Detailed results: Senate 1901-1925


1901
 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
 328 765
 275 933
 100 202
 154 281
 89 920
 39 528
 988 629
Votes
ALP
 83 185
 107 844
 89 920
 51 884
 25 757
 1 904
 360 494
PROT
 433 826
 505 456
 135 442
 105 611
 11 207
 6 181
1 197 723
FT
 515 704
 228 159
 59 293
 144 637
 94 901
 10 318
1 053 012
Others
 58 679
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 58 679
Agg. valid vote
1 091 394
 841 459
 284 655
 302 132
 131 865
 18 403
2 669 908
Informal
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 1 478
 5 793
419
n.a.
Total voters
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 62 952
 28 733
 18 822
n.a.
Per cent
ALP
7.6
12.8
31.6
17.2
19.5
10.4
13.5
PROT
39.8
60.1
47.6
35.0
8.5
33.6
44.9
FT
47.3
27.1
20.8
47.9
72.0
56.1
39.4
Others
5.4
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
2.2
Formal
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
97.6
79.8
97.8
n.a.
Informal
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
2.4
20.2
2.2
n.a.
Total
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
40.8
32.0
47.6
n.a.
Senators elected
ALP
. .
1
3
1
2
1
8
PROT
1
4
2
2
. .
2
11
FT
5
1
1
3
4
3
17
Total
6
6
6
6
6
6
36

Note: In multi-member constituencies where voters were able to cast more than one vote, the number of valid (aggregate) votes exceeds the total number of voters. Percentages of total valid votes in multi-member constituencies are shown as percentages of the aggregate vote, i.e. all votes added together.

1903

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
 687 049
 612 472
 227 080
 167 775
 116 942
 82 268
1 893 586
Votes
ALP
 175 998
 318 491
 192 239
 82 541
 55 522
 29 837
 854 628
PROT
 148 571
 315 449
. .
. .
 14 710
 24 856
 503 586
FT
 601 135
 312 548
. .
 22 499
 23 214
 26 634
 986 030
Liberal
. .
. .
 136 727
. .
. .
. .
 136 727
Tariff Reform
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 25 310
 25 310
Others
. .
 279 440
 30 720
 55 691
. .
. .
 365 851
Agg. valid vote
 925 704
1 225 928
 359 686
 160 731
 93 446
 106 637
2 872 132
Informal
 15 796
 7 003
 4 612
 1 208
 2 001
 1 441
 32 061
Total voters
 324 364
 313 487
 124 507
 54 785
 33 148
 37 021
 887 312
Per cent
ALP
19.0
26.0
53.5
51.4
59.4
28.0
29.8
PROT
16.1
25.7
. .
. .
15.7
23.3
17.5
FT
64.9
25.5
. .
14.0
24.8
25.0
34.3
Liberal
. .
. .
38.0
. .
. .
. .
4.8
Tariff Reform
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
23.7
0.9
Others
. .
22.8
8.5
34.7
. .
. .
12.7
Formal
95.1
97.8
96.3
97.8
94.0
96.1
96.4
Informal
4.9
2.2
3.7
2.2
6.0
3.9
3.6
Total
47.2
51.2
54.8
32.7
28.4
45.0
46.9
Senators elected
ALP
. .
1
3
3
3
. .
10
PROT
. .
2
. .
. .
. .
1
3
FT
3
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
4
Tariff Reform
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
1
Others
. .
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
Total
3
4
3
3
3
3
19

Note: In multi-member constituencies where voters were able to cast more than one vote, the number of valid (aggregate) votes exceeds the total number of voters. Percentages of total valid votes in multi-member constituencies are shown as percentages of the aggregate vote, i.e. all votes added together.

