1901 Australian House of Representatives election

Australian federal election results April 2024 April 2022 float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em; Australian federal election, 29–30 March 19011901 legislative election: House of Representatives http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901reps1.txt Carr, Adam Psephos 1 April 2023 House of Representatives Australian federal election 1903 977,993 502,556 51.39 8,469 1.69 yes Protectionist 135,996 27.52% * 27 * Free Trade 164,085 33.21% * 25 * yes Labour 90,174 18.25% * 15 * Independent 103,832 21.01% * 8 * 494,087 75 |} This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1901 federal election. New South Wales 1901 Australian federal election (New South Wales) New South Wales parliamentary 1901 Results of the 1903 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#New South Wales 1903 All 26 New South Wales seats in the House of Representatives 329,615 215,104 (65.26%) 29 March 1901 x160px George Reid Free Trade Party 12 87,534 41.48% x160px Edmund Barton Protectionist Party 8 56,042 26.56% Australian Labor Party LAB No federal leader Labour DE3533 6 38,314 18.16% Barrier 1901 Australian federal election: Barrier Josiah Thomasftpendorsed Also endorsed by the Free Trade Party.Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 29-30 March 1901 – New South Wales http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901repsnsw.txt Carr, Adam Psephos 14 October 2024Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 29-30 March 1901 – Western Australia http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901repswa.txt Carr, Adam Psephos 14 October 2024 Labour 4,649 87.4 +87.4 Benjamin Long Independent 670 12.6 +12.6 5,319 96.8 174 3.2 5,493 53.4 Labour Bland 1901 Australian federal election: Bland Chris Watsonppendorsed Also endorsed by the Protectionist Party. Labour 4,132 57.4 +57.4 Patrick Heffernan Independent Protectionist 2,271 31.6 +31.6 William Lucas Free Trade 792 11.0 +11.0 7,195 97.6 175 2.4 7,370 67.0 Labour Canobolas 1901 Australian federal election: Canobolas Thomas Brownftpendorsed Labour 4,120 54.2 +54.2 Bernhard Wise Protectionist 3,278 43.1 +43.1 William Melville Independent Protectionist 153 2.0 +2.0 Thomas Dalveen Independent Protectionist 54 0.7 +0.7 7,605 98.5 112 1.5 7,717 70.0 Labour Cowper 1901 Australian federal election: Cowper Francis Clarke Protectionist 3,267 38.3 +38.3 Robert Davidson Free Trade 2,866 33.6 +33.6 Hugh McKinnon Independent Protectionist 2,387 28.0 +28.0 8,520 98.7 112 1.3 8,632 67.4 Protectionist Dalley 1901 Australian federal election: Dalley William Wilks Free Trade 5,507 50.8 +50.8 Reginald Cohen Protectionist 3,081 28.4 +28.4 Sydney Law Labour 2,245 20.7 +20.7 10,833 98.8 131 1.2 10,964 72.6 Free Trade Darling 1901 Australian federal election: Darling William Spence Labour 2,206 44.4 +44.4 Thomas Bertram Free Trade 1,537 31.0 +31.0 Patrick Quinn Protectionist 1,221 24.6 +24.6 4,964 97.5 128 2.5 5,092 57.0 Labour East Sydney 1901 Australian federal election: East Sydney George Reid Free Trade 6,191 68.0 +68.0 Harry Foran Independent Protectionist 2,139 23.5 +23.5 John Cleary Independent Protectionist 517 5.7 +5.7 James Toomey Independent 253 2.8 +2.8 9,100 96.7 313 3.3 9,413 61.7 Free Trade Eden-Monaro 1901 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro Austin Chapman Independent Protectionist 5,451 64.2 +64.2 William Wood Independent Protectionist 3,041 35.8 +35.8 8,492 98.5 127 1.5 8,619 68.0 Independent Protectionist Gwydir 1901 Australian federal election: Gwydir George Cruickshank Protectionist 3,522 54.9 +54.9 William Webster Labour 1,869 29.1 +29.1 Edward Foxall Free Trade 871 13.6 +13.6 William Buchanan Independent Free Trade 157 2.4 +2.4 6,419 97.6 156 2.4 6,575 50.6 Protectionist Hume 1901 Australian federal election: Hume Sir William Lyne Protectionist 3,965 54.1 +54.1 William Goddard Free Trade 3,359 45.9 +45.9 7,324 98.8 88 1.2 7,412 68.2 Protectionist Hunter 1901 Australian federal election: Hunter Edmund Barton Protectionist unopposed Protectionist Illawarra 1901 Australian federal election: Illawarra George Fuller Free Trade 5,788 56.9 +56.9 Alexander Hay Protectionist 3,693 36.3 +36.3 Andrew Lysaght Independent Protectionist 689 6.8 +6.8 10,170 98.2 183 1.8 10,353 76.4 Free Trade Lang 1901 Australian federal election: Lang Francis McLean Free Trade 7,449 74.5 +74.5 James Edwards Protectionist 1,801 18.0 +18.0 James Watson Labour 632 6.3 +6.3 James Mitchell Independent Protectionist 111 1.1 +1.1 9,993 97.2 292 2.8 10,285 85.7 Free Trade Macquarie 1901 Australian federal election: Macquarie Sydney Smith Free Trade 3,846 53.9 +53.9 William Ferguson Protectionist 3,285 46.1 +46.1 7,131 98.2 130 1.8 7,261 63.4 Free Trade Newcastle 1901 Australian federal election: Newcastle David Watkins Labour 7,495 64.3 +64.3 Owen Gilbert Free Trade 4,072 34.9 +34.9 John Bailey Independent Labour 95 0.8 +0.8 11,662 98.2 218 1.8 11,880 97.0 Labour New England 1901 Australian federal election: New England William Sawers Protectionist 4,063 45.8 +45.8 Edmund Lonsdale Free Trade 3,955 44.6 +44.6 George Simpson Independent 845 9.5 +9.5 8,863 98.1 172 1.9 9,035 67.3 Protectionist North Sydney 1901 Australian federal election: North Sydney Dugald Thomson Free Trade 6,584 60.4 +60.4 Edward Clark Independent Free Trade 4,315 39.6 +39.6 10,899 98.7 145 1.3 11,044 73.1 Free Trade Parkes 1901 Australian federal election: Parkes Bruce Smith Free Trade 7,321 73.1 +73.1 Robert Thomson Protectionist 2,284 22.8 +22.8 George Burns Independent Labour 413 4.1 +4.1 10,018 98.2 185 1.8 10,203 64.1 Free Trade Parramatta 1901 Australian federal election: Parramatta Joseph Cook Free Trade 5,778 61.3 +61.3 William Sandford Protectionist 3,646 38.7 +38.7 9,424 99.0 91 1.0 9,515 74.6 Free Trade Richmond 1901 Australian federal election: Richmond Thomas Ewing Protectionist 3,646 55.3 +55.3 Robert Pyers Independent Protectionist 2,942 44.7 +44.7 6,558 97.8 145 2.2 6,733 67.0 Protectionist Riverina 1901 Australian federal election: Riverina John Chanter Protectionist 3,275 53.5 +53.5 James Ashton Free Trade 2,850 46.5 +46.5 6,125 98.6 86 1.4 6,211 62.4 Protectionist Robertson 1901 Australian federal election: Robertson Henry Willis Free Trade 3,735 53.0 +53.0 Jack FitzGerald Protectionist 3,307 47.0 +47.0 7,042 98.1 134 1.9 7,176 58.0 Free Trade South Sydney 1901 Australian federal election: South Sydney George Edwards Free Trade 4,693 41.4 +41.4 James