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Members of the Australian Senate, 1901–1903

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This is a list of the members of the Australian Senate in the First Australian Parliament, which was elected on 29 March 1901.[1] There were 36 senators in this initial parliament. Terms were deemed to start on 1 January 1901. In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution,[2] the Senate resolved that in each State the three senators who received the most votes would sit for a six year term, finishing on 31 December 1906 while the other half half would sit for a three year term, finishing on 31 December 1903.[3]

Senator Party State Term ending Years in Office
Sir Richard Baker Free Trade[n 1] South Australia 30 December 1906 1901–1906
John Barrett Labor[n 2] Victoria 30 December 1903 1901–1903
Hon Robert Best Protectionist[n 3] Victoria 30 December 1903 1901–1910, 1910–1922 (HoR)
Cyril Cameron Protectionist Tasmania 30 December 1903 1901–1903, 1907–1913
Hon David Charleston Free Trade South Australia 30 December 1903 1901–1903
John Clemons Free Trade Tasmania 30 December 1906 1901–1914
Hon Anderson Dawson Labor Queensland 30 December 1906 1901–1906
Hugh de Largie Labor Western Australia 30 December 1903 1901–1923
Hon Henry Dobson Free Trade Tasmania 30 December 1903 1901–1910
Sir John Downer Protectionist South Australia 30 December 1903 1901–1903
Hon James Drake Protectionist Queensland 30 December 1906 1901–1906
Norman Ewing [n 4] Free Trade Western Australia 30 December 1903 1901–1903
John Ferguson Free Trade Queensland 30 December 1903 1901–1903
Hon Simon Fraser Protectionist Victoria 30 December 1906 1901–1913
Thomas Glassey Protectionist Queensland 30 December 1903 1901–1903
Hon Albert Gould Free Trade New South Wales 30 December 1906 1901–1917
Edward Harney Free Trade Western Australia 30 December 1903 1901–1903
William Higgs Labor Queensland 30 December 1906 1901–1906, 1910–1922 (HoR)
John Keating Protectionist Tasmania 30 December 1906 1901–1923
James Macfarlane Free Trade Tasmania 30 December 1903 1901–1910
Dr Charles Mackellar [n 5] Protectionist New South Wales 30 December 1903 1903
Alexander Matheson Free Trade Western Australia 30 December 1906 1901–1906
Gregor McGregor Labor South Australia 30 December 1903 1901–1914
Edward Millen Free Trade New South Wales 30 December 1906 1901–1923
John Neild Free Trade New South Wales 30 December 1903 1901–1910
Hon Richard O'Connor[n 5] Protectionist New South Wales 30 December 1903 1901–1903
David O'Keefe Labor Tasmania 30 December 1906 1901–1906, 1910–1914, 1914–1920, 1922–1925 (HoR)
George Pearce Labor Western Australia 30 December 1906 1901–1938
Hon Thomas Palyford Protectionist South Australia 30 December 1906 1901–1906
Edward Pulsford Free Trade New South Wales 30 December 1903 1901–1910
Robert Reid [n 6] Free Trade Victoria 30 December 1903 1903
Hon Sir Frederick Sargood [n 6] Free Trade Victoria 30 December 1903 1901–1903
Henry Saunders [n 4] Free Trade Western Australia 30 December 1903 1903
Staniforth Smith Free Trade Western Australia 30 December 1906 1901–1906
James Stewart Labor Queensland 30 December 1903 1901–1917
James Styles Protectionist Victoria 30 December 1906 1901–1906
Hon Sir Josiah Symon Free Trade South Australia 30 December 1906 1901–1913
James Walker Free Trade New South Wales 30 December 1906 1901–1913
Hon Sir William Zeal Protectionist Victoria 30 December 1906 1901–1906

Notes

  1. ^ The Free Trade Party, then known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, was the only national political party at the 1901 election.
  2. ^ There was no national Labor Party organisation at the time of the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Labor" were endorsed by their various state Labor parties.
  3. ^ There was no national Protectionist party organisation at the time of the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Protectionist" were those who accepted the leadership of Edmund Barton.
  4. ^ a b Western Australian Free Trade Senator Norman Ewing resigned on 17 April 1903. Henry Saunders was appointed as his replacement on 20 May.
  5. ^ a b New South Wales Protectionist Senator Richard O'Connor resigned on 27 September 1903, to take up a position as a Justice of the new High Court of Australia. Dr Charles Mackellar was appointed as his replacement on 8 October.
  6. ^ a b Victorian Free Trade Senator Frederick Sargood died on 2 January 1903. Robert Reid was appointed as his replacement on 21 January.

References

  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1901". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp) Part II the Senate.
  3. ^ "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 4 July 1901. pp. 2012–2017.

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1901–1903  · 1903–1906  · 1906–1910

Senate

1901–1903  · 1904–1906  · 1907–1910