Australia31 December 19061901–1906
James Stewart LabourQueensland30 June 19101901–1917
William Story LabourSouth Australia30 June 19101904–1917
James Styles ProtectionistVictoria31 December 19061901–1906
Hon. Sir Josiah Symon Free TradeSouth Australia31 December 19061901–1913
William Trenwith Independent [lower-alpha 2]Victoria30 June 19101904–1910
Harry Turley LabourQueensland30 June 19101904–1917
Hon. James Walker Free TradeNew South Wales31 December 19061901–1913
Hon. Sir William Zeal ProtectionistVictoria31 December 19061901–1906

Senate composition at 1 January 1904

  Protectionist (8)

  Labour (14)

  Anti-Socialist (12)

  Tariff Reform (1)

  Independent (1)

Notes

  1. Prior to the 1906 election the Free Trade Party renamed itself the Anti-Socialist Party.
  2. William Trenwith, was a former trade union official and leader of the Victorian Labour Party who was an independent because of his refusal to pledge to vote as directed by the Labour Party.[3]

References

  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1904". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906 (Cth).
  3. Scates, B. "Trenwith, William Arthur (Billy) (1846–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 25 February 2017 via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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