McGowenppendorsed Labour 4,314 38.0 +38.0 Henry Hoyle Independent Protectionist 2,334 20.6 +20.6 11,341 98.2 203 1.8 11,544 73.2 Free Trade Wentworth 1901 Australian federal election: Wentworth Sir William McMillan Free Trade 6,315 68.4 +68.4 John Gannon Protectionist 2,915 31.6 +31.6 9,230 98.4 153 1.6 9,383 70.0 Free Trade Werriwa 1901 Australian federal election: Werriwa Alfred Conroy Free Trade 4,025 51.9 +51.9 Thomas Rose Protectionist 3,731 48.1 +48.1 7,756 98.3 138 1.7 7,894 69.9 Free Trade West Sydney 1901 Australian federal election: West Sydney Billy Hughesftpendorsed Labour 6,652 73.7 +73.7 James Beer Protectionist 2,062 22.9 +22.9 James Hanrahan Independent Protectionist 307 3.4 +3.4 9,021 97.0 279 3.0 9,300 63.4 Labour Victoria 1901 Australian federal election (Victoria) Victoria parliamentary 1877 Results of the 1903 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Victoria 1903 All 23 Victorian seats in the House of Representatives 260,053 129,558 (49.82%) 29 March 1901 x160px Edmund Barton Protectionist Party 17 57,031 44.38% x160px George Reid Free Trade Party 4 30,159 23.47% Australian Labor Party LAB No federal leader Labour DE3533 2 11,156 8.68% 400px| Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. Balaclava 1901 Australian federal election: Balaclava Sir George Turner Protectionist unopposed Protectionist Ballaarat 1901 Australian federal election: Ballaarat Alfred Deakin Protectionist 4,655 74.5 +74.5 Richard Vale Independent Protectionist 1,594 25.5 +25.5 6,249 95.4 29 4.6 6,278 47.6 Protectionist Bendigo 1901 Australian federal election: Bendigo Sir John Quick Protectionist unopposed Protectionist Bourke 1901 Australian federal election: Bourke James Hume Cook Protectionist 3,021 34.6 +34.6 Frederick Hickford Free Trade 2,343 26.8 +26.8 Martin Hannah Labour 1,559 17.8 +17.8 James Rose Independent Protectionist 1,138 13.0 +13.0 James Mirams Independent Protectionist 676 7.7 +7.7 8,737 99.0 87 1.0 8,824 66.1 Protectionist Corangamite 1901 Australian federal election: Corangamite Chester Manifold Protectionist 3,886 72.2 +72.2 John Woods Independent Protectionist 1,495 27.8 +27.8 5,381 99.4 34 0.6 5,415 48.6 Protectionist Corinella 1901 Australian federal election: Corinella James McCay Protectionist 3,836 58.5 +58.5 Nicholas Fitzgerald Free Trade 2,723 41.5 +41.5 6,559 99.0 69 1.0 6,628 56.8 Protectionist Corio 1901 Australian federal election: Corio Richard Crouch Protectionist 2,710 41.8 +41.8 Jonas Levien Independent Protectionist 1,580 24.4 +24.4 Angus McNaughton Independent Protectionist 1,321 20.4 +20.4 James Boyd Free Trade 867 13.4 +13.4 6,478 99.1 59 0.9 6,537 54.3 Protectionist Echuca 1901 Australian federal election: Echuca James McColl Protectionist 3,632 54.0 +54.0 Max Hirsch Free Trade 3,091 46.0 +46.0 6,723 99.3 48 0.7 6,771 59.6 Protectionist Flinders 1901 Australian federal election: Flinders Arthur Groom Free Trade 2,272 39.9 +39.9 Louis Smith Protectionist 1,939 34.0 +34.0 Alfred Downward Independent Protectionist 1,489 26.1 +26.1 5,700 99.3 42 0.7 5,742 47.2 Free Trade Gippsland 1901 Australian federal election: Gippsland Allan McLean Protectionist unopposed Protectionist Grampians 1901 Australian federal election: Grampians Thomas Skene Free Trade 