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Candidates of the 1903 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1903 Australian federal election. The election was held on 16 December 1903.

By-elections, appointments and defections

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By-elections and appointments

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Defections

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Redistributions and seat changes

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Retiring Members and Senators

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Protectionist

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Free Trade

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Independent

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House of Representatives

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Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

New South Wales

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Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
Barrier Labour Josiah Thomas John Dunstan (Ind Prot)
Bland Labour John Longmuir Chris Watson
Canobolas Labour Thomas Brown
Cowper Protectionist Francis Clarke Henry Lee
Dalley Free Trade Bill Wilks Selina Anderson (Ind Prot)
William Burns (Ind Prot)
Darling Labour Denis Acton William Spence
East Sydney Free Trade Robert Peel George Reid Thomas Thrower
Eden-Monaro Protectionist Austin Chapman
Gwydir Protectionist James Macarthur-Onslow William Webster Robert Barton (Ind Prot)
Hume Protectionist Sir William Lyne Francis McLean
Hunter Protectionist Frank Liddell Arthur Rae James Waller (Ind Prot)
Illawarra Free Trade George Fuller
Lang Free Trade Thomas Roseby Elliot Johnson Tom Keegan William Cullam (Ind FT)
Macquarie Free Trade William Sandford Sydney Smith
Newcastle Labour Richard Bowles David Watkins
New England Protectionist William Sawers Edmund Lonsdale
North Sydney Free Trade Dugald Thomson
Parkes Free Trade Bruce Smith Charles Dyer Edward Beeby (Ind FT)
Varney Parkes (Ind FT)
Hampton Slatyer (Ind FT)
Parramatta Free Trade Joseph Cook John Strachan (Ind Prot)
Richmond Protectionist Thomas Ewing Reginald Atkinson
Riverina Protectionist John Chanter Robert Blackwood
Robertson Free Trade Henry Willis William Wall (Ind Prot)
South Sydney Free Trade George Edwards Edward Riley
Wentworth Free Trade John Dalley Willie Kelly
Werriwa Free Trade Alfred Conroy Arthur Barrett
West Sydney Labour Edward Warren Billy Hughes

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
Brisbane Protectionist William Morse Millice Culpin Thomas Macdonald-Paterson (Ind Prot)
Capricornia Ind. Free Trade George Curtis David Thomson Thomas Ryan (Ind Prot)
Darling Downs Protectionist Littleton Groom
Herbert Labour William White Fred Bamford
Kennedy Labour Frederick Johnson Charles McDonald
Maranoa Labour Daniel Leahy Jim Page
Moreton Ind. Labour George Harrison James Wilkinson (Ind Lab)
Oxley Protectionist Richard Edwards William Reinhold
Wide Bay Labour George Stupart Andrew Fisher

South Australia

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Electorate Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Independent candidate(s)
Adelaide Charles Kingston
Angas Paddy Glynn
Barker Sir Langdon Bonython
Boothby Vaiben Louis Solomon Lee Batchelor
Grey Alexander Poynton
Hindmarsh James Shaw James Hutchison
Wakefield Sir Frederick Holder

Tasmania

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Electorate Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
Bass David Storrer William Hartnoll
Darwin James Brickhill King O'Malley James Gaffney (Ind)
Denison Sir Philip Fysh Norman Cameron Andrew Kirk
Franklin Russell Macnaghten William Clifford (RT)
Wentworth Hardy (Ind)
William McWilliams* (RT)
Henry Tinning (RT)
Wilmot John Cheek Sir Edward Braddon

