# 1901 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1901 federal election. Senators total 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist, and eight Labour. The terms were deemed to start on 1 January 1901. In each state, the first three elected received full six-year terms, and the three senators elected with the lowest number of votes retire after three years.

## Australia

Senate (FPTP BV) — Turnout N/A — Informal N/A :
| Party | Votes | % | Seats won |
| Free Trade Party | 946,684 | 35.46 | 17 |
| Protectionist Party | 795,889 | 29.81 | 10 |
| Independent Protectionist | 397,631 | 14.89 | 2 |
| Labour Party | 325,875 | 12.21 | 7 |
| Independent Free Trade | 127,011 | 4.76 | 0 |
| Independent | 43,597 | 1.63 | 0 |
| Socialist Labor Party | 27,347 | 1.02 | 0 |
| Total | 2,669,930 | | 36 |
When parliament sat, the two independent protectionists sat as formal Protectionists, while David O'Keefe, a Protectionist from Tasmania, joined the Labour caucus. This left 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist and 8 Labour senators.

## New South Wales

Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
1901 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Free Trade | James Walker (elected 1) | 79,800 | 43.9 | +43.9 |
| | Free Trade | Edward Millen (elected 2) | 75,010 | 41.2 | +41.2 |
| | Free Trade | Albert Gould (elected 3) | 74,253 | 40.8 | +40.8 |
| | Protectionist | Richard O'Connor (elected 4) | 72,858 | 40.1 | +40.1 |
| | Free Trade | John Neild (elected 5) | 70,563 | 38.8 | +38.8 |
| | Free Trade | Edward Pulsford (elected 6) | 70,468 | 38.7 | +38.7 |
| | Free Trade | John Gray | 69,499 | 38.2 | +38.2 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | John Norton | 66,463 | 36.5 | +36.5 |
| | Protectionist | Sir William Manning | 48,110 | 26.4 | +26.4 |
| | Protectionist | John Kidd | 44,661 | 24.6 | +24.6 |
| | Protectionist | Kenneth Mackay | 41,596 | 22.9 | +22.9 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Richard Meagher | 32,903 | 18.1 | +18.1 |
| | Protectionist | George Waddell | 32,729 | 18.0 | +18.0 |
| | Protectionist | Mark Hammond | 32,252 | 17.7 | +17.7 |
| | Labour | Samuel Smith | 31,185 | 17.1 | +17.1 |
| | Labour | Donald Macdonell | 30,416 | 16.7 | +16.7 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Eden George | 20,136 | 11.1 | +11.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Edward Terry | 18,764 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Harry Lassetter | 17,741 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Harrie Wood | 14,736 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| | Independent | Denis O'Sullivan | 12,928 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | George Cox | 11,263 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Francis Cotton | 9,170 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| | Independent | John Cook | 7,422 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Charles Royle | 7,216 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Francis Abigail | 7,164 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | John Griffin | 6,502 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| | Socialist Labor | John Neill | 5,952 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | William Read | 5,836 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Socialist Labor | Andrew Thomson | 5,823 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Sam Rosa | 5,560 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Richard Colonna-Close | 5,147 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| | Socialist Labor | Harry Holland | 4,771 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| | Socialist Labor | James Moroney | 4,257 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Lindsay Thompson | 4,005 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Patrick Lynch | 3,876 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Walter Quinn | 3,700 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | Independent | Thomas Edwards | 3,580 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | Socialist Labor | Thomas Melling | 3,495 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | David Fealy | 3,411 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | William Richardson | 3,289 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Socialist Labor | James Morrish | 3,109 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| | Independent | Francis Brown | 2,998 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Independent | John Blake | 2,906 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | William Shipway | 2,776 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | William Flynn | 2,736 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Andrew Armstrong | 2,348 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | James Moriarty | 2,366 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| | Independent | William Gocher | 2,172 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | David Gash | 1,473 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,091,394 181,899 valid ballots | 82.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 38,674 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 220,573 | 100.0 | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Free Trade | | 439,593 | 40.3 | +40.3 |
| | Protectionist | | 272,206 | 24.9 | +24.9 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | | 153,688 | 14.1 | +14.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | | 94,870 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| | Labour | | 61,601 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| | Independent | | 36,215 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| | Socialist Labor | | 27,347 | 2.5 | +2.5 |