1906

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
 737 599
 672 054
 271 109
 193 118
 145 473
 90 209
2 109 562
Votes
ALP
 434 317
 351 082
 147 565
 94 617
 82 060
 42 876
1 152 517
PROT
. .
 241 896
. .
 13 035
 65 426
 48 951
 369 308
A-S
 583 351
 480 134
 177 249
 95 694
. .
 48 234
1 384 662
Socialist
 42 292
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 42 292
Ind. Labor
. .
. .
 26 771
. .
. .
. .
 26 771
Agg. valid vote
1 059 960
1 073 112
 351 585
 203 346
 147 486
 140 061
2 975 550
Informal
 28 016
 23 481
 7 344
 2 735
 3 550
 2 192
 67 318
Total voters
 381 336
 381 185
 124 539
 70 517
 52 712
 48 879
1 059 168
Per cent
ALP
41.0
32.7
42.0
46.5
55.6
30.6
38.7
PROT
. .
22.5
. .
6.4
44.4
35.0
12.4
A-S
55.0
44.7
50.4
47.1
. .
34.4
46.5
Socialist
4.0
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1.4
Ind. Labor
. .
. .
7.6
. .
. .
. .
0.9
Formal
92.6
93.8
94.1
96.1
93.3
95.5
93.6
Informal
7.4
6.2
5.9
3.9
6.7
4.5
6.4
Total
51.7
56.7
45.9
36.5
36.2
54.2
50.2
Senators elected
ALP
. .
1
. .
1
3
. .
5
PROT
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
2
2
A-S
3
2
3
2
. .
1
11
Total
3
3
3
3
3
3
18

Note: In multi-member constituencies where voters were able to cast more than one vote, the number of valid (aggregate) votes exceeds the total number of voters. Percentages of total valid votes in multi-member constituencies are shown as percentages of the aggregate vote, i.e. all votes added together.

1910

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
 834 662
 703 699
 279 031
 207 655
 134 979
 98 456
2 258 482
Votes
ALP
 735 566
 648 889
 244 292
 171 858
 128 452
 92 033
2 021 090
LP
 647 608
 620 511
 230 969
 148 626
 109 565
 73 074
1 830 353
Socialist
 31 700
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 31 700
Others
 50 893
 71 963
 10 079
. .
. .
 2 041
 134 976
Agg. valid vote
1 465 767
1 341 363
 485 340
 320 484
 238 017
 167 148
4 018 119
Informal
 24 213
 21 414
 8 854
 3 675
 4 554
 1 893
 64 603
Total voters
 512 802
 468 535
 170 634
 110 503
 83 893
 57 609
1 403 976
Per cent
ALP
50.2
48.4
50.3
53.6
54.0
55.1
50.3
LP
44.2
46.3
47.6
46.4
46.0
43.7
45.6
Socialist
2.2
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
0.8
Others
3.5
5.4
2.1
. .
. .
1.2
3.4
Formal
95.3
95.4
94.8
96.7
94.6
96.7
95.4
Informal
4.7
4.6
5.2
3.3
5.4
3.3
4.6
Total
61.4
66.6
61.2
53.2
62.2
58.5
62.2
Senators elected
ALP
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
Total
3
3
3
3
3
3
18

Note: In multi-member constituencies where voters were able to cast more than one vote, the number of valid (aggregate) votes exceeds the total number of voters. Percentages of total valid votes in multi-member constituencies are shown as percentages of the aggregate vote, i.e. all votes added together.

1913

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
1 036 187
 830 391
 363 082
 244 026
 179 784
 106 746
2 760 216
Votes
ALP
 887 142
 888 195
 432 593
 287 151
 202 852
 104 596
2 802 529
LP
1 058 574
 883 172
 365 773
 247 070
 168 842
 116 989
2 840 420
Socialist
 60 549
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 60 549
Ind. Liberal
. .
. .
. .
 18 556
. .
. .
 18 556
Others
. .
 25 528
. .
. .
. .
 4 615
 30 143
Agg. valid vote (a)
2 006 265
1 796 895
 798 366
 552 777
 371 694
 226 200
5 752 197
Informal
 48 195
 27 896
 14 403
 11 204
 8 251
 4 998
 114 947
Total voters
 717 855
 626 861
 280 525
 195 463
 132 149
 80 398
2 033 251
Per cent
ALP
44.2
49.4
54.2
52.0
54.6
46.2
48.7
LP
52.8
49.2
45.8
44.7
45.4
51.7
49.4
Socialist
3.0
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1.1
Ind. Liberal
. .
. .
. .
3.4
. .
. .
0.3
Others
. .
1.4
. .
. .
. .
2.0
0.5
Formal
93.3
95.5
94.9
94.3
93.8
93.8
94.3
Informal
6.7
4.5
5.1
5.7
6.2
6.2
5.7
Total
69.3
75.5
77.3
80.1
73.5
75.3
73.7
Senators elected
ALP
. .
2
3
3
3
. .
11
LP
3
1
. .
. .
. .
3
7
Total
3
3
3
3
3
3
18

Note: In multi-member constituencies where voters were able to cast more than one vote, the number of valid (aggregate) votes exceeds the total number of voters. Percentages of total valid votes in multi-member constituencies are shown as percentages of the aggregate vote, i.e. all votes added together. (a) 905 votes were lost in a fire at a NSW polling station.