2,576 49.0 +49.0 Alfred Rinder Protectionist 1,934 36.8 +36.8 Holford Wettenhall Independent Protectionist 745 14.2 +14.2 5,255 99.0 54 1.0 5,309 49.4 Free Trade Indi 1901 Australian federal election: Indi Isaac Isaacs Protectionist 3,839 65.1 +65.1 Thomas Ashworth Free Trade 2,058 34.9 +34.9 5,897 99.1 52 0.9 5,949 59.4 Protectionist Kooyong 1901 Australian federal election: Kooyong William Knox Free Trade 5,193 57.4 +57.4 Theodore Fink Protectionist 3,026 33.5 +33.5 John Rogers Independent Protectionist 821 9.1 +9.1 9,040 99.5 45 0.5 9,085 66.4 Free Trade Laanecoorie 1901 Australian federal election: Laanecoorie Carty Salmon Protectionist 3,054 52.1 +52.1 Walter Grose Independent Protectionist 2,819 47.9 +47.9 5,864 99.5 30 0.5 5,894 58.1 Protectionist Melbourne 1901 Australian federal election: Melbourne Sir Malcolm McEacharn Protectionist 4,985 60.8 +60.8 William Maloney Labour 3,212 39.2 +39.2 8,179 99.2 66 0.8 8,263 62.4 Protectionist Melbourne Ports 1901 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports Samuel Mauger Protectionist unopposed Protectionist Mernda 1901 Australian federal election: Mernda Robert Harper Protectionist 2,601 45.3 +45.3 Thomas Hunt Independent Protectionist 2,110 37.8 +37.8 Sydney Stott Independent Protectionist 1,026 17.9 +17.9 5,737 99.1 49 0.9 5,786 50.7 Protectionist Moira 1901 Australian federal election: Moira Thomas Kennedy Protectionist 2,883 56.2 +56.2 John West Free Trade 2,251 43.8 +43.8 5,134 99.2 44 0.4 5,178 50.8 Protectionist Northern Melbourne 1901 Australian federal election: Northern Melbourne Henry Higginslaborendorsed Also endorsed by the Labour Party, but joined the Protectionists in Parliament.Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 29-30 March 1901 – Victoria http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901repsvic.txt Carr, Adam Psephos 14 October 2024 Independent Protectionist 4,958 59.0 +59.0 Robert Barr Protectionist 1,767 21.0 +21.0 Isaac Selby Independent Protectionist 1,681 20.0 +20.0 8,406 99.2 70 0.8 8,476 55.5 Independent Protectionist Southern Melbourne 1901 Australian federal election: Southern Melbourne James Ronald Labour 3,211 40.9 +40.9 Donald McArthur Protectionist 2,256 28.8 +28.8 Alexander Sutherland Free Trade 1,865 23.8 +23.8 David Gaunson Independent Protectionist 513 6.5 +6.5 7,845 99.0 77 1.0 7,922 62.0 Labour Wannon 1901 Australian federal election: Wannon Samuel Cooke Free Trade 3,088 44.8 +44.8 Leo Cussen Independent Free Trade 1,913 27.8 +27.8 Louis Horwitz Protectionist 1,890 27.4 +27.4 6,891 99.1 60 0.9 6,951 61.8 Free Trade Wimmera 1901 Australian federal election: Wimmera Pharez Phillips Protectionist 2,372 49.2 +49.2 William Irvine Free Trade 1,832 38.0 +38.0 Henry Williams Independent Free Trade 617 12.8 +12.8 4,821 99.2 39 0.8 4,860 49.1 Protectionist Yarra 1901 Australian federal election: Yarra Frank Tudor Labour 3,174 33.1 +33.1 William Wilson Protectionist 2,745 28.6 +28.6 Patrick O'Connor Independent Protectionist 2,631 27.4 +27.4 John Gahan Independent Protectionist 1,043 10.9 +10.9 9,593 99.0 97 1.0 9,690 63.8 Labour Queensland 1901 Australian federal election (Queensland) Queensland parliamentary 1876 Results of the 1903 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Queensland 