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Results of the 1906 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

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Australian federal election, 12 December 1906[1]
House of Representatives
<< 1903–1910 >>

Enrolled voters 2,109,562
Votes cast 1,001,593 Turnout 47.48 +8.43
Informal votes 49,904 Informal 4.98 +2.48
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labour 348,712 36.64% +6.86% 26 +4
  Anti-Socialist 345,781 36.33% +4.60% 26 +2
  Protectionist 155,991 16.39% –12.84% 16 –10
  Western Australian 22,154 2.33% +2.33% 2 +2
  Independent 79,051 8.31% –0.46% 5 +3
Total 951,689     75  

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1906 federal election.

New South Wales

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1906 Australian federal election (New South Wales)
← 1903 12 December 1906 1910 →
All 27 New South Wales seats in the House of Representatives
Registered737,599
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Reid Chris Watson Alfred Deakin
Party Anti-Socialist Labour Protectionist
Last election 16 seats 7 seats 3 seats
Seats won 11 11 5
Seat change Decrease5 Increase4 Increase2
Popular vote 172,594 133,091 34,700
Percentage 49.93% 38.50% 15.18%
Swing Decrease4.82 Increase17.21 Decrease11.38

Barrier

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1906 Australian federal election: Barrier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josiah Thomas 5,602 74.5 −7.5
Anti-Socialist George Marshall 1,919 25.5 +25.5
Total formal votes 7,521 95.8
Informal votes 311 4.2
Turnout 7,832 31.1
Labour hold Swing −7.5

Calare

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1906 Australian federal election: Calare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Brown 6,759 50.7
Anti-Socialist John Fitzpatrick 6,565 49.3
Total formal votes 13,324 97.1
Informal votes 393 2.9
Turnout 13,717 51.7
Labour hold Swing

Cook

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1906 Australian federal election: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Catts 8,563 53.0
Anti-Socialist John Hindle 7,591 47.0
Total formal votes 16,154 97.2
Informal votes 470 2.8
Turnout 14,725 52.5
Labour hold Swing

Cowper

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1906 Australian federal election: Cowper
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John Thomson 4,794 43.1 +6.1
Anti-Socialist Henry Lee 4,602 41.4 −21.6
Independent Eugene Rudder 1,316 11.8 +11.8
Labour John O'Brien 399 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 11,111 96.5
Informal votes 404 3.5
Turnout 11,515 41.7
Protectionist gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +13.9

Dalley

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1906 Australian federal election: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist William Wilks 9,863 52.7 −22.2
Labour Robert Howe 8,850 47.3 +47.3
Total formal votes 18,713 97.5
Informal votes 481 2.5
Turnout 19,194 63.9
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −22.2

Darling

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1906 Australian federal election: Darling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Spence 6,356 57.9 −0.3
Anti-Socialist Denis Acton 4,626 42.1 +0.3
Total formal votes 10,982 95.4
Informal votes 532 4.6
Turnout 11,514 43.9
Labour hold Swing −0.3

East Sydney

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1906 Australian federal election: East Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist George Reid 7,229 54.9 −6.4
Labour John West 5,936 45.1 +12.5
Total formal votes 13,165 98.0
Informal votes 275 2.0
Turnout 13,440 49.0
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −9.5

Eden-Monaro

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1906 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Austin Chapman 7,979 67.8 −32.2
Anti-Socialist John Longmuir 3,789 32.2 +32.2
Total formal votes 11,768 95.4
Informal votes 571 4.6
Turnout 12,339 52.6
Protectionist hold Swing −32.2

Gwydir

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1906 Australian federal election: Gwydir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Webster 7,118 53.3 −0.2
Anti-Socialist Thomas Cunningham 6,246 46.7 +16.0
Total formal votes 13,364 96.8
Informal votes 442 3.2
Turnout 13,806 53.6
Labour hold Swing −8.1

Hume

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1906 Australian federal election: Hume
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Sir William Lyne 9,223 61.7 +1.7
Anti-Socialist James Gibb 5,727 38.3 −1.7
Total formal votes 14,950 98.2
Informal votes 274 1.8
Turnout 15,224 60.8
Protectionist hold Swing +1.7

