1901 Australian Senate election
{{Short description|Federal elections results for Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| election_date = 29-30 March 1901
| next_election = 1903 Australian Senate election
| next_year = 1903
| seats_for_election = All 36 seats in the Senate
| majority_seats = 18
| image1 = George Reid crop.jpg
| leader1 = George Reid
| party1 = Free Trade Party
| leaders_seat1 = Not a Senator
| seats1 = 17
| popular_vote1 = 946,684
| percentage1 = 35.46%
| image2 = Edmund Barton - Swiss Studios (b&w).jpg
| leader2 = Edmund Barton
| party2 = Protectionist Party
| leaders_seat2 = Not a Senator
| seats2 = 10
| popular_vote2 = 795,889
| percentage2 = 29.81%
| image3 =
| leader3 = none
| party3 = Australian Labor Party
| leaders_seat3 = N/A
| seats3 = 7
| popular_vote3 = 325,875
| percentage3 = 12.21%
}}
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1901 federal election. Senators total 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist, and eight Labour.{{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm |title=Members of the Senate since 1901 |publisher=Parliament of Australia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm |archivedate=2008-07-25 }} The terms were deemed to start on 1 January 1901. In each state, the first three elected received full six-year terms, and the three senators elected with the lowest number of votes retire after three years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9569633 |title=Federal Parliament |newspaper=The Mercury |date=5 July 1901 |access-date=25 April 2019 |page=4 |via=Trove}}
Australia
class="wikitable"
|+Senate (FPTP BV) — Turnout N/A — Informal N/A ! colspan=2 style="width:190px" | Party ! style="width:70px;"| Votes ! style="width:40px;"| % ! style="width:40px;"| Seats won |
{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}|
| align=right| 946,684 | align=right| 35.46 | align=right| 17 |
{{Australian party style|Protectionist}}|
| align=right| 795,889 | align=right| 29.81 | align=right| 10 |
{{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| align=right| 397,631 | align=right| 14.89 | align=right| 2 |
{{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| align=right| 325,875 | align=right| 12.21 | align=right| 7 |
{{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| align=right| 127,011 | align=right| 4.76 | align=right| 0 |
{{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| align=right| 43,597 | align=right| 1.63 | align=right| 0 |
{{Australian party style|Socialist Labor}}|
| align=right| 27,347 | align=right| 1.02 | align=right| 0 |
| Total | align=right| 2,669,930 | align=right| | align=right| 36 |
When parliament sat, the two independent protectionists sat as formal Protectionists, while David O'Keefe, a Protectionist from Tasmania, joined the Labour caucus. This left 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist and 8 Labour senators.
New South Wales
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
{{Election box begin
|title = 1901 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales{{cite web|title=1901 Senate New South Wales|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901senatensw.txt|last=Carr|first=Adam|website=Psephos}}
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{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = James Walker (elected 1)
|votes = 79,800
|percentage = 43.9
|change = +43.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Edward Millen (elected 2)
|votes = 75,010
|percentage = 41.2
|change = +41.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Albert Gould (elected 3)
|votes = 74,253
|percentage = 40.8
|change = +40.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Richard O'Connor (elected 4)
|votes = 72,858
|percentage = 40.1
|change = +40.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = John Neild (elected 5)
|votes = 70,563
|percentage = 38.8
|change = +38.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Edward Pulsford (elected 6)
|votes = 70,468
|percentage = 38.7
|change = +38.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = John Gray
|votes = 69,499
|percentage = 38.2
|change = +38.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = John Norton
|votes = 66,463
|percentage = 36.5
|change = +36.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Sir William Manning
|votes = 48,110
|percentage = 26.4
|change = +26.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = John Kidd
|votes = 44,661
|percentage = 24.6
|change = +24.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Kenneth Mackay
|votes = 41,596
|percentage = 22.9
|change = +22.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Richard Meagher
|votes = 32,903
|percentage = 18.1
|change = +18.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = George Waddell
|votes = 32,729
|percentage = 18.0
|change = +18.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Mark Hammond
|votes = 32,252
|percentage = 17.7
|change = +17.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = Samuel Smith
