# 1906 Australian Senate election

The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1906 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 January 1907.

## Australia

Senate 1906–10 (FPTP BV) – Turnout 50.21% (Non-CV) – Informal 93.6 :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | Change |
| | Anti-Socialist | 469,917 | 47.4 | +12.2 | 12 | 17 | 4 |
| | Labour | 384,171 | 38.7 | +11.4 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| | Protectionist | 92,931 | 9.4 | −8.1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| | Western Australian Party | 24,353 | 2.5 | | | | |
| | Socialist Labor | 12,546 | 1.3 | −1.1 | | | |
| | Independents/Other | 7,942 | 0.8 | | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | Total | 991,850 | | | 18 | 36 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 67,318 | 6.4 | –5.2 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 1,059,168 | 50.2 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 2,109,562 | | | | | |
| Source: Psephos: 1906 Senate ||||||||

## New South Wales

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1906 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Anti-Socialist | Albert Gould (re-elected 1) | 197,663 | 55.9 | |
| | Anti-Socialist | James Walker (re-elected 2) | 194,335 | 55.0 | |
| | Anti-Socialist | Edward Millen (re-elected 3) | 191,353 | 54.2 | |
| | Labour | Allan McDougall | 148,728 | 42.1 | |
| | Labour | George Clark | 146,997 | 41.6 | |
| | Labour | Greg McGirr | 138,592 | 39.2 | |
| | Socialist Labor | James Moroney | 15,941 | 4.5 | |
| | Socialist Labor | Thomas Batho | 14,316 | 4.1 | |
| | Socialist Labor | John Willcox | 12,035 | 3.4 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,059,960 353,320 voters | 92.7 | −2.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 28,016 | 7.3 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 381,336 | 51.7 | +4.5 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Anti-Socialist | | 583,351 | 55.0 | |
| | Labour | | 434,317 | 41.0 | |
| | Socialist Labor | | 42,292 | 4.0 | |

## Queensland

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1906 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Anti-Socialist | Thomas Chataway (elected 1) | 60,738 | 51.8 |
| | Anti-Socialist | Robert Sayers (elected 2) | 58,824 | 50.2 |
| | Anti-Socialist | Anthony St Ledger (elected 3) | 57,687 | 49.2 |
| | Labour | William Higgs (defeated) | 54,176 | 46.2 |
| | Labour | James Griffith | 46,805 | 39.9 |
| | Labour | Jens Lundager | 46,584 | 39.7 |
| | Independent Labour | Anderson Dawson (defeated) | 26,771 | 22.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 351,585 117,195 voters | 94.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7,344 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 124,539 | 45.9 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Anti-Socialist | | 177,249 | 50.4 |
| | Labour | | 147,565 | 42.0 |
| | Independent Labour | | 26,771 | 7.6 |

## South Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1906 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Anti-Socialist | Sir Josiah Symon (re-elected 1) | 33,597 | 49.6 | |
| | Labour | William Russell (elected 2) | 31,796 | 46.9 | |
| | Anti-Socialist | Joseph Vardon (elected 3) | 31,489 | 46.5 | |
| | Labour | Dugald Crosby | 31,455 | 46.4 | |
| | Labour | Reginald Blundell | 31,366 | 46.3 | |
| | Anti-Socialist | David Charleston | 30,608 | 45.2 | |
| | Protectionist | Thomas Playford (defeated) | 13,035 | 19.2 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 203,346 67,782 voters | 96.1 | −1.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,735 | 3.9 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,517 | 36.5 | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Anti-Socialist | | 95,684 | 47.1 | |
| | Labour | | 94,617 | 46.5 | |
| | Protectionist | | 13,035 | 6.4 | |

## Tasmania

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1906 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Anti-Socialist | Cyril Cameron (elected 1) | 25,089 | 53.7 |
| | Anti-Socialist | John Clemons (re-elected 2) | 24,844 | 51.1 |
| | Protectionist | John Keating (re-elected 3) | 23,862 | 51.1 |
| | Anti-Socialist | Norman Ewing | 23,390 | 50.1 |
| | Labour | David O'Keefe (defeated) | 22,128 | 47.4 |
| | Labour | James Guy | 20,748 | 44.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 140,061 46,687 voters | 95.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,192 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,879 | 54.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Anti-Socialist | | 73,323 | 52.4 |
| | Labour | | 42,876 | 30.6 |
| | Protectionist | | 23,862 | 17.0 |

## Victoria

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1906 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Anti-Socialist | Sir Simon Fraser (re-elected 1) | 188,299 | 52.6 | |
| | Anti-Socialist | James McColl (elected 2) | 185,906 | 52.0 | |
| | Labour | Edward Russell (elected 3) | 131,500 | 36.8 | |
| | Labour | Tom Tunnecliffe | 131,071 | 36.6 | |
| | Protectionist | James Styles (defeated) | 116,599 | 32.6 | |
| | Anti-Socialist | Thomas Skene | 105,929 | 29.6 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Barker | 88,511 | 24.7 | |
| | Protectionist | Alexander Ramsay | 87,385 | 24.4 | |
| | Protectionist | Charles Atkins | 37,912 | 10.6 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,073,112 357,704 voters | 93.8 | −4.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 23,481 | 6.2 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 381,185 | 56.7 | +5.5 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Anti-Socialist | | 480,134 | 44.7 | |
| | Labour | | 351,082 | 32.7 | |
| | Protectionist | | 241,896 | 22.5 | |

## Western Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.
1906 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Pearce (re-elected 1) | 28,852 | 58.7 |
| | Labour | Ted Needham (elected 2) | 26,938 | 54.8 |
| | Labour | Patrick Lynch (elected 3) | 26,270 | 47.0 |
| | Western Australian Party | Henry Mills | 23,121 | 47.0 |
| | Western Australian Party | Charles Clarke | 21,540 | 43.8 |
| | Western Australian Party | Edward Wittenoom | 20,765 | 42.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 147,486 49,162 voters | 93.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,550 | 6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,712 | 36.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labour | | 82,060 | 55.6 |
| | Western Australian Party | | 65,426 | 44.4 |