This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1901 Australian federal election. The election was held on 29/30 March 1901.
House of Representatives Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
New South Wales
ElectorateProtectionistFree TradeLabourOther Barrier Josiah Thomas Benjamin Long (Ind)Bland William Lucas Chris Watson Patrick Heffernan (Ind Prot)Canobolas Bernhard Wise Thomas Brown Thomas Dalveen (Ind Prot)William Melville (Ind Prot)Cowper Francis Clarke Robert Davidson Hugh McKinnon (Ind Prot)Dalley Reginald Cohen Bill Wilks Sydney Law Darling Patrick Quinn Thomas Bertram William Spence East Sydney George Reid John Cleary (Ind Prot)Harry Foran (Ind Prot)James Toomey (Ind)Eden-Monaro Austin Chapman*William Wood Gwydir George Cruickshank Edward Foxall William Webster William Buchanan (Ind FT)Hume Sir William Lyne William Goddard Hunter Edmund Barton Illawarra Alexander Hay George Fuller Andrew Lysaght (Ind Prot)Lang James Edwards Francis McLean James Watson James Mitchell (Ind Prot)Macquarie William Ferguson Sydney Smith Newcastle Owen Gilbert David Watkins John Bailey (Ind Lab)New England William Sawers Edmund Lonsdale George Simpson (Ind)North Sydney Dugald Thomson Edward Clark (Ind FT)Parkes Robert Thomson Bruce Smith George Burns (Ind Lab)Parramatta William Sandford Joseph Cook Richmond Thomas Ewing Robert Pyers (Ind Prot)Riverina John Chanter James Ashton Robertson Jack FitzGerald Henry Willis South Sydney George Edwards James McGowen Henry Hoyle (Ind Prot)Wentworth John Gannon Sir William McMillan Werriwa Thomas Rose Alfred Conroy West Sydney James Beer Billy Hughes James Hanrahan (Ind Prot)
Queensland
ElectorateProtectionistFree TradeLabourOther Brisbane Charles Hardie BuzacottThomas Macdonald-Paterson* Daniel Guilfoyle Capricornia Wallace Nelson Alexander Paterson (Ind FT)Darling Downs William Henry Groom*Horace Ransome Herbert William Brown Fred Bamford Kennedy Maurice Barnett Charles McDonald Maranoa George Bunning Jim Page Moreton Anthony DarvallWilliam KellettWilliam Ryott Maughan Edward Kretschmer (Ind)Robert Neilson (Ind)James Wilkinson* (Ind Lab)Oxley Richard Edwards Harry Turley Wide Bay John Annear Andrew Fisher There was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland. Elected candidates joined the Protectionists in Parliament. There was no Free Trade organisation in Queensland.
South Australia Note that South Australia was constituted as one seven-member division, with each elector casting seven votes.
ProtectionistFree TradeLabourIndependent Sir Langdon Bonython*Robert CaldwellJohn CookeCharles Kingston*John O'ConnellGeorge Wyld Henry BakerPaddy Glynn*Frederick Holder*Alexander Poynton*Vaiben Louis Solomon*Crawford VaughanThomas WebbRichard Wood Lee Batchelor*Thomas Price George Mitchell
Tasmania Note that Tasmania was constituted as one five-member division, with each elector casting one vote.
ProtectionistFree TradeIndependent Charles FentonSir Philip Fysh*King O'Malley*James Whitelaw Sir Edward Braddon*Norman Cameron*William HartnollFrederick Piesse* David Blanshard
There was no Labour organisation in Tasmania; O'Malley joined the Labour Caucus when Parliament sat.
Victoria
ElectorateProtectionistFree TradeLabourOther Balaclava Sir George Turner Ballaarat Alfred Deakin Richard Vale (Ind Prot)Bendigo Sir John Quick Bourke James Hume Cook Frederick Hickford Martin Hannah James Mirams (Ind Prot)James Rose (Ind Prot)Corangamite Chester Manifold John Woods (Ind Prot)Corinella James McCay Nicholas Fitzgerald Corio Richard Crouch James Boyd Jonas Levien (Ind Prot)Angus McNaughton (Ind Prot)Echuca James McColl Max Hirsch Flinders Louis Smith Arthur Groom Alfred Downward (Ind Prot)Gippsland Allan McLean Grampians Alfred Rinder Thomas Skene Holford Wettenhall (Ind Prot)Indi Isaac Isaacs Thomas Ashworth Kooyong Theodore Fink William Knox John Rogers (Ind Prot)Laanecoorie Carty Salmon Walter Grose (Ind Prot)Melbourne Sir Malcolm McEacharn William Maloney Melbourne Ports Samuel Mauger Mernda Robert Harper Thomas Hunt (Ind Prot)Sydney Stott (Ind Prot)Moira Thomas Kennedy John West Northern Melbourne Robert Barr H. B. Higgins* (Ind Prot)Isaac Selby (Ind Prot)Southern Melbourne Donald McArthur Alexander Sutherland James Ronald David Gaunson (Ind Prot)Wannon Louis Horwitz Samuel Cooke Leo Cussen (Ind Prot)Wimmera Pharez Phillips William Irvine Henry Williams (Ind FT)Yarra William Wilson Frank Tudor John Gahan (Ind Prot)Patrick O'Connor (Ind Prot)
Western Australia
ElectorateProtectionistFree TradeLabourOther Coolgardie John Archibald Hugh Mahon Fremantle Elias Solomon Tom O'Beirne William Adcock (Ind FT)Charles Jones (Ind FT)Kalgoorlie John Kirwan John Marquis Hopkins (Ind FT)Perth Michael Cavanagh James Fowler Swan Sir John Forrest
Senate Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
New South Wales Six seats were up for election.
