# 1903 Australian Senate election

The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1903 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 January 1904.

## Australia

1903 Australian federal election: Senate (FPTP BV) :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats won | Seats held | Seat change |
| | Free Trade | 986,030 | 34.33 | −5.11 | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| | Labour | 784,859 | 27.33 | +13.83 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| | Protectionist | 503,586 | 17.53 | −27.33 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| | National Liberal Union | 136,727 | 4.76 | +4.76 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Socialist Labor | 69,769 | 2.43 | +1.41 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Revenue Tariff | 25,310 | 0.88 | +0.88 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | 365,851 | 12.74 | −8.60 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | 2,872,132 | | | | | |
| Total | Total | | | | | | |
| Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | 1,893,586 | 46.86 | | | | |

## New South Wales

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1903 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Free Trade | John Neild (re-elected 1) | 192,987 | 61.6 |
| | Free Trade | Edward Pulsford (re-elected 2) | 191,170 | 61.0 |
| | Free Trade | John Gray (elected 3) | 188,860 | 60.3 |
| | Labour | Arthur Griffith | 108,312 | 34.6 |
| | Protectionist | Nathaniel Collins | 66,763 | 21.3 |
| | Protectionist | John Cunneen | 60,200 | 19.2 |
| | Socialist Labor | Andrew Thomson | 25,976 | 8.3 |
| | Socialist Labor | James Moroney | 25924 | 8.3 |
| | Independent | Henry Fletcher | 23,555 | 7.5 |
| | Independent | Mary Bentley | 19,254 | 6.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Nellie Martel | 18,846 | 6.0 |
| | Socialist Labor | Herbert Drake | 17,870 | 5.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 939,717 313,239 voters | 95.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15,740 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 328,979 | 47.9 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Free Trade | | 573,017 | 61.0 |
| | Protectionist | | 126,963 | 13.5 |
| | Labour | | 108,312 | 11.5 |
| | Socialist Labor | | 69,770 | 7.4 |
| | Independent | | 61,655 | 6.6 |

## Queensland

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Harry Turley (elected 1) | 66,074 | 55.1 |
| | Labour | James Stewart (re-elected 2) | 64,077 | 53.5 |
| | Labour | Thomas Givens (elected 3) | 62,088 | 51.8 |
| | Liberal | Walter Tunbridge | 47,927 | 40.0 |
| | Liberal | John Bartholomew | 47,081 | 39.2 |
| | Liberal | John Murray | 41,719 | 34.8 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Thomas Glassey (defeated) | 30,720 | 25.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 359,623 119,895 voters | 96.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,612 | 3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 124,507 | 54.8 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labour | | 192,239 | 53.5 |
| | Liberal | | 136,664 | 38.0 |
| | Independent | | 30,720 | 8.5 |

## South Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1903 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gregor McGregor (re-elected 1) | 31,082 | 58.0 |
| | Labour | Robert Guthrie (elected 2) | 28,376 | 53.0 |
| | Labour | William Story (elected 3) | 23,083 | 43.1 |
| | Free Trade | David Charleston (defeated) | 22,499 | 42.0 |
| | Free Trade | William Copley | 19,402 | 36.2 |
| | Free Trade | Robert Caldwell | 19,400 | 36.2 |
| | Independent | Crawford Vaughan | 8,595 | 16.0 |
| | Independent | William Grasby | 8,294 | 15.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 160,731 53,577 voters | 97.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,208 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,577 | 32.4 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labour | | 82,541 | 51.4 |
| | Free Trade | | 61,301 | 38.1 |
| | Independent | | 16,889 | 10.5 |

## Tasmania

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Revenue Tariff | Henry Dobson (re-elected 1) | 17,979 | 50.6 |
| | Free Trade | James Macfarlane (re-elected 2) | 15,796 | 44.4 |
| | Protectionist | Edward Mulcahy (elected 3) | 12,762 | 35.9 |
| | Protectionist | Cyril Cameron (defeated) | 12,094 | 34.0 |
| | Labour | Milner Macmaster | 11,333 | 31.9 |
| | Labour | Charles Metz | 9,776 | 27.5 |
| | Labour | James Mahoney | 8,728 | 24.6 |
| | Revenue Tariff | Stafford Bird | 7,331 | 20.6 |
| | Free Trade | James Waldron | 6,776 | 19.1 |
| | Free Trade | Edward Miles | 4,062 | 11.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 106,637 35,546 voters | 96.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,441 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,987 | 45.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labour | | 29,837 | 28.0 |
| | Free Trade | | 26,634 | 25.0 |
| | Revenue Tariff | | 25,310 | 23.7 |
| | Protectionist | | 24,856 | 23.3 |

## Victoria

There were four vacancies in Victoria due to the death of Sir Frederick Sargood. Robert Reid (Free Trade) had filled the seat in the interim, with the fourth senator elected serving the balance of Sargood's term ending on 31 December 1906. Each elector voted for up to four candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent Labour | William Trenwith  (elected 1) | 102,382 | 33.4 |
| | Protectionist | Robert Best (re-elected 2) | 97,693 | 31.9 |
| | Labour | Edward Findley (elected 3) | 88,614 | 28.9 |
| | Protectionist | James Styles (re-elected 4) | 85,287 | 27.8 |
| | Free Trade | Sir John McIntyre | 84,699 | 27.6 |
| | Free Trade | Frederick Derham | 81,912 | 26.7 |
| | Labour | Robert Solly | 80,593 | 26.3 |
| | Labour | Stephen Barker | 76,039 | 24.8 |
| | Free Trade | John Templeton | 74,062 | 24.2 |
| | Labour | John Lemmon | 73,245 | 23.9 |
| | Free Trade | Edmund Smith | 71,875 | 23.5 |
| | Protectionist | John Dow | 68,123 | 22.2 |
| | Protectionist | John Barrett (defeated) | 64,346 | 21.0 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | William McCulloch | 58,284 | 19.0 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Vida Goldstein | 51,497 | 16.8 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Sir Bryan O'Loghlen | 27,160 | 8.9 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | George Wise | 21,056 | 6.9 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Henry Williams | 19,061 | 6.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,225,928 306,482 voters | 97.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7,003 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 313,485 | 51.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labour | | 318,491 | 26.0 |
| | Protectionist | | 315,449 | 25.7 |
| | Free Trade | | 312,548 | 25.5 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | | 157,997 | 12.9 |
| | Independent Labour | | 102,382 | 8.4 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | | 19,061 | 1.6 |

## Western Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1903 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hugh de Largie (re-elected 1) | 19,644 | 63.1 |
| | Labour | George Henderson (elected 2) | 18,414 | 59.1 |
| | Labour | John Croft (elected 3) | 17,464 | 56.1 |
| | Free Trade | Henry Saunders (defeated) | 9,979 | 32.0 |
| | Protectionist | Michael Cavanagh | 8,892 | 28.5 |
| | Free Trade | William Martin | 7,109 | 22.8 |
| | Free Trade | Herbert Preston | 6,126 | 19.7 |
| | Protectionist | Samuel Moore | 5,818 | 18.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 93,446 ~31,000 voters | ≈98 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,001 | ≈2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | ≈33000 | ≈27 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labour | | 55,522 | 59.4 |
| | Free Trade | | 23,214 | 24.8 |
| | Protectionist | | 14,710 | 15.7 |