Candidates of the 1906 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1906 Australian federal election. The election was held on 12 December 1906.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

Defections

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Protectionist

Free Trade

House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

New South Wales

Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Anti-Socialist candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
BarrierLabourGeorge MarshallJosiah Thomas
CalareLabourJohn FitzpatrickThomas Brown
CookUnknownJohn HindleJames Catts
CowperAnti-SocialistJohn ThomsonHenry LeeJohn O'BrienEugene Rudder (Ind)
DalleyAnti-SocialistBill WilksRobert Howe
DarlingLabourDenis ActonWilliam Spence
East SydneyAnti-SocialistGeorge ReidJohn West
Eden-MonaroProtectionistAustin ChapmanJohn Longmuir
GwydirLabourThomas CunninghamWilliam Webster
HumeProtectionistSir William LyneJames Gibb
HunterAnti-SocialistFrank LiddellWilliam Kearsley
IllawarraAnti-SocialistGeorge FullerGeorge Holt
LangAnti-SocialistElliot JohnsonEdward Bennetts
MacquarieAnti-SocialistSydney SmithErnest Carr
NepeanUnknownEric BowdenCharles DyerThomas Taylor (Ind AS)
NewcastleLabourJohn HawthorneDavid Watkins
New EnglandAnti-SocialistEdmund LonsdaleFrank Foster
North SydneyAnti-SocialistDugald Thomson
ParkesAnti-SocialistBruce SmithHampton Slatyer (Ind AS)
ParramattaAnti-SocialistJoseph Cook
RichmondProtectionistThomas EwingJohn Sutton
RiverinaProtectionistJohn ChanterJohn Jackson
RobertsonAnti-SocialistHenry WillisWilliam Johnson
South SydneyAnti-SocialistSir James GrahamChris Watson
WentworthAnti-SocialistWillie KellyWilliam Duncan
WerriwaAnti-SocialistAlfred ConroyDavid Hall
West SydneyLabourJames BurnsBilly Hughes

Queensland

Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Anti-Socialist candidate Labour candidate
BrisbaneLabourJustin FoxtonMillice Culpin
CapricorniaLabourEdward ArcherDavid Thomson
Darling DownsProtectionistLittleton GroomHorace Ransome
HerbertLabourWalter TunbridgeFred Bamford
KennedyLabourFrederick JohnsonCharles McDonald
MaranoaLabourJoseph LittleJim Page
MoretonIndependentHugh SinclairJames Wilkinson
OxleyProtectionistRichard EdwardsAlfred Merry
Wide BayLabourJasper HarveyAndrew Fisher

South Australia

Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Anti-Socialist candidate Labour candidate Independent candidate(s)
AdelaideProtectionistCharles Kingston
AngasAnti-SocialistPaddy GlynnAlexander Dey
BarkerProtectionistJohn LivingstonRoland Campbell
BoothbyLabourLee Batchelor
GreyAnti-SocialistAlexander Poynton
HindmarshLabourJames Hutchison
WakefieldIndependentJohn VaughanSir Frederick Holder

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Anti-Socialist candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
BassProtectionistDavid StorrerWilliam Oldham
DarwinLabourWilliam LamertonKing O'MalleyHenry Bannister (Ind AS)
DenisonProtectionistSir Philip FyshGeorge BurnsWilliam Brown (Ind Prot)
FranklinRevenue TariffWilliam McWilliams
WilmotAnti-SocialistCharles FentonLlewellyn AtkinsonThomas WilsonNorman Cameron (Ind AS)