|votes = 31,185
|percentage = 17.1
|change = +17.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = Donald Macdonell
|votes = 30,416
|percentage = 16.7
|change = +16.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Eden George
|votes = 20,136
|percentage = 11.1
|change = +11.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Edward Terry
|votes = 18,764
|percentage = 10.3
|change = +10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Harry Lassetter
|votes = 17,741
|percentage = 9.8
|change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Harrie Wood
|votes = 14,736
|percentage = 8.1
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Denis O'Sullivan
|votes = 12,928
|percentage = 7.1
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = George Cox
|votes = 11,263
|percentage = 6.2
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Francis Cotton
|votes = 9,170
|percentage = 5.0
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = John Cook
|votes = 7,422
|percentage = 4.1
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Charles Royle
|votes = 7,216
|percentage = 4.0
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Francis Abigail
|votes = 7,164
|percentage = 3.9
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = John Griffin
|votes = 6,502
|percentage = 3.6
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Socialist Labor
|candidate = John Neill
|votes = 5,952
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = William Read
|votes = 5,836
|percentage = 3.2
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Socialist Labor
|candidate = Andrew Thomson
|votes = 5,823
|percentage = 3.2
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Sam Rosa
|votes = 5,560
|percentage = 3.1
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Richard Colonna-Close
|votes = 5,147
|percentage = 2.8
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Socialist Labor
|candidate = Harry Holland
|votes = 4,771
|percentage = 2.6
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Socialist Labor
|candidate = James Moroney
|votes = 4,257
|percentage = 2.3
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Lindsay Thompson
|votes = 4,005
|percentage = 2.2
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Patrick Lynch
|votes = 3,876
|percentage = 2.1
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Walter Quinn
|votes = 3,700
|percentage = 2.0
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Thomas Edwards
|votes = 3,580
|percentage = 2.0
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Socialist Labor
|candidate = Thomas Melling
|votes = 3,495
|percentage = 1.9
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = David Fealy
|votes = 3,411
|percentage = 1.9
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = William Richardson
|votes = 3,289
|percentage = 1.8
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Socialist Labor
|candidate = James Morrish
|votes = 3,109
|percentage = 1.7
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Francis Brown
|votes = 2,998
|percentage = 1.6
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = John Blake
|votes = 2,906
|percentage = 1.6
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = William Shipway
|votes = 2,776
|percentage = 1.5
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = William Flynn
|votes = 2,736
|percentage = 1.5
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Andrew Armstrong
|votes = 2,348
|percentage = 1.3
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = James Moriarty
|votes = 2,366
|percentage = 1.3
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = William Gocher
|votes = 2,172
|percentage = 1.2
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = David Gash
|votes = 1,473
|percentage = 0.8
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 1,091,394
{{nowrap|181,899 valid ballots}}
|percentage = 82.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 38,674
|percentage = 17.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 220,573
|percentage = 100.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box party total votes}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 439,593
|percentage = 40.3
|change = +40.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 272,206
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +24.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 153,688
|percentage = 14.1
|change = +14.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 94,870
|percentage = 8.7
|change = +8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate =
|votes = 61,601
|percentage = 5.6
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate =
|votes = 36,215
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Socialist Labor
|candidate =
|votes = 27,347
|percentage = 2.5
|change = +2.5
}}
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Victoria
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
Although Fraser and Zeal were not selected Protectionist candidates, they sat as formal Protectionists in parliament.
