1910 Australian Senate election

The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1910 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 July 1910.

1910 Australian Senate election

← 1906 13 April 1910 1913 →
18 of the 36 seats in the Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Gregor McGregor Joseph Cook Party Labor Commonwealth Liberal Leader's seat South Australia Not a Senator Seats before 15 20 Seats won 18 0 Seats after 22 14 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 2,021,090 1,830,353 Percentage 50.30% 45.55% Swing 11.57pp 11.25pp

Australia

Senate 1910–13 (FPTP BV) — Turnout 62.16% (Non-CV) — Informal 4.66

 

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held	Change
	Labour	2,021,090	50.30	+11.57	18	22	7
	Liberal	1,830,353	45.55	−11.25 ^[a]	0	14	6
	Independents	134,976	3.36	+2.46	0	0	1
	Socialist Labor	31,700	0.79	−0.51
Total		4,018,119			18	36
Invalid/blank votes		62,700 ^[b]	4.66	–1.7
Turnout		1,402,106	62.08
Registered voters		2,258,482
Source: Psephos: 1910 Senate

New South Wales

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1910 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan McDougall (elected 1)	249,212	51.0
	Labour	Albert Gardiner (elected 2)	247,047	50.6	+8.9 ^[c]
	Labour	Arthur Rae (elected 3)	239,307	49.0
	Liberal	John Gray (defeated)	214,889	44.0	−15.2 ^[d]
	Liberal	Edward Pulsford (defeated)	212,150	44.0	−17.0 ^[d]
	Liberal	John Neild (defeated)	212,150	43.4	−18.2 ^[d]
	Independent	John Norton	50,893	10.4
	Socialist Labor	Robert Mackenzie	13,608	2.8
	Socialist Labor	James Moroney	9,660	2.0	−6.3 ^[c]
	Socialist Labor	Thomas Hoare	8,432	1.7
Total formal votes			1,465,767 488,589 voters	95.3	+2.6
Informal votes			24,213	4.7	−2.6
Turnout			512,802	61.4	+9.7
Party total votes
	Labour		735,566	50.5	+9.2
	Liberal		647,608	44.4	−10.8 ^[a]
	Independent		50,893	3.5
	Socialist Labor		23,268	1.6	−1.8

Queensland

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1910 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Givens (re-elected 1)	82,234	50.8	−1.0 ^[d]
	Labour	Harry Turley (re-elected 2)	81,719	50.5	−4.6 ^[d]
	Labour	James Stewart (re-elected 3)	80,339	49.7	−3.8 ^[d]
	Liberal	Thomas Glassey	77,895	48.1
	Liberal	Hugh Macrossan	77,367	47.8
	Liberal	Joe Millican	75,707	46.8
	Independent	William Kellett	6,065	3.7
	Independent	Horace Ransome	4,014	2.5
Total formal votes			485,340 161,780 voters	94.8	+0.7
Informal votes			8,854	5.2	−0.7
Turnout			170,634	61.2	+15.3
Party total votes
	Labour		244,292	50.3	+8.3
	Liberal		230,969	47.6	−2.8 ^[a]
	Independent		10,079	2.1

South Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1910 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregor McGregor (re-elected 1)	58,955	55.2	−2.8 ^[d]
	Labour	Robert Guthrie (re-elected 2)	57,733	54.0	+1.0 ^[d]
	Labour	William Story (re-elected 3)	31,489	46.5	+8.5 ^[d]
	Liberal	David Gordon	50,729	47.5
	Liberal	David Charleston	49,063	45.9	+0.7 ^[c]
	Liberal	John Shannon	48,834	45.7
Total formal votes			320,484 106,828 voters	96.7	+0.6
Informal votes			3,675	3.3	−0.6
Turnout			70,517	53.2	+16.7
Party total votes
	Labour		171,858	53.6	+7.1
	Liberal		148,626	46.4	−0.7 ^[a]

Tasmania

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1910 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David O'Keefe (elected 1)	31,304	56.2	+8.8 ^[c]
	Labour	James Long (re-elected 2)	30,973	55.6
	Labour	Rudolph Ready (elected 3)	29,756	53.4
	Liberal	Henry Dobson (defeated)	24,422	43.8	−6.8 ^[d]
	Liberal	Edward Mulcahy (defeated)	24,419	43.8	+7.9 ^[d]
	Liberal	James Macfarlane (defeated)	24,233	43.5	−0.9 ^[d]
	Independent	James Campbell	2,041	3.8
Total formal votes			167,148 55,716 voters
Informal votes			unknown
Turnout			unknown
Party total votes
	Labour		92,033	55.1	+24.5
	Liberal		73,074	43.7	−25.7 ^[a]

Victoria

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1910 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Findley (re-elected 1)	217,573	48.7	+19.8 ^[d]
	Labour	Stephen Barker (elected 2)	216,199	48.4	+23.7 ^[c]
	Labour	Albert Blakey (elected 3)	215,117	48.1
	Liberal	Robert Best (defeated)	213,976	47.9	+16.0 ^[d]
	Liberal	William Trenwith (defeated)	211,058	47.2	+13.8 ^[d]
	Liberal	James McCay	195,477	43.7
	Independent	Vida Goldstein	53,538,511	12.0
	Independent	James Ronald	18,380	4.1
Total formal votes			1,341,363 447,121 voters	95.4	+1.6
Informal votes			21,414	4.6	−1.6
Turnout			468,535	66.6	+9.9
Party total votes
	Labour		648,889	48.4	+15.7
	Liberal		620,511	46.3	−20.9 ^[a]
	Independent		71,963	5.4

Western Australia

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1910 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Henderson (re-elected 1)	44,215	55.7	−3.4 ^[d]
	Labour	Richard Buzacott (elected 2)	43,032	54.2
	Labour	Hugh de Largie (re-elected 3)	41,205	51.9	−11.2 ^[d]
	Liberal	Walter Kingsmill	37,263	46.9
	Liberal	Archibald Sanderson	36,453	45.9
	Liberal	Nathaniel Harper	35,948	45.3
Total formal votes			238,116 79,372 voters	94.6	+1.3
Informal votes			4,544	5.4	−1.3
Turnout			83,916	62.2	+26.0
Party total votes
	Labour		128,452	53.9	−1.6
	Liberal		109,664	46.1

See also

• Candidates of the 1910 Australian federal election
• Results of the 1910 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1910–1913

Notes

1. Change compared to the combined Anti-Socialist and Protectionist vote at the 1906 election.
2. Informal votes does not include Tasmania.
3. Change compared to the personal vote at the 1906 election.
4. Change compared to the personal vote at the 1903 election.

References

1. Carr, Adam. "1910 Senate New South Wales". Psephos.
2. Carr, Adam. "1910 Senate Queensland". Psephos.
3. Carr, Adam. "1910 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
4. Carr, Adam. "1910 Senate Tasmania". Psephos.
5. Carr, Adam. "1910 Senate Victoria". Psephos.
6. Carr, Adam. "1910 Senate Western Australia". Psephos.