Victoria

Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Anti-Socialist candidate Labour candidate Independent candidate(s)
BalaclavaProtectionistEdward RobertsAlfred HampsonJoseph Hewison (Ind AS)
Agar Wynne* (Ind Prot)
BallaaratProtectionistAlfred DeakinJames Scullin
BatmanUnknownJabez CoonRobert SollySamuel Painter (Ind)
Roy Vernon (Ind Prot)
BendigoProtectionistThomas GlassSir John Quick (Ind Prot)
BourkeProtectionistJames Hume CookJoseph MoldenRandolph Bedford
CorangamiteAnti-SocialistDesmond DunneGratton WilsonThomas Carey
CorioProtectionistRichard CrouchJames McCay
EchucaProtectionistThomas KennedyAlbert Palmer
FawknerUnknownJohn MillerThomas SmithGeorge Fairbairn (Ind Prot)
FlindersAnti-SocialistArthur NicholsWilliam Irvine
GippslandProtectionistGeorge WiseAllan McLean
GrampiansAnti-SocialistHans IrvineEdward Grayndler
IndiProtectionistThomas McInerneyJoseph BrownDaniel Turnbull
KooyongAnti-SocialistRobert BarbourWilliam KnoxEdward Hodges
LaanecoorieProtectionistCarty SalmonWalter GroseWilliam Rowe
MaribyrnongUnknownSamuel MaugerClement Davidson
MelbourneLabourWilliam MaloneyWilliam Lormer (Ind Prot)
Melbourne PortsProtectionistEdward WattsJames MathewsCyril James (Ind AS)
James Ronald (Ind Lab)
MerndaProtectionistRobert HarperJohn LeckieJames KenneallyRichard O'Neill (Ind Prot)
WannonAnti-SocialistArthur RobinsonJohn McDougall
WimmeraProtectionistRichard TaffeHerman Brauer (Ind Prot)
Max Hirsch (Ind AS)
William Leslie (Ind AS)
Sydney Sampson* (Ind Prot)
YarraLabourFrank TudorGeorge Roberts (Ind Lab)
Richard Vale (Ind Prot)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labour candidate WAP candidate
CoolgardieLabourHugh MahonJohn Archibald
FremantleLabourWilliam CarpenterWilliam Hedges
KalgoorlieLabourCharlie FrazerWilliam Burton
PerthLabourJames FowlerEdward Thurstan
SwanProtectionistPeter O'LoghlenSir John Forrest

Senate

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

New South Wales

Three seats were up for election. The Anti-Socialist Party was defending three seats. Anti-Socialist Senators John Gray, John Neild and Edward Pulsford were not up for re-election.

Anti-Socialist candidates Labour candidates Socialist Labor candidates
Albert Gould*
Edward Millen*
James Walker*
George Clark
Allan McDougall
Greg McGirr
Tom Batho
James Moroney
John Willcox

Queensland

Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party had held one seat. The Labour Party was defending two seats. Labour Senators Thomas Givens, James Stewart and Harry Turley were not up for re-election.

Anti-Socialist candidates Labour candidates Other candidates
Thomas Chataway*
Robert Sayers*
Anthony St Ledger*
James Griffith
William Higgs
Jens Lundager
Anderson Dawson (Ind Lab)

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Anti-Socialist Party was defending two seats. Labour Senators Robert Guthrie, Gregor McGregor and William Story were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Anti-Socialist candidates Labour candidates
Thomas PlayfordDavid Charleston
Sir Josiah Symon*
Joseph Vardon*
Reginald Blundell
Dugald Crosby
William Russell*

Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Anti-Socialist Party was defending one seat. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Protectionist Senator Edward Mulcahy and Anti-Socialist Senators Henry Dobson and James Macfarlane were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Anti-Socialist candidates Labour candidates
John Keating*Cyril Cameron*
John Clemons*
Norman Ewing
James Guy
David O'Keefe

Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending three seats. Protectionist Senator Robert Best, Labour Senator Edward Findley and Independent Senator William Trenwith were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Anti-Socialist candidates Labour candidates
Charles Atkins
Alexander Ramsay
James Styles
Simon Fraser*
James McColl*
Thomas Skene
Stephen Barker
Edward Russell*
Tom Tunnecliffe

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Anti-Socialist Party had held two seats. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Labour Senators John Croft, Hugh de Largie and George Henderson were not up for re-election.

Labour candidates WAP candidates
Patrick Lynch*
Ted Needham*
George Pearce*
Charles Clarke
Henry Mills
Edward Wittenoom

See also

References

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