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1901


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.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Other candidates



 
Mark Hammond
John Kidd
James Mackay
Sir William Manning
Richard O'Connor*
George Waddell
Albert Gould*
John Gray
Edward Millen*
John Neild*
Edward Pulsford*
James Walker*
Donald Macdonell
Samuel Smith
Francis Abigail (Ind FT)
Andrew Armstrong (Ind FT)
John Blake (Ind)
Francis Brown (Ind)
Richard Colonna-Close (Ind Prot)
John Cook (Ind)
Francis Cotton (Ind FT)
George Cox (Ind FT)
Thomas Edwards (Ind)
David Fealy (Ind Prot)
William Flynn (Ind)
David Gash (Ind)
Eden George (Ind Prot)
William Gocher (Ind)
John Griffin (Ind FT)
Harry Holland (Ind Soc)
Harry Lassetter (Ind FT)
Patrick Lynch (Ind Prot)
Richard Meagher (Ind Prot)
Thomas Melling (Ind Soc)
James Moriarty (Ind FT)
James Moroney (Ind Soc)
James Morrish (Ind Soc)
John Neill (Ind Soc)
John Norton (Ind Prot)
Denis O'Sullivan (Ind)
Walter Quinn (Ind Prot)
William Read (Ind Prot)
William Richardson (Ind Prot)
Sam Rosa (Ind FT)
Charles Royle (Ind FT)
William Shipway (Ind FT)
Edward Terry (Ind FT)
Lindsay Thompson (Ind FT)
Andrew Thomson (Ind Soc)
Harrie Wood (Ind Prot)

Queensland

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist[4] candidates Free Trade[5] candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates



 
John Bartholomew
Charles Hardie Buzacott
Alfred Cowley
James Drake*
Thomas Glassey*
John Hamilton
Thomas Murray-Prior
Edmund Plant
David Seymour
Andrew Thynne
Joseph Ahearne
John Ferguson*
Anderson Dawson*
William Higgs*
James Stewart*
John Hoolan

^ 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.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates


 
Thomas Burgoyne
Sir John Downer*
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Thomas Playford*
Arthur Addison
Sir Richard Baker*
David Charleston*
William Copley
Sir Josiah Symon*
Gregor McGregor*
James O'Loghlin

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Independent candidates


 
Cyril Cameron*
John Keating*
William Moore
David O'Keefe*[6]
Jonathan Best
John Clemons*
Henry Dobson*
James Macfarlane*
Henry Murray
Robert Patterson
Arthur Morrisby (Ind FT)
Alfred Page (Ind FT)
Don Urquhart (Ind FT)
James Waldron (Ind FT)
Joseph Woollnough (Ind FT)

^ 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.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates



 
Robert Best*
John Dow
William Kelly
James Styles*
William Watt
John Duffy
William Moule
James Purves
Robert Reid
Sir Frederick Sargood*
John Wallace
Stephen Barker
John Barrett*
Alfred Hampson
Richard Baker (Ind Prot)
Simon Fraser* (Ind Prot)
Charles Sargeant (Ind Prot)
George Wise (Ind Prot)
Sir William Zeal* (Ind Prot)

Western Australia

Six seats were up for election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates



 
Joseph Charles
John Phair
Norman Ewing*
Edward Harney*
Alexander Matheson*
Staniforth Smith*
Joseph Thomson
Louis Wolff
Hugh de Largie*
George Pearce*
Julius Bowen (Ind FT)
Henry Ellis (Ind FT)
Richard Gell (Ind FT)
Henry Saunders (Ind FT)
Walter Phillips (Ind FT)
Horace Stirling (Ind FT)