Candidates of the 1901 Australian federal election explained

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

ElectorateProtectionist candidateFree Trade candidateLabour candidateOther candidates
Benjamin Long (Ind)
William Lucas Patrick Heffernan (Ind Prot)
Thomas Dalveen (Ind Prot)
William Melville (Ind Prot)
Hugh McKinnon (Ind Prot)
Reginald Cohen
Thomas Bertram
John Cleary (Ind Prot)
Harry Foran (Ind Prot)
James Toomey (Ind)
Austin Chapman
William Buchanan (Ind FT)
William Goddard
Andrew Lysaght (Ind Prot)
James Edwards James Watson James Mitchell (Ind Prot)
John Bailey (Ind Lab)
George Simpson (Ind)
Edward Clark (Ind FT)
Robert Thomson George Burns (Ind Lab)
Robert Pyers (Ind Prot)
Henry Hoyle (Ind Prot)
John Gannon
James Beer James Hanrahan (Ind Prot)

Queensland

ElectorateProtectionist candidateFree Trade candidateLabour candidateOther candidates
Charles Hardie Buzacott
Thomas Macdonald-Paterson
Daniel Guilfoyle
Alexander Paterson (Ind FT)
William Henry Groom

  • Horace Ransome
Maurice Barnett
George Bunning
Edward Kretschmer (Ind)
Robert Neilson (Ind)
James Wilkinson* (Ind Lab)
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.

Tasmania

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

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

Victoria

ElectorateProtectionist candidateFree Trade candidateLabour candidateOther candidates
Richard Vale (Ind Prot)
James Mirams (Ind Prot)
James Rose (Ind Prot)
John Woods (Ind Prot)
Jonas Levien (Ind Prot)
Angus McNaughton (Ind Prot)
Alfred Downward (Ind Prot)
Alfred Rinder Holford Wettenhall (Ind Prot)
John Rogers (Ind Prot)
Walter Grose (Ind Prot)
Thomas Hunt (Ind Prot)
Sydney Stott (Ind Prot)
H. B. Higgins
Donald McArthur David Gaunson (Ind Prot)
Louis Horwitz Leo Cussen (Ind Prot)
Henry Williams (Ind FT)
William Wilson John Gahan (Ind Prot)
Patrick O'Connor (Ind Prot)

Western Australia

ElectorateProtectionist candidateFree Trade candidateLabour candidateOther candidates
John Archibald
Tom O'Beirne William Adcock (Ind FT)
Charles Jones (Ind FT)
John Marquis Hopkins (Ind FT)

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.

Queensland

Six seats were up for election.

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.

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election.

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.

Western Australia

Six seats were up for election.

References

See also