Hunter

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1906 Australian federal election: Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Frank Liddell 6,843 50.8 −8.5
Labour William Kearsley 6,617 49.2 +41.2
Total formal votes 13,460 97.7
Informal votes 314 2.3
Turnout 13,774 51.4
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −12.5

Illawarra

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1906 Australian federal election: Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist George Fuller 9,726 63.8 −36.2
Labour George Holt 5,528 36.2 +36.2
Total formal votes 15,254 96.9
Informal votes 486 3.1
Turnout 15,740 59.6
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −36.2

Lang

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1906 Australian federal election: Lang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Elliot Johnson 11,138 70.4 +19.7
Labour Edward Bennetts 4,677 29.6 +11.2
Total formal votes 15,815 97.2
Informal votes 458 2.8
Turnout 16,273 56.3
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +9.2

Macquarie

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1906 Australian federal election: Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Carr 7,121 51.3 +51.3
Anti-Socialist Sydney Smith 6,760 48.7 −5.3
Total formal votes 13,881 96.4
Informal votes 520 3.6
Turnout 14,401 58.7
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +51.3

Nepean

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1906 Australian federal election: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Eric Bowden 9,749 60.6
Labour Charles Dyer 5,471 34.0
Ind. Anti-Socialist Thomas Taylor 857 5.3
Total formal votes 16,077 96.0
Informal votes 677 4.0
Turnout 16,754 56.4
Anti-Socialist hold Swing

Newcastle

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1906 Australian federal election: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Watkins 11,952 67.2 +4.7
Anti-Socialist John Hawthorne 5,833 32.8 −4.7
Total formal votes 17,785 97.4
Informal votes 479 2.6
Turnout 18,264 61.3
Labour hold Swing +4.7

New England

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1906 Australian federal election: New England
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Foster 7,631 51.8 +51.8
Anti-Socialist Edmund Lonsdale 7,099 48.2 −3.7
Total formal votes 14,730 96.5
Informal votes 538 3.5
Turnout 15,268 54.6
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +51.8

North Sydney

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1906 Australian federal election: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Dugald Thomson unopposed
Anti-Socialist hold Swing

Parkes

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1906 Australian federal election: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Bruce Smith 11,178 78.2 +4.3
Ind. Anti-Socialist Hampton Slatyer 3,114 21.8 +21.8
Total formal votes 14,292 95.7
Informal votes 647 4.3
Turnout 14,939 49.6
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +0.4

Parramatta

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1906 Australian federal election: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Joseph Cook unopposed
Anti-Socialist hold Swing

Richmond

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1906 Australian federal election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Ewing 6,042 76.4 +3.8
Anti-Socialist John Sutton 1,869 23.6 −3.8
Total formal votes 7,911 96.8
Informal votes 260 3.2
Turnout 8,171 31.5
Protectionist hold Swing +3.8

Riverina

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1906 Australian federal election: Riverina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John Chanter 6,662 54.1 +4.1
Anti-Socialist John Jackson 5,658 45.9 −4.1
Total formal votes 12,320 95.3
Informal votes 601 4.7
Turnout 12,921 51.9
Protectionist hold Swing +4.1

Robertson

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1906 Australian federal election: Robertson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Henry Willis 7,199 57.0 −6.5
Labour William Johnson 5,441 43.0 +43.0
Total formal votes 12,640 96.9
Informal votes 405 3.1
Turnout 13,045 49.6
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −6.5

South Sydney

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1906 Australian federal election: South Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Watson 10,347 56.4 +12.4
Anti-Socialist James Graham 8,006 43.6 −12.4
Total formal votes 18,353 97.5
Informal votes 479 2.5
Turnout 18,832 63.9
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +12.4

Wentworth

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1906 Australian federal election: Wentworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Willie Kelly 10,505 73.2 +1.4
Labour William Duncan 3,846 26.8 +26.8
Total formal votes 14,351 95.3
Informal votes 701 4.7
Turnout 15,052 52.8
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +1.4

Werriwa

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1906 Australian federal election: Werriwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hall 7,316 51.8 +20.5
Anti-Socialist Alfred Conroy 6,818 48.2 −20.5
Total formal votes 14,134 96.5
Informal votes 518 3.5
Turnout 14,652 57.2
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +20.5