ProtectionistFree TradeLabourSocialist LaborOther Mark HammondJohn KiddKenneth MackaySir William ManningRichard O'Connor*George Waddell Albert Gould*John GrayEdward Millen*John Neild*Edward Pulsford*James Walker* Donald MacdonellSamuel Smith Harry HollandThomas MellingJames MoroneyJames MorrishJohn NeillAndrew Thomson Francis Abigail (Ind FT)Andrew Armstrong (Ind FT)John Blake (Ind)Francis Brown (Ind)Richard Colonna-Close (Ind Prot)John Cook (Ind)Francis Cotton (Ind FT)George Cox (Ind FT)Thomas Edwards (Ind)David Fealy (Ind Prot)William Flynn (Ind)David Gash (Ind)Eden George (Ind Prot)William Gocher (Ind)John Griffin (Ind FT) Harry Lassetter (Ind FT)Patrick Lynch (Ind Prot)Richard Meagher (Ind Prot)James Moriarty (Ind FT)John Norton (Ind Prot)Denis O'Sullivan (Ind)Walter Quinn (Ind Prot)William Read (Ind Prot)William Richardson (Ind Prot)Sam Rosa (Ind FT)Charles Royle (Ind FT)William Shipway (Ind FT)Edward Terry (Ind FT)Lindsay Thompson (Ind FT)Harrie Wood (Ind Prot)
Queensland Six seats were up for election.
ProtectionistFree TradeLabourIndependent John BartholomewCharles Hardie BuzacottAlfred CowleyJames Drake*Thomas Glassey*John HamiltonThomas Murray-PriorEdmund PlantDavid SeymourAndrew Thynne Joseph AhearneJohn Ferguson* Anderson Dawson*William Higgs*James Stewart* John Hoolan There was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland. Glassey and Drake, when elected, sat with the Protectionists in Parliament. There was no Free Trade organisation in Queensland. Ferguson, when elected, sat with the Free Traders in Parliament.
South Australia Six seats were up for election.
ProtectionistFree TradeLabour Thomas BurgoyneSir John Downer*Andrew KirkpatrickThomas Playford* Arthur AddisonSir Richard Baker*David Charleston*William CopleySir Josiah Symon* Gregor McGregor*James O'Loghlin
Tasmania Six seats were up for election.
ProtectionistFree TradeIndependent Cyril Cameron*John Keating*William MooreDavid O'Keefe* Jonathan BestJohn Clemons*Henry Dobson*James Macfarlane*Henry MurrayRobert Patterson Arthur Morrisby (Ind FT)Alfred Page (Ind FT)Don Urquhart (Ind FT)James Waldron (Ind FT)Joseph Woollnough (Ind FT) O'Keefe joined the Labour Party when Parliament sat (there was no Labour organisation in Tasmania).
Victoria Six seats were up for election. Fraser and Zeal sat as Protectionists once elected.
ProtectionistFree TradeLabourIndependent Robert Best*John DowWilliam KellyJames Styles*William Watt John DuffyWilliam MouleJames PurvesRobert ReidSir Frederick Sargood*John Wallace Stephen BarkerJohn Barrett*Alfred Hampson Richard Baker (Ind Prot)Simon Fraser* (Ind Prot)Charles Sargeant (Ind Prot)George Wise (Ind Prot)Sir William Zeal* (Ind Prot)
Western Australia Six seats were up for election.
ProtectionistFree TradeLabourIndependent Joseph CharlesJohn Phair Norman Ewing*Edward Harney*Alexander Matheson*Staniforth Smith*Joseph ThomsonLouis Wolff Hugh de Largie*George Pearce* Julius Bowen (Ind FT)Henry Ellis (Ind FT)Richard Gell (Ind FT)Henry Saunders (Ind FT)Walter Phillips (Ind FT)Horace Stirling (Ind FT)
References Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1901 Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1901
See also Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1901–1903 Members of the Australian Senate, 1901–1903 List of political parties in Australia