## Victoria

Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
Although Fraser and Zeal were not selected Protectionist candidates, they sat as formal Protectionists in parliament.
1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Simon Fraser (elected 1) | 85,820 | 61.2 | +61.2 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Sir William Zeal (elected 2) | 83,243 | 59.4 | +59.4 |
| | Free Trade | Sir Frederick Sargood (elected 3) | 79,956 | 57.0 | +57.0 |
| | Protectionist | James Styles (elected 5) | 62,557 | 44.6 | +44.6 |
| | Protectionist | Robert Best (elected 4) | 63,075 | 45.0 | +45.0 |
| | Labour | John Barrett (elected 6) | 59,366 | 42.3 | +42.3 |
| | Protectionist | John Dow | 55,879 | 39.8 | +39.8 |
| | Free Trade | Robert Reid | 52,851 | 37.7 | +37.7 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | George Wise | 47,874 | 34.1 | +34.1 |
| | Free Trade | John Wallace | 47,603 | 33.9 | +33.9 |
| | Protectionist | William Watt | 33,776 | 24.1 | +24.1 |
| | Free Trade | John Duffy | 33,423 | 23.8 | +23.8 |
| | Free Trade | William Moule | 28,772 | 20.5 | +20.5 |
| | Labour | Stephen Barker | 27,059 | 19.3 | +19.3 |
| | Labour | Alfred Hampson | 21,419 | 15.3 | +15.3 |
| | Free Trade | James Purves | 18,977 | 13.5 | +13.5 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Richard Baker | 17,564 | 12.5 | +12.5 |
| | Protectionist | William Kelly | 12,803 | 9.1 | +9.1 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Charles Sargeant | 9,442 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 841,459 | | |
| Total formal ballots | Total formal ballots | Total formal ballots | 140,243 | | |
| Informal ballots | Informal ballots | Informal ballots | unknown | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | unknown | | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Free Trade | Free Trade | 261,582 | 31.1 | +31.1 |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Ind. Protectionist | 243,943 | 29.0 | +29.0 |
| | Protectionist | Protectionist | 228,090 | 27.1 | +27.1 |
| | Labour | Labour | 107,844 | 12.8 | +12.8 |

## Queensland

Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
There was no protectionist or free trade organisation in Queensland in 1901; the Labour Party was the only formal political party. Candidates' designations are assigned according to whether they publicly identified with the protectionist or free trade cause. Elected candidates sat with their respective parties.
1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Higgs (elected 1) | 29,452 | 62.1 | +62.1 |
| | Labour | Anderson Dawson (elected 2) | 29,350 | 61.9 | +61.9 |
| | Protectionist | James Drake (elected 3) | 26,552 | 56.0 | +56.0 |
| | Labour | James Stewart (elected 4) | 23,736 | 50.0 | +50.0 |
| | Free Trade | John Ferguson (elected 5) | 23,276 | 49.1 | +49.1 |
| | Protectionist | Thomas Glassey (elected 6) | 22,670 | 47.8 | +47.8 |
| | Protectionist | Andrew Thynne | 22,001 | 46.4 | +46.4 |
| | Protectionist | John Bartholomew | 20,624 | 43.5 | +43.5 |
| | Protectionist | John Hamilton | 18,680 | 39.4 | +39.4 |
| | Protectionist | Alfred Cowley | 18,265 | 38.5 | +38.5 |
| | Protectionist | Edmund Plant | 17,028 | 35.9 | +35.9 |
| | Protectionist | Thomas Murray-Prior | 13,236 | 27.9 | +27.9 |
| | Independent | John Hoolan | 7,382 | 15.6 | +15.6 |
| | Protectionist | David Seymour | 4,969 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| | Free Trade | Joseph Ahearne | 4,516 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| | Protectionist | Charles Buzacott | 2,918 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 284,655 ~47,443 ballots | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | unknown | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | unknown | | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Protectionist | | 166,943 | 58.6 | +58.6 |
| | Labour | | 82,538 | 29.0 | +29.0 |
| | Free Trade | | 27,792 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| | Independent | | 7,382 | 2.6 | +2.6 |