West Sydney

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1906 Australian federal election: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 7,561 55.5 −14.4
Anti-Socialist James Burns 6,056 44.5 +14.4
Total formal votes 13,617 96.7
Informal votes 469 3.3
Turnout 14,086 50.1
Labour hold Swing −14.4

Victoria

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1906 Australian federal election (Victoria)
← 1903 12 December 1906 1910 →
All 22 Victorian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered672,054
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alfred Deakin George Reid Chris Watson
Party Protectionist Anti-Socialist Labour
Last election 16 seats 5 seats 2 seats
Seats won 8 6 4
Seat change Decrease8 Increase1 Increase2
Popular vote 107,515 83,158 111,626
Percentage 29.32% 22.67% 30.44%
Swing Decrease12.02 Increase1.23 Increase3.49

Balaclava

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1906 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist Agar Wynne 6,957 41.8 +41.8
Ind. Anti-Socialist Joseph Hewison 5,651 33.9 +33.9
Labour Alfred Hampson 3,263 19.6 +19.6
Protectionist Edward Roberts 786 4.7 −95.3
Total formal votes 16,657 97.5
Informal votes 431 2.5
Turnout 17,088 54.0
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist Swing +41.8

Ballaarat

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1906 Australian federal election: Ballaarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Alfred Deakin 12,331 66.2 −33.8
Labour James Scullin 6,305 33.8 +33.8
Total formal votes 18,636 97.8
Informal votes 412 2.2
Turnout 19,048 62.5
Protectionist hold Swing −33.8

Batman

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1906 Australian federal election: Batman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Jabez Coon 7,098 50.0 +50.0
Labour Robert Solly 6,617 46.6 +46.6
Independent Samuel Painter 330 2.3 +2.3
Ind. Protectionist Roy Vernon 151 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 14,196 95.0
Informal votes 743 5.0
Turnout 14,939 48.8
Protectionist win (new seat)

Bendigo

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1906 Australian federal election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist Sir John Quick 9,617 51.7 +51.7
Labour Thomas Glass 8,969 48.3 +29.9
Total formal votes 18,586 97.5
Informal votes 467 2.5
Turnout 19,053 59.1
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist Swing +51.7

Bourke

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1906 Australian federal election: Bourke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist James Hume Cook 10,745 52.2 +9.8
Labour Randolph Bedford 8,016 38.9 +0.1
Anti-Socialist Joseph Molden 1,835 8.9 +8.9
Total formal votes 20,596 97.1
Informal votes 624 2.9
Turnout 21,220 63.1
Protectionist hold Swing +4.9

Corangamite

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1906 Australian federal election: Corangamite
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Gratton Wilson 7,475 43.9 +8.7
Protectionist Desmond Dunne 5,237 30.8 +8.1
Labour Thomas Carey 4,306 25.3 +25.3
Total formal votes 17,018 95.7
Informal votes 765 4.3
Turnout 17,783 61.3
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +4.4

Corio

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1906 Australian federal election: Corio
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Richard Crouch 10,135 55.0 +9.5
Anti-Socialist James McCay 8,288 45.0 +8.2
Total formal votes 18,432 96.8
Informal votes 612 3.2
Turnout 19,035 62.0
Protectionist hold Swing +0.2

Echuca

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1906 Australian federal election: Echuca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Albert Palmer 7,656 50.1 +13.4
Protectionist Thomas Kennedy 7,624 49.9 −13.4
Total formal votes 15,280 94.6
Informal votes 867 5.4
Turnout 16,147 55.3
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +13.4

Fawkner

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1906 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist George Fairbairn 12,212 60.5 +60.5
Labour Thomas Smith 6,621 32.8 +32.8
Protectionist John Miller 1,360 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 20,193 96.4
Informal votes 759 3.6
Turnout 20,952 57.3
Ind. Protectionist win (new seat)

Flinders

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1906 Australian federal election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist William Irvine 7,621 51.5 +15.2
Protectionist Arthur Nichols 7,184 48.5 +21.2
Total formal votes 14,805 95.7
Informal votes 659 4.3
Turnout 15,464 54.3
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −3.0