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate Other candidates
Balaclava Protectionist Sir George Turner
Ballaarat Protectionist Alfred Deakin
Bendigo Protectionist Sir John Quick Cyril James David Smith
Bourke Protectionist James Hume Cook Martin Hannah Rothwell Grundy (Ind Prot)
Corangamite Protectionist Agar Wynne Gratton Wilson Desmond Dunne (Ind Prot)
John Woods (Ind Prot)
Corinella Protectionist James McCay
Corio Protectionist Richard Crouch Donald Macdonald John Reed
Echuca Protectionist James McColl Henry Williams
Flinders Free Trade Arthur Nichols James Gibb Arthur Wilson Louis Smith (Ind Prot)
Gippsland Protectionist Allan McLean
Grampians Free Trade Archibald Ritchie Thomas Skene Patrick McGrath Albert Andrews (Ind Lab)
Indi Protectionist Isaac Isaacs
Kooyong Free Trade Robert Barbour William Knox
Laanecoorie Protectionist Carty Salmon David Bevan
Melbourne Protectionist Sir Malcolm McEacharn William Maloney
Melbourne Ports Protectionist Samuel Mauger James Mathews Harry Foran (Ind Lab)
Mernda Protectionist Robert Harper Frederick Hickford Edward Hodges (Ind Prot)
Moira Protectionist Thomas Kennedy Albert Palmer
Northern Melbourne Protectionist Henry Higgins Samuel Painter (Ind Prot)
Southern Melbourne Labour James Ronald Ernest Joske (Ind Prot)
Charles Monteith (Ind Prot)
John Sloss (Ind Prot)
Wannon Free Trade Patrick Hogan Arthur Robinson Thomas White
Wimmera Protectionist Pharez Phillips Max Hirsch John Gray (Ind Prot)
Yarra Labour William Wilson Frank Tudor

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labour candidate
Coolgardie Labour Hugh Mahon
Fremantle Free Trade Elias Solomon William Carpenter
Kalgoorlie Free Trade John Kirwan Charlie Frazer
Perth Labour Harry Venn James Fowler
Swan Protectionist Sir John Forrest

Senate

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Sitting Senators are listed in bold. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

New South Wales

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Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending two seats. Free Trade Senators Albert Gould, Edward Millen and James Walker were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Socialist Labor candidates Other candidates
Nathaniel Collins
John Cunneen
John Gray*
John Neild*
Edward Pulsford*
Arthur Griffith Herbert Drake
James Moroney
Andrew Thomson
Mary Moore-Bentley (Ind)
Henry Fletcher (Ind)
Nellie Martel (Ind FT)

Queensland

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Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending one seat. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Protectionist Senator James Drake and Labour Senators Anderson Dawson and William Higgs were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates
John Bartholomew
John Murray
Walter Tunbridge
Thomas Givens*
James Stewart*
Harry Turley*
Thomas Glassey

South Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending one seat. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Protectionist Senator Thomas Playford and Free Trade Senators Sir Richard Baker and Sir Josiah Symon were not up for re-election.

Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Independent candidates
Robert Caldwell
David Charleston
William Copley
Robert Guthrie*
Gregor McGregor*
William Story*
William Grasby
Crawford Vaughan

Tasmania

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Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending two seats. Protectionist Senator John Keating, Free Trade Senator John Clemons and Labour Senator David O'Keefe were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Revenue Tariff candidates
Cyril Cameron
Edward Mulcahy*
James Macfarlane*
Edward Miles
James Waldron
Milner Macmaster
James Mahoney
Charles Metz
Stafford Bird
Henry Dobson*

Victoria

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Four seats were up for election, one of which was for the short-term vacancy caused by Free Trade Senator Sir Frederick Sargood's death which had been filled in the interim by Free Trader Robert Reid. The Protectionist Party was defending two seats. The Free Trade Party was defending one seat. The Labour Party was defending one seat, although Senator John Barrett had been denied Labour endorsement and instead ran on the Protectionist ticket. Protectionist Senators Simon Fraser and Sir William Zeal were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates Other candidates
John Barrett
Robert Best*
John Dow
James Styles*
Frederick Derham
Sir John McIntyre
Edmund Smith
John Templeton
Stephen Barker
Edward Findley*
John Lemmon
Robert Solly
Vida Goldstein (Ind Prot)
William McCulloch (Ind Prot)
Sir Bryan O'Loghlen (Ind Prot)
William Trenwith* (Ind Lab)
Henry Williams (Ind FT)
George Wise (Ind Prot)

Western Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Free Trade Party was defending two seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Free Trade Senators Alexander Matheson and Staniforth Smith and Labour Senator George Pearce were not up for re-election.

Protectionist candidates Free Trade candidates Labour candidates
Michael Cavanagh
Samuel Moore
William Martin
Herbert Preston
Henry Saunders
John Croft*
Hugh de Largie*
George Henderson*

References

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See also

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