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Australian federal election, 12 December 1906
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parkes

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

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

Richmond

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Angas

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

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

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

Grey

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

Hindmarsh

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

Wakefield

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wilmot

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

Notes

References

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