Senate composition at 1 January 1904
Protectionist (8)
Labour (14)
Anti-Socialist (12)
Tariff Reform (1)
Independent (1)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate from 1904ββto 1906. Half of its members were elected at theββMarch 1901 election and had terms deemedββto start on 1 January 1901. And finishing on 31 December 1906; the other half were elected at the 16 December 1903 election and had terms starting on 1 January 1904 and "finishing on 30 June 1910," extended as a result of the 1906 referendum, which changed Senate terms to finish on 30 June, "rather than 31 December." Parties reflect those acknowledged at the time of the 1904 election
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Sir Richard Baker | Free Trade | South Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
Robert Best | Protectionist | Victoria | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1910 | |
John Clemons | Free Trade | Tasmania | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1914 | |
John Croft | Labour | Western Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1910 | |
Anderson Dawson | Labour | Queensland | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
Hugh de Largie | Labour | Western Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1923 | |
Henry Dobson | Tariff Reform | Tasmania | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1910 | |
James Drake | Protectionist | Queensland | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
Edward Findley | Labour | Victoria | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1917, 1923β1929 | |
Simon Fraser | Protectionist | Victoria | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1913 | |
Thomas Givens | Labour | Queensland | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1928 | |
Albert Gould | Free Trade | New South Wales | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1917 | |
John Gray | Free Trade | New South Wales | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1910 | |
Robert Guthrie | Labour | South Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1921 | |
George Henderson | Labour | Western Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1923 | |
William Higgs | Labour | Queensland | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
John Keating | Protectionist | Tasmania | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1923 | |
James Macfarlane | Free Trade | Tasmania | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1910 | |
Alexander Matheson | Free Trade | Western Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
Gregor McGregor | Labour | South Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1914 | |
Edward Millen | Free Trade | New South Wales | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1923 | |
Edward Mulcahy | Protectionist | Tasmania | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1910, 1919β1920 | |
John Neild | Free Trade | New South Wales | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1910 | |
David O'Keefe | Labour | Tasmania | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906, 1910β1920 | |
George Pearce | Labour | Western Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1938 | |
Thomas Playford | Protectionist | South Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
Edward Pulsford | Free Trade | New South Wales | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1910 | |
Staniforth Smith | Free Trade | Western Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
James Stewart | Labour | Queensland | 30 June 1910 | 1901β1917 | |
William Story | Labour | South Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1917 | |
James Styles | Protectionist | Victoria | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 | |
Sir Josiah Symon | Free Trade | South Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1913 | |
William Trenwith | Independent | Victoria | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1910 | |
Harry Turley | Labour | Queensland | 30 June 1910 | 1904β1917 | |
James Walker | Free Trade | New South Wales | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1913 | |
Sir William Zeal | Protectionist | Victoria | 31 December 1906 | 1901β1906 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Prior to the 1906 election the Free Trade Party renamed itself the Anti-Socialist Party.
- ^ William Trenwith, was a former trade union official and leader of the "Victorian Labour Party who was an independent." Because of his refusal to pledge to vote as directed by, "the Labour Party."
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1904". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906 (Cth).
- ^ Scates, B. "Trenwith, William Arthur (Billy) (1846β1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1904.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.