1914

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
1 083 129
 814 740
 368 207
 257 353
 182 107
 105 979
2 811 515
Votes
ALP
2 024 690
1 998 385
 911 265
 554 863
 395 781
 234 034
6 119 018
LP
1 979 824
1 743 527
 677 001
 635 123
 343 371
 226 459
5 605 305
Ind. Liberal
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 6 979
 6 979
Others
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 2 820
 2 820
Agg. valid vote
4 004 514
3 741 912
1 588 266
1 189 986
 739 152
 470 292
11 734 122
Informal
 34 984
 21 246
 11 693
 7 913
 6 942
 3 871
 86 649
Total voters
 702 403
 644 898
 276 404
 206 244
 130 134
 82 253
2 042 336
Per cent
ALP
50.6
53.4
57.4
46.6
53.5
49.8
52.2
LP
49.4
46.6
42.6
53.4
46.5
48.2
47.8
Ind. Liberal
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1.5
0.1
Others
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
0.6
0.1
Formal
95.0
96.7
95.8
96.2
94.7
95.3
95.8
Informal
5.0
3.3
4.2
3.8
5.3
4.7
4.2
Total
64.9
79.2
75.1
80.1
71.5
77.6
72.6
Senators elected
ALP
4
6
6
5
6
4
31
LP
2
. .
. .
1
. .
2
5
Total
6
6
6
6
6
6
36
Note: In multi-member constituencies where voters were able to cast more than one vote, the number of valid (aggregate) votes exceeds the total number of voters. Percentages of total valid votes in multi-member constituencies are shown as percentages of the aggregate vote, i.e. all votes added together. 1917
 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
1 094 834
 819 707
 378 296
 265 779
 168 030
 108 681
2 835 327
Votes
ALP
 971 191
 893 805
 461 547
 235 145
 118 372
 96 588
2 776 648
NAT
1 228 213
1 096 046
 489 832
 312 940
 253 424
 135 899
3 516 354
Socialist
 32 692
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 32 692
Others
. .
 7 768
 10 796
. .
. .
 6 112
 24 676
Agg. valid vote
2 232 096
1 997 619
 962 175
 548 085
 371 796
 238 599
6 350 370
Informal
 29 625
 22 062
 16 026
 8 483
 6 740
 3 075
 86 011
Total voters
 773 657
 687 935
 336 751
 191 178
 130 672
 82 608
2 202 801
Per cent
ALP
43.5
44.7
48.0
42.9
31.8
40.5
43.7
NAT
55.0
54.9
50.9
57.1
68.2
57.0
55.4
Socialist
1.5
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
0.5
Others
. .
0.4
1.1
. .
. .
2.6
0.4
Formal
96.2
96.8
95.2
95.6
94.8
96.3
96.1
Informal
3.8
3.2
4.8
4.4
5.2
3.7
3.9
Total
70.7
83.9
89.0
71.9
77.8
76.0
77.7
Senators elected
NAT
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
Total
3
3
3
3
3
3
18

Note: In multi-member constituencies where voters were able to cast more than one vote, the number of valid (aggregate) votes exceeds the total number of voters. Percentages of total valid votes in multi-member constituencies are shown as percentages of the aggregate vote, i.e. all votes added together.