1903 All 9 Queensland seats in the House of Representatives 105,144 62,656 (59.59%) 30 March 1901 Australian Labor Party LAB No federal leader Labour DE3533 4 24,262 39.72% 200px| Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. Brisbane 1901 Australian federal election: Brisbane Thomas Macdonald-Paterson Independent Protectionist 3,351 46.8 +46.8 Daniel Guilfoyle Labour 2,273 31.7 +31.7 Charles Hardie Buzacott Independent Protectionist 1,538 21.5 +21.5 7,162 96.9 234 3.1 7,396 57.0 Independent Protectionist Capricornia 1901 Australian federal election: Capricornia Alexander Paterson Independent Free Trade 3,632 51.0 +51.0 Wallace Nelson Labour 3,493 49.0 +49.0 7,125 97.8 160 2.2 7,285 68.3 Independent Free Trade Darling Downs 1901 Australian federal election: Darling Downs William Groom Independent Protectionist 4,685 78.5 +78.5 Horace Ransome Independent Protectionist 1,283 21.5 +21.5 5,968 96.4 224 3.6 6,192 56.0 Independent Protectionist Herbert 1901 Australian federal election: Herbert Fred Bamford Labour 3,353 51.6 +51.6 William Brown Independent Protectionist 3,140 48.4 +48.4 6,493 96.8 217 3.2 6,710 66.6 Labour Kennedy 1901 Australian federal election: Kennedy Charles McDonald Labour 3,936 62.9 +62.9 Maurice Barnett Independent Free Trade 2,325 37.1 +37.1 6,261 98.1 123 1.9 6,384 66.5 Labour Maranoa 1901 Australian federal election: Maranoa Jim Page Labour 2,998 53.3 +53.3 George Bunning Independent Free Trade 2,629 46.7 +46.7 5,627 98.9 62 1.1 5,689 65.2 Labour Moreton 1901 Australian federal election: Moreton James Wilkinson Independent Labour 2,569 39.4 +39.4 Anthony Darvall Independent Protectionist 2,099 32.2 +32.2 William Ryott Maughan Independent Protectionist 1,296 19.9 +19.9 Edward Kretschmer Independent 301 4.6 +4.6 William Kellett Independent Protectionist 149 2.3 +2.3 Robert Neilson Independent 114 1.7 +1.7 6,528 94.4 388 5.6 6,916 56.7 Independent Labour Oxley 1901 Australian federal election: Oxley Richard Edwards Independent Protectionist 3,753 53.2 +53.2 Harry Turley Labour 3,299 46.8 +46.8 7,052 99.4 45 0.6 7,097 57.8 Independent Protectionist Wide Bay 1901 Australian federal election: Wide Bay Andrew Fisher Labour 4,910 55.4 +55.4 John Annear Independent Protectionist 3,955 44.6 +44.6 8,865 98.6 122 1.4 8,987 71.2 Labour South Australia 1901 Australian federal election (South Australia) South Australia parliamentary 1876 Results of the 1903 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#South Australia 1903 All 7 South Australian seats in the House of Representatives 153,268 62,982 (40.82%) 30 March 1901 x160px George Reid Free Trade Party 4 175,813 50.21% x160px Edmund Barton Protectionist Party 2 116,970 33.40% Australian Labor Party LAB No federal leader Labour DE3533 1 55,633 15.89% South Australia Elected members listed in bold. South Australia elected seven members, with each elector casting up to seven votes. 