Gippsland

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1906 Australian federal election: Gippsland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist George Wise 7,825 50.3 −49.7
Anti-Socialist Allan McLean 7,728 49.7 +49.7
Total formal votes 15,553 96.3
Informal votes 601 3.7
Turnout 16,154 55.2
Protectionist hold Swing −49.7

Grampians

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1906 Australian federal election: Grampians
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Hans Irvine 7,598 55.8 +19.5
Labour Edward Grayndler 6,013 44.2 +18.3
Total formal votes 13,611 95.6
Informal votes 633 4.4
Turnout 14,244 50.5
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +3.2

Indi

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1906 Australian federal election: Indi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Joseph Brown 6,801 44.4 +44.4
Labour Daniel Turnbull 5,986 39.0 +39.0
Protectionist Thomas McInerney 2,546 16.6 +16.6
Total formal votes 15,333 94.6
Informal votes 872 5.4
Turnout 16,205 55.0
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +44.4

Kooyong

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1906 Australian federal election: Kooyong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist William Knox 12,018 58.7 +5.9
Protectionist Robert Barbour 7,093 34.7 −12.5
Labour Edward Hodges 1,358 6.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 20,469 96.8
Informal votes 676 3.2
Turnout 21,145 62.8
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +9.2

Laanecoorie

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1906 Australian federal election: Laanecoorie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Carty Salmon 5,204 37.5 −37.1
Labour William Rowe 4,466 32.2 +32.2
Anti-Socialist Walter Grose 4,206 30.3 +4.9
Total formal votes 13,876 94.0
Informal votes 881 6.0
Turnout 14,757 53.5
Protectionist hold Swing −21.9

Maribyrnong

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1906 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Samuel Mauger 11,109 56.9
Labour Clement Davidson 8,407 43.1
Total formal votes 19,516 95.9
Informal votes 839 4.1
Turnout 20,355 60.9
Protectionist win (new seat)

Melbourne

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1906 Australian federal election: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Maloney 9,228 60.4 +10.6
Ind. Protectionist William Lormer 6,056 39.6 +39.6
Total formal votes 15,284 96.5
Informal votes 561 3.5
Turnout 15,845 51.0
Labour hold Swing +10.6

Melbourne Ports

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1906 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Mathews 6,813 40.6 −1.3
Protectionist Edward Watts 5,932 35.4 −20.1
Independent Labour James Ronald 3,215 19.2 +19.2
Ind. Anti-Socialist Cyril James 802 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 16,762 95.9
Informal votes 714 4.1
Turnout 17,476 55.9
Labour gain from Protectionist Swing +9.4

Mernda

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1906 Australian federal election: Mernda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Robert Harper 5,306 36.5 −16.5
Labour James Kenneally 3,962 27.2 +27.2
Anti-Socialist John Leckie 3,753 25.8 −3.0
Ind. Protectionist Richard O'Neill 1,534 10.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 14,555 95.4
Informal votes 702 4.6
Turnout 15,257 52.3
Protectionist hold Swing −7.4

Wannon

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1906 Australian federal election: Wannon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McDougall 9,151 52.8 +15.2
Anti-Socialist Arthur Robinson 8,179 47.2 +3.8
Total formal votes 17,330 96.3
Informal votes 664 3.7
Turnout 17,994 63.8
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing +5.7

Wimmera

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1906 Australian federal election: Wimmera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist Sydney Sampson 7,911 51.6 +14.6
Labour Richard Taffe 3,554 23.2 +23.2
Ind. Anti-Socialist Max Hirsch 2,002 13.0 +13.0
Ind. Protectionist Herman Brauer 1,737 11.3 +11.3
Ind. Anti-Socialist William Leslie 142 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 15,346 96.5
Informal votes 560 3.5
Turnout 15,906 57.0
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist Swing +14.6

Yarra

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1906 Australian federal election: Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Tudor 8,591 58.3 −9.9
Ind. Protectionist Richard Vale 5,776 39.2 +39.2
Independent Labour George Roberts 358 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 14,725 96.9
Informal votes 473 3.1
Turnout 15,198 50.2
Labour hold Swing −8.6