{{Election box begin
|title = 1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria{{cite web|title=1901 Senate Victoria|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901senatevic.txt|last=Carr|first=Adam|website=Psephos}}
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{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Simon Fraser (elected 1)
|votes = 85,820
|percentage = 61.2
|change = +61.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Sir William Zeal (elected 2)
|votes = 83,243
|percentage = 59.4
|change = +59.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Sir Frederick Sargood (elected 3)
|votes = 79,956
|percentage = 57.0
|change = +57.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = James Styles (elected 5)
|votes = 62,557
|percentage = 44.6
|change = +44.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Robert Best (elected 4)
|votes = 63,075
|percentage = 45.0
|change = +45.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = John Barrett (elected 6)
|votes = 59,366
|percentage = 42.3
|change = +42.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = John Dow
|votes = 55,879
|percentage = 39.8
|change = +39.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Robert Reid
|votes = 52,851
|percentage = 37.7
|change = +37.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = George Wise
|votes = 47,874
|percentage = 34.1
|change = +34.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = John Wallace
|votes = 47,603
|percentage = 33.9
|change = +33.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = William Watt
|votes = 33,776
|percentage = 24.1
|change = +24.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = John Duffy
|votes = 33,423
|percentage = 23.8
|change = +23.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = William Moule
|votes = 28,772
|percentage = 20.5
|change = +20.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = Stephen Barker
|votes = 27,059
|percentage = 19.3
|change = +19.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = Alfred Hampson
|votes = 21,419
|percentage = 15.3
|change = +15.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = James Purves
|votes = 18,977
|percentage = 13.5
|change = +13.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Richard Baker
|votes = 17,564
|percentage = 12.5
|change = +12.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = William Kelly
|votes = 12,803
|percentage = 9.1
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate = Charles Sargeant
|votes = 9,442
|percentage = 6.7
|change = +6.7
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 841,459
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box ballots
|votes = 140,243
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box informal ballots
|votes = unknown
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|votes=unknown|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box party total votes}}
{{Election box ticket AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 261,582
|percentage = 31.1
|change = +31.1
}}
{{Election box ticket AU party
|party = Independent Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 243,943
|percentage = 29.0
|change = +29.0
}}
{{Election box ticket AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 228,090
|percentage = 27.1
|change = +27.1
}}
{{Election box ticket AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate =
|votes = 107,844
|percentage = 12.8
|change = +12.8
}}
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Queensland
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
There was no protectionist or free trade organisation in Queensland in 1901; the Labour Party was the only formal political party. Candidates' designations are assigned according to whether they publicly identified with the protectionist or free trade cause. Elected candidates sat with their respective parties.
{{Election box begin
|title = 1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland{{cite web|title=1901 Senate Queensland|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901senateqld.txt|last=Carr|first=Adam|website=Psephos}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = William Higgs (elected 1)
|votes = 29,452
|percentage = 62.1
|change = +62.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = Anderson Dawson (elected 2)
|votes = 29,350
|percentage = 61.9
|change = +61.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = James Drake (elected 3)
|votes = 26,552
|percentage = 56.0
|change = +56.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = James Stewart (elected 4)
|votes = 23,736
|percentage = 50.0
|change = +50.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = John Ferguson (elected 5)
|votes = 23,276
|percentage = 49.1
|change = +49.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Thomas Glassey (elected 6)
|votes = 22,670
|percentage = 47.8
|change = +47.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Andrew Thynne
|votes = 22,001
|percentage = 46.4
|change = +46.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = John Bartholomew
|votes = 20,624
|percentage = 43.5
|change = +43.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = John Hamilton
|votes = 18,680
|percentage = 39.4
|change = +39.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Alfred Cowley
|votes = 18,265
|percentage = 38.5
|change = +38.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Edmund Plant
|votes = 17,028
|percentage = 35.9
|change = +35.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Thomas Murray-Prior
|votes = 13,236
|percentage = 27.9
|change = +27.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = John Hoolan
|votes = 7,382
|percentage = 15.6
|change = +15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = David Seymour
|votes = 4,969
|percentage = 10.5
|change = +10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Joseph Ahearne
|votes = 4,516
|percentage = 9.5
|change = +9.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Charles Buzacott
|votes = 2,918
|percentage = 6.2
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 284,655
{{nowrap|~47,443 ballots}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box informal
|votes = unknown
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = unknown
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box party total votes}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 166,943
|percentage = 58.6
|change = +58.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate =
|votes = 82,538
|percentage = 29.0
|change = +29.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 27,792
|percentage = 9.8
|change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate =
|votes = 7,382
|percentage = 2.6
|change = +2.6
}}
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Western Australia
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
{{Election box begin
|title = 1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia{{cite web|title=1901 Senate Western Australia|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901senatewa.txt|last=Carr|first=Adam|website=Psephos}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Staniforth Smith (elected 1)
|votes = 15,288
|percentage = 69.6
|change = +69.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Alexander Matheson (elected 2)
|votes = 14,728
|percentage = 67.0
|change = +67.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = George Pearce (elected 3)
|votes = 13,109
|percentage = 59.6
|change = +59.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = Hugh de Largie (elected 4)
|votes = 12,648
|percentage = 57.5
|change = +57.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Edward Harney (elected 5)
|votes = 11,475
|percentage = 52.2
|change = +52.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Norman Ewing (elected 6)
|votes = 11,037
|percentage = 50.2
|change = +50.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Joseph Thomson
|votes = 9,249
|percentage = 42.1
|change = +42.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Henry Saunders
|votes = 8,951
|percentage = 40.7
|change = +40.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Henry Ellis
|votes = 7,720
|percentage = 35.1
|change = +35.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = John Phair
|votes = 6,191
|percentage = 28.2
|change = +28.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Joseph Charles
|votes = 5,016
|percentage = 22.8
|change = +22.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Horace Stirling
|votes = 4,731
|percentage = 21.5
|change = +21.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Louis Wolff
|votes = 3,729
|percentage = 17.0
|change = +17.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Richard Gell
|votes = 3,548
|percentage = 16.1
|change = +16.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Walter Phillips
|votes = 2,261
|percentage = 10.3
|change = +10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Julius Bowen
|votes = 2,184
|percentage = 9.9
|change = +9.9
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 131,865
{{nowrap|~21,978 ballots}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 5,793
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = unknown
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box party total votes}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 65,506
|percentage = 49.7
|change = +49.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 29,395
|percentage = 22.3
|change = +22.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate =
|votes = 25,757
|percentage = 19.5
|change = +19.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 11,207
|percentage = 8.5
|change = +8.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
South Australia
Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.