## Western Australia

Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Free Trade | Staniforth Smith (elected 1) | 15,288 | 69.6 | +69.6 |
| | Free Trade | Alexander Matheson (elected 2) | 14,728 | 67.0 | +67.0 |
| | Labour | George Pearce (elected 3) | 13,109 | 59.6 | +59.6 |
| | Labour | Hugh de Largie (elected 4) | 12,648 | 57.5 | +57.5 |
| | Free Trade | Edward Harney (elected 5) | 11,475 | 52.2 | +52.2 |
| | Free Trade | Norman Ewing (elected 6) | 11,037 | 50.2 | +50.2 |
| | Free Trade | Joseph Thomson | 9,249 | 42.1 | +42.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Henry Saunders | 8,951 | 40.7 | +40.7 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Henry Ellis | 7,720 | 35.1 | +35.1 |
| | Protectionist | John Phair | 6,191 | 28.2 | +28.2 |
| | Protectionist | Joseph Charles | 5,016 | 22.8 | +22.8 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Horace Stirling | 4,731 | 21.5 | +21.5 |
| | Free Trade | Louis Wolff | 3,729 | 17.0 | +17.0 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Richard Gell | 3,548 | 16.1 | +16.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Walter Phillips | 2,261 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Julius Bowen | 2,184 | 9.9 | +9.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 131,865 ~21,978 ballots | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,793 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | unknown | | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Free Trade | | 65,506 | 49.7 | +49.7 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | | 29,395 | 22.3 | +22.3 |
| | Labour | | 25,757 | 19.5 | +19.5 |
| | Protectionist | | 11,207 | 8.5 | +8.5 |

## South Australia

Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
1901 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Free Trade | Sir Josiah Symon (elected 1) | 37,642 | 74.8 | +74.8 |
| | Protectionist | Thomas Playford (elected 2) | 36,892 | 73.3 | +73.3 |
| | Free Trade | Sir Richard Baker (elected 3) | 35,235 | 70.0 | +70.0 |
| | Protectionist | Sir John Downer (elected 4) | 30,493 | 60.6 | +60.6 |
| | Free Trade | David Charleston (elected 5) | 29,153 | 57.9 | +57.9 |
| | Labour | Gregor McGregor (elected 6) | 26,264 | 52.2 | +52.2 |
| | Protectionist | Andrew Kirkpatrick | 25,620 | 50.9 | +50.9 |
| | Labour | James O'Loghlin | 21,871 | 43.4 | +43.4 |
| | Free Trade | Arthur Addison | 21,802 | 43.3 | +43.3 |
| | Free Trade | William Copley | 20,807 | 41.3 | +41.3 |
| | Protectionist | Thomas Burgoyne | 16,353 | 32.5 | +32.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 302,132 ~50,325 ballots | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,478 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | unknown | | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Free Trade | | 144,639 | 47.9 | +47.9 |
| | Protectionist | | 109,358 | 36.2 | +36.2 |
| | Labour | | 48,135 | 15.9 | +15.9 |

## Tasmania

Each elector cast a single vote, Tasmania being the only state to use this method.
There was no labour organisation in Tasmania, although O'Keefe joined the Labour caucus when parliament sat.
1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protectionist | John Keating (elected 1) | 3,761 | 20.4 | +20.4 |
| | Free Trade | John Clemons (elected 2) | 2,520 | 13.7 | +13.7 |
| | Protectionist | David O'Keefe (elected 3) | 1,904 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | Free Trade | Henry Dobson (elected 4) | 1,566 | 8.5 | +8.5 |
| | Protectionist | Cyril Cameron (elected 5) | 1,452 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Free Trade | James Macfarlane (elected 6) | 1,199 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Don Urquhart | 1,156 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | Protectionist | William Moore | 968 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Free Trade | Jonathan Best | 962 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | James Waldron | 758 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| | Free Trade | Henry Murray | 740 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| | Free Trade | Robert Patterson | 585 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Alfred Page | 414 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Joseph Woollnough | 230 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Arthur Morrisby | 188 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,403 | 97.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 417 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,820 | 48.4 | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Protectionist | | 8,085 | 43.9 | +43.9 |
| | Free Trade | | 7,572 | 41.1 | +41.1 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | | 2,746 | 14.9 | +14.9 |