Queensland

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1906 Australian federal election (Queensland)
← 1903 12 December 1906 1910 →
All 9 Queensland seats in the House of Representatives
Registered271,109
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Reid Chris Watson Alfred Deakin
Party Anti-Socialist Labour Protectionist
Last election — 6 seats 2 seats
Seats won 4 4 1
Seat change Increase4 Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 60,599 51,231 7,440
Percentage 50.81% 42.95% 6.24%
Swing — Decrease7.58 Decrease33.31

Brisbane

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1906 Australian federal election: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Justin Foxton 8,200 61.3 +61.3
Labour Millice Culpin 5,187 38.7 −8.1
Total formal votes 13,387 96.7
Informal votes 455 3.3
Turnout 13,842 39.7
Anti-Socialist gain from Labour Swing +13.4

Capricornia

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1906 Australian federal election: Capricornia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Edward Archer 7,892 55.6 +25.1
Labour David Thomson 6,304 44.4 −5.2
Total formal votes 14,196 96.4
Informal votes 529 3.6
Turnout 14,725 52.5
Anti-Socialist gain from Labour Swing +15.2

Darling Downs

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1906 Australian federal election: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Littleton Groom 7,440 65.1 −34.9
Anti-Socialist Horace Ransome 3,991 34.9 +34.9
Total formal votes 11,431 95.9
Informal votes 488 4.1
Turnout 11,919 37.8
Protectionist hold Swing −34.9

Herbert

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1906 Australian federal election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Bamford 8,151 52.9 −4.9
Anti-Socialist Walter Tunbridge 7,255 47.1 +47.1
Total formal votes 15,406 95.3
Informal votes 764 4.7
Turnout 16,170 50.8
Labour hold Swing −4.9

Kennedy

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1906 Australian federal election: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles McDonald 6,462 57.8 −11.9
Anti-Socialist Frederick Johnson 4,711 42.2 +11.9
Total formal votes 11,173 93.0
Informal votes 845 7.0
Turnout 12,018 48.4
Labour hold Swing −11.9

Maranoa

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1906 Australian federal election: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Page 6,599 68.8 −6.2
Anti-Socialist Joseph Little 2,989 31.2 +6.2
Total formal votes 9,588 94.2
Informal votes 593 5.8
Turnout 10,181 41.2
Labour hold Swing −6.2

Moreton

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1906 Australian federal election: Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Hugh Sinclair 10,055 62.5 +18.3
Labour James Wilkinson 6,038 37.5 +37.5
Total formal votes 16,093 96.9
Informal votes 514 3.1
Turnout 16,607 52.4
Anti-Socialist gain from Independent Labour Swing +18.3

Oxley

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1906 Australian federal election: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Richard Edwards 8,722 66.6 +66.6
Labour Alfred Merry 4,372 33.4 −14.3
Total formal votes 13,094 95.4
Informal votes 635 4.6
Turnout 13,729 39.7
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +14.3

Wide Bay

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1906 Australian federal election: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Fisher 8,118 54.5 −6.7
Anti-Socialist Jasper Harvey 6,784 45.5 +6.7
Total formal votes 14,902 97.5
Informal votes 389 2.5
Turnout 15,291 52.7
Labour hold Swing −6.7

South Australia

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1906 Australian federal election (South Australia)
← 1903 12 December 1906 1910 →
All 7 South Australian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered193,118
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chris Watson George Reid Alfred Deakin
Party Labour Anti-Socialist Protectionist
Last election 2 seats 2 seats 2 seats
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 11,845 12,080 N/A
Percentage 38.34% 39.10% N/A
Swing Decrease21.81 Increase14.57 —

Adelaide

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1906 Australian federal election: Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Charles Kingston unopposed
Protectionist hold Swing

Angas

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1906 Australian federal election: Angas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Paddy Glynn 5,546 63.6 −36.4
Labour Alexander Day 3,177 36.4 +36.4
Total formal votes 8,273 94.5
Informal votes 503 5.5
Turnout 9,226 34.1
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −36.4

Barker

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1906 Australian federal election: Barker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist John Livingston 6,534 58.1 +58.1
Labour Roland Campbell 4,715 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 11,249 95.3
Informal votes 559 4.7
Turnout 11,808 44.2
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +58.1

Boothby

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1906 Australian federal election: Boothby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Batchelor unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Grey

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1906 Australian federal election: Grey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Poynton unopposed
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist Swing