1901 Australian federal election: South Australia Charles Kingston Protectionist 41,477 65.9 +65.9 Sir Langdon Bonython Protectionist 39,434 62.7 +62.7 Paddy Glynn Free Trade 37,450 59.5 +59.5 Frederick Holder Free Trade 37,424 59.5 +59.5 Lee Batchelor Labour 31,614 50.3 +50.3 Vaiben Louis Solomon Free Trade 27,030 43.0 +43.0 Alexander Poynton Free Trade 25,864 41.1 +41.1 Thomas Price Labour 24,019 38.2 +38.2 Robert Caldwell Protectionist 21,102 33.6 +33.6 Henry Baker Free Trade 15,760 25.1 +25.1 Crawford Vaughan Free Trade 11,874 18.9 +18.9 Richard Wood Free Trade 11,054 17.6 +17.6 Thomas Webb Free Trade 9,357 14.9 +14.9 John Cooke Protectionist 8,947 14.2 +14.2 John O'Connell Protectionist 3,152 5.0 +5.0 George Wyld Protectionist 2,858 4.6 +4.6 George Mitchell Independent 1,745 2.8 +2.8 350,161 98.4 985 1.6 62,982 40.8 Western Australia 1901 Australian federal election (Western Australia) Western Australia parliamentary 1870 Results of the 1903 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Western Australia 1903 All 5 Western Australian seats in the House of Representatives 91,043 25,655 (28.18%) 29 March 1901 x160px George Reid Free Trade Party 2 11,218 44.16% Australian Labor Party LAB No federal leader Labour DE3533 2 8,494 33.44% x160px Edmund Barton Protectionist Party 1 2,310 9.09% Coolgardie 1901 Australian federal election: Coolgardie Hugh Mahon Labour 3,329 52.8 +52.8 John Archibald Free Trade 2,974 47.2 +47.2 6,303 Labour Fremantle 1901 Australian federal election: Fremantle Elias Solomon Free Trade 2,870 56.7 +56.7 Tom O'Beirne Labour 1,831 36.2 +36.2 Charles Jones Independent Free Trade 262 5.2 +5.2 William Adcock Independent Free Trade 102 2.0 +2.0 5,065 97.2 148 2.8 5,213 31.1 Free Trade Kalgoorlie 1901 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie John Kirwan Free Trade 5,374 64.1 +64.1 John Hopkins Independent Free Trade 3,015 35.9 +35.9 8,389 44.6 Free Trade Perth 1901 Australian federal election: Perth James Fowlerftpendorsed Labour 3,334 59.1 +59.1 Michael Cavanagh Protectionist 2,310 40.9 +40.9 5,644 98.2 106 1.8 5,750 31.1 Labour Swan 1901 Australian federal election: Swan Sir John Forrest Protectionist unopposed Protectionist Tasmania 1901 Australian federal election (Tasmania) Tasmania parliamentary 1901 Results of the 1903 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Tasmania 1903 All 5 Tasmanian seats in the House of Representatives 38,870 18,575 (47.79%) 29 March 1901 x160px George Reid Free Trade Party 3 10,058 55.75% x160px Edmund Barton Protectionist Party 1 3,903 21.63% Tasmania 1901 Australian federal election: Tasmania Sir Edward Braddon Free Trade 4,720 26.2 +26.2 King O'Malleyindprot Sometimes classed as an Independent Protectionist, but joined the Labour Party Caucus in Parliament.Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 29-30 March 1901 – Tasmania http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901repstas.txt Carr, Adam Psephos 14 October 2024 Independent Labour 3,940 21.9 +21.9 Norman Cameron Free Trade 2,092 11.6 +11.6 Frederick Piesse Free Trade 1,816 9.9 +9.9 Sir Philip Fysh Protectionist 1,794 9.9 +9.9 William Hartnoll Free Trade 1,430 7.9 +7.9 James Whitelaw Protectionist 1,167 6.5 +6.5 Charles Fenton Protectionist 942 5.2 +5.2 David Blanchard Independent 140 0.8 +0.8 18,041 97.1 533 2.9 18,575 47.8 Notes See also 1901 Australian federal election Candidates of the 1901 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1901–1903 Results of the 1901 Australian federal election (Senate) References House of Representatives 1901