| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 29-30 March 1901 |
| Next Election: | 1903 Australian Senate election |
| Next Year: | 1903 |
| Seats For Election: | All 36 seats in the Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Image1: | George Reid crop.jpg |
| Leader1: | George Reid |
| Party1: | Free Trade Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Not a Senator |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 946,684 |
| Percentage1: | 35.46% |
| Leader2: | Edmund Barton |
| Party2: | Protectionist Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Not a Senator |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 795,889 |
| Percentage2: | 29.81% |
| Leader3: | none |
| Party3: | Australian Labor Party |
| Leaders Seat3: | N/A |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Popular Vote3: | 325,875 |
| Percentage3: | 12.21% |
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1901 federal election. Senators total 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist, and eight Labour.[1] The terms were deemed to start on 1 January 1901. In each state, the first three elected received full six-year terms, and the three senators elected with the lowest number of votes retire after three years.[2]
| Votes | % | Seats won | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 946,684 | 35.46 | 17 | |||
| 795,889 | 29.81 | 10 | |||
| Independent Protectionist | 397,631 | 14.89 | 2 | ||
| 325,875 | 12.21 | 7 | |||
| Independent Free Trade | 127,011 | 4.76 | 0 | ||
| Independent | 43,597 | 1.63 | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labor Party | 27,347 | 1.02 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,669,930 | 36 |
When parliament sat, the two independent protectionists sat as formal Protectionists, while David O'Keefe, a Protectionist from Tasmania, joined the Labour caucus. This left 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist and 8 Labour senators.
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
Although Fraser and Zeal were not selected Protectionist candidates, they sat as formal Protectionists in parliament.
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
There was no protectionist or free trade organisation in Queensland in 1901; the Labour Party was the only formal political party. Candidates' designations are assigned according to whether they publicly identified with the protectionist or free trade cause. Elected candidates sat with their respective parties.
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
Each elector cast a single vote, Tasmania being the only state to use this method.
There was no labour organisation in Tasmania, although O'Keefe joined the Labour caucus when parliament sat.