Hindmarsh

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1906 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hutchison unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield

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1906 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sir Frederick Holder 6,972 63.8 −36.2
Labour John Vaughan 3,953 36.2 +36.2
Total formal votes 10,925 95.1
Informal votes 560 4.9
Turnout 11,485 41.7
Independent hold Swing −36.2

Western Australia

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1906 Australian federal election (Western Australia)
← 1903 12 December 1906 1910 →
All 5 Western Australian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered145,473
  First party Second party
 
Leader Chris Watson John Forrest
Party Labour Western Australian
Last election 4 seats —
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Decrease1 Increase2
Popular vote 28,334 22,154
Percentage 56.12% 43.88
Swing Decrease10.80 —

Coolgardie

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1906 Australian federal election: Coolgardie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Mahon 6,806 73.1 −26.9
Western Australian John Archibald 2,503 26.9 +26.9
Total formal votes 9,309 96.1
Informal votes 376 3.9
Turnout 9,685 33.3
Labour hold Swing −26.9

Fremantle

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1906 Australian federal election: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Western Australian William Hedges 4,798 50.9 +12.2
Labour William Carpenter 4,629 49.1 −12.2
Total formal votes 9,427 92.9
Informal votes 718 7.1
Turnout 10,145 37.5
Western Australian gain from Labour Swing +12.2

Kalgoorlie

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1906 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlie Frazer 7,715 79.0 +12.4
Western Australian William Burton 2,051 21.0 −12.4
Total formal votes 9,766 96.7
Informal votes 338 3.3
Turnout 10,104 36.2
Labour hold Swing +12.4

Perth

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1906 Australian federal election: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Fowler 4,892 52.7 −20.1
Western Australian Edward Thurstan 4,384 47.3 +20.1
Total formal votes 9,276 96.7
Informal votes 343 3.6
Turnout 9,619 30.0
Labour hold Swing −20.1

Swan

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1906 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Western Australian Sir John Forrest 8,418 66.2 −33.8
Labour Peter O'Loghlen 4,292 33.8 +33.8
Total formal votes 12,710 96.6
Informal votes 453 3.4
Turnout 13,163 45.0
Western Australian hold Swing −33.8

Tasmania

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1906 Australian federal election (Tasmania)
← 1903 12 December 1906 1910 →
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered90,209
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Reid Chris Watson Alfred Deakin
Party Anti-Socialist Labour Protectionist
Last election 1 seat 1 seat 2 seats
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase2 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 17,350 12,585 6,336
Percentage 44.93% 32.59% 16.41%
Swing Increase12.71 Increase20.08 Decrease24.96

Bass

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1906 Australian federal election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist David Storrer 5,826 62.3 +5.6
Anti-Socialist William Oldham 3,522 37.7 −5.6
Total formal votes 9,348 96.1
Informal votes 380 3.9
Turnout 9,728 52.2
Protectionist hold Swing +5.6

Darwin

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1906 Australian federal election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour King O'Malley 5,215 55.0 +4.6
Anti-Socialist William Lamerton 3,420 36.0 +36.0
Ind. Anti-Socialist Henry Bannister 849 8.9 +8.9
Total formal votes 9,484 95.8
Informal votes 420 4.2
Turnout 9,904 55.3
Labour hold Swing +8.8

Denison

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1906 Australian federal election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Sir Philip Fysh 6,473 58.5 +15.1
Labour George Burns 4,165 37.6 +37.6
Ind. Protectionist William Brown 434 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 11,071 96.6
Informal votes 391 3.4
Turnout 11,462 60.0
Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist Swing +15.1

Franklin

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1906 Australian federal election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist William McWilliams unopposed
Anti-Socialist gain from Revenue Tariff Swing

Wilmot

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1906 Australian federal election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Llewellyn Atkinson 3,935 45.2 −9.7
Labour Thomas Wilson 3,205 36.8 +36.8
Ind. Anti-Socialist Norman Cameron 1,058 12.1 +12.1
Protectionist Charles Fenton 510 5.9 −39.2
Total formal votes 8,708 95.7
Informal votes 392 4.3
Turnout 9,100 53.7
Anti-Socialist hold Swing −0.7

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Details of Australian election results, 1906". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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