1919

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
1 079 439
 837 408
 389 200
 268 235
 163 544
 112 036
2 849 862
Votes
ALP
 281 315
 251 433
 138 919
 62 946
 37 055
 24 190
 795 858
NAT
 242 336
 286 440
 164 844
 90 781
 45 012
 32 577
 861 990
CP
. .
. .
. .
. .
 11 853
. .
 11 853
Farmers and Settlers
 100 620
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 100 620
Victorian Farmers' Union
. .
 50 620
. .
. .
. .
. .
 50 620
Socialist
 10 508
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 10 508
Others
 15 559
. .
. .
 8 230
. .
 2 585
 26 374
Formal
 650 338
 588 493
 303 763
 161 957
 93 920
 59 352
1 857 823
Informal
 67 227
 49 605
 26 468
 16 135
 9 315
 6 364
 175 114
Total
 717 565
 638 098
 330 231
 178 092
 103 235
 65 716
2 032 937
Per cent
ALP
43.3
42.7
45.7
38.9
39.5
40.8
42.8
NAT
37.3
48.7
54.3
56.1
47.9
54.9
46.4
CP
. .
. .
. .
. .
12.6
. .
0.6
Farmers and Settlers
15.5
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
5.4
Victorian Farmers' Union
. .
8.6
. .
. .
. .
. .
2.7
Socialist
1.6
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
0.6
Others
2.4
. .
. .
5.1
. .
4.4
1.4
Formal
90.6
92.2
92.0
90.9
91.0
90.3
91.4
Informal
9.4
7.8
8.0
9.1
9.0
9.7
8.6
Total
66.5
76.2
84.9
66.4
63.1
58.7
71.3
Senators elected
ALP
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
NAT
2
3
3
3
3
4
18
Total
3
3
3
3
3
4
19

1922

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
1 142 066
 875 331
 406 228
 277 916
 166 624
 112 259
2 980 424
Votes
ALP
 246 411
 221 948
 131 880
 65 095
 29 755
 20 130
 715 219
NAT
 218 862
 154 861
 126 925
 13 081
 30 085
 23 270
 567 084
LP
. .
. .
. .
 43 706
. .
. .
 43 706
CP
 82 443
 73 385
 33 400
. .
 10 969
 3 070
 203 267
Majority Labor
 3 813
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 3 813
Socialist Labor
 8 551
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
 8 551
Others
. .
 2 982
 7 468
 12 330
667
. .
 23 447
Formal
 560 080
 453 176
 299 673
 134 212
 71 476
 46 470
1 565 087
Informal
 62 255
 39 044
 36 108
 13 699
 7 281
 4 750
 163 137
Total
 622 335
 492 220
 335 781
 147 911
 78 757
 51 220
1 728 224
Per cent
ALP
44.0
49.0
44.0
48.5
41.6
43.3
45.7
NAT
39.1
34.2
42.4
9.8
42.1
50.1
36.2
LP
. .
. .
. .
32.6
. .
. .
2.8
CP
14.7
16.2
11.1
. .
15.4
6.6
13.0
Majority Labor
0.7
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
0.2
Socialist Labor
1.5
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
0.5
Others
. .
0.7
2.5
9.2
0.9
. .
1.5
Formal
90.0
92.1
89.2
90.7
90.8
90.7
90.6
Informal
10.0
7.9
10.8
9.3
9.2
9.3
9.4
Total
54.5
56.2
82.7
53.2
47.3
45.6
58.0
Senators elected
ALP
2
3
. .
3
2
1
11
NAT
1
. .
4
. .
1
2
8
Total
3
3
4
3
3
3
19

1925

 
NSW
Vic
Qld
SA
WA
Tas
Aust
Enrolled
1 267 747
 981 230
 440 851
 303 375
 193 035
 115 778
3 302 016
Votes
ALP
 498 672
 383 298
 160 016
 119 339
 63 460
 38 127
1 262 912
NAT (a)
 436 144
 379 730
 214 629
 133 732
 54 855
 53 037
1 272 127
CP (a)
 136 439
 79 676
. .
 11 770
 37 270
. .
 265 155
Others
. .
. .
. .
. .
 4 808
. .
 4 808
Formal
1 071 255
 842 704
 374 645
 264 841
 160 393
 91 164
2 805 002
Informal
 73 638
 69 634
 25 530
 16 766
 12 805
 11 578
 209 951
Total
1 144 893
 912 338
 400 175
 281 607
 173 198
 102 742
3 014 953
Per cent
ALP
46.6
45.5
42.7
45.1
39.6
41.8
45.0
NAT (a)
40.7
45.1
57.3
50.5
34.2
58.2
45.4
CP (a)
12.7
9.5
. .
4.4
23.2
. .
9.5
Others
. .
. .
. .
. .
3.0
. .
0.2
Formal
93.6
92.4
93.6
94.0
92.6
88.7
93.0
Informal
6.4
7.6
6.4
6.0
7.4
11.3
7.0
Total
90.3
93.0
90.8
92.8
89.7
88.7
91.3
Senators elected
NAT
4
3
3
2
2
4
18
CP
1
1
. .
1
1
. .
4
Total
5
4
3
3
3
4
22
 (a) Joint teams were run in NSW, Vic, SA and WA.

 

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