{{Election box begin
|title = 1901 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia{{cite web|title=1901 Senate South Australia|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901senatesa.txt|last=Carr|first=Adam|website=Psephos}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Sir Josiah Symon (elected 1)
|votes = 37,642
|percentage = 74.8
|change = +74.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Thomas Playford (elected 2)
|votes = 36,892
|percentage = 73.3
|change = +73.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Sir Richard Baker (elected 3)
|votes = 35,235
|percentage = 70.0
|change = +70.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Sir John Downer (elected 4)
|votes = 30,493
|percentage = 60.6
|change = +60.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = David Charleston (elected 5)
|votes = 29,153
|percentage = 57.9
|change = +57.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = Gregor McGregor (elected 6)
|votes = 26,264
|percentage = 52.2
|change = +52.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Andrew Kirkpatrick
|votes = 25,620
|percentage = 50.9
|change = +50.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate = James O'Loghlin
|votes = 21,871
|percentage = 43.4
|change = +43.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Arthur Addison
|votes = 21,802
|percentage = 43.3
|change = +43.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = William Copley
|votes = 20,807
|percentage = 41.3
|change = +41.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Thomas Burgoyne
|votes = 16,353
|percentage = 32.5
|change = +32.5
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 302,132
{{nowrap|~50,325 ballots}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 1,478
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = unknown
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box party total votes}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 144,639
|percentage = 47.9
|change = +47.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 109,358
|percentage = 36.2
|change = +36.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labour
|candidate =
|votes = 48,135
|percentage = 15.9
|change = +15.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
Tasmania
Each elector cast a single vote, Tasmania being the only state to use this method.
There was no labour organisation in Tasmania, although O'Keefe joined the Labour caucus when parliament sat.
{{Election box begin
|title = 1901 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania{{cite web|title=1901 Senate Tasmania |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1901/1901senatetas.txt|last=Carr|first=Adam|website=Psephos}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = John Keating (elected 1)
|votes = 3,761
|percentage = 20.4
|change = +20.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = John Clemons (elected 2)
|votes = 2,520
|percentage = 13.7
|change = +13.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = David O'Keefe (elected 3)
|votes = 1,904
|percentage = 10.3
|change = +10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Henry Dobson (elected 4)
|votes = 1,566
|percentage = 8.5
|change = +8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = Cyril Cameron (elected 5)
|votes = 1,452
|percentage = 7.9
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = James Macfarlane (elected 6)
|votes = 1,199
|percentage = 6.5
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Don Urquhart
|votes = 1,156
|percentage = 6.3
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate = William Moore
|votes = 968
|percentage = 5.3
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Jonathan Best
|votes = 962
|percentage = 5.2
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = James Waldron
|votes = 758
|percentage = 4.1
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Henry Murray
|votes = 740
|percentage = 4.0
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate = Robert Patterson
|votes = 585
|percentage = 3.2
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Alfred Page
|votes = 414
|percentage = 2.2
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Joseph Woollnough
|votes = 230
|percentage = 1.2
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate = Arthur Morrisby
|votes = 188
|percentage = 1.0
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 18,403
|percentage = 97.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 417
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 18,820
|percentage = 48.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box party total votes}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Protectionist
|candidate =
|votes = 8,085
|percentage = 43.9
|change = +43.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 7,572
|percentage = 41.1
|change = +41.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent Free Trade
|candidate =
|votes = 2,746
|percentage = 14.9
|change = +14.9
}}
{{Election box end}}