Members of the Australian Senate, 1904–1906

> Senate composition at 1 January 1904
>    Protectionist (8)

>    Labour (14)

>    Anti-Socialist (12)

>    Tariff Reform (1)

>    Independent (1)

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1904 to 1906.[1] Half of its members were elected at the March 1901 election and had terms deemed to start on 1 January 1901 and finishing on 31 December 1906; the other half were elected at the 16 December 1903 election and had terms starting on 1 January 1904 and finishing on 30 June 1910, extended as a result of the 1906 referendum, which changed Senate terms to finish on 30 June, rather than 31 December.[2] Parties reflect those acknowledged at the time of the 1904 election[a]

Senator  | Party  | State  | Term ending  | Years in office

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Sir Richard Baker |   | Free Trade | South Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
Robert Best |   | Protectionist | Victoria | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1910
John Clemons |   | Free Trade | Tasmania | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1914
John Croft |   | Labour | Western Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1910
Anderson Dawson |   | Labour | Queensland | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
Hugh de Largie |   | Labour | Western Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1923
Henry Dobson |   | Tariff Reform | Tasmania | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1910
James Drake |   | Protectionist | Queensland | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
Edward Findley |   | Labour | Victoria | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1917, 1923–1929
Simon Fraser |   | Protectionist | Victoria | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1913
Thomas Givens |   | Labour | Queensland | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1928
Albert Gould |   | Free Trade | New South Wales | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1917
John Gray |   | Free Trade | New South Wales | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1910
Robert Guthrie |   | Labour | South Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1921
George Henderson |   | Labour | Western Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1923
William Higgs |   | Labour | Queensland | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
John Keating |   | Protectionist | Tasmania | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1923
James Macfarlane |   | Free Trade | Tasmania | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1910
Alexander Matheson |   | Free Trade | Western Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
Gregor McGregor |   | Labour | South Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1914
Edward Millen |   | Free Trade | New South Wales | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1923
Edward Mulcahy |   | Protectionist | Tasmania | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1910, 1919–1920
John Neild |   | Free Trade | New South Wales | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1910
David O'Keefe |   | Labour | Tasmania | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906, 1910–1920
George Pearce |   | Labour | Western Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1938
Thomas Playford |   | Protectionist | South Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
Edward Pulsford |   | Free Trade | New South Wales | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1910
Staniforth Smith |   | Free Trade | Western Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
James Stewart |   | Labour | Queensland | 30 June 1910 | 1901–1917
William Story |   | Labour | South Australia | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1917
James Styles |   | Protectionist | Victoria | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906
Sir Josiah Symon |   | Free Trade | South Australia | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1913
William Trenwith |   | Independent [b] | Victoria | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1910
Harry Turley |   | Labour | Queensland | 30 June 1910 | 1904–1917
James Walker |   | Free Trade | New South Wales | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1913
Sir William Zeal |   | Protectionist | Victoria | 31 December 1906 | 1901–1906

## Notes

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1. ^ Prior to the 1906 election the Free Trade Party renamed itself the Anti-Socialist Party.
2. ^ William Trenwith, was a former trade union official and leader of the Victorian Labour Party who was an independent because of his refusal to pledge to vote as directed by the Labour Party.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1904". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
2. ^ Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906 (Cth).
3. ^ Scates, B. "Trenwith, William Arthur (Billy) (1846–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

* Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1904.
* "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.

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