Results of the 1901 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

Australian federal election, 29–30 March 1901 House of Representatives –1903 >>
Enrolled voters		977,993
Votes cast		502,556		Turnout	51.39
Informal votes		8,469		Informal	1.69
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Protectionist	135,996	27.52%	*	27	*
	Free Trade	164,085	33.21%	*	25	*
	Labour	90,174	18.25%	*	15	*
	Independent	103,832	21.01%	*	8	*
Total		494,087			75

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1901 federal election.

New South Wales

1901 Australian federal election (New South Wales)

29 March 1901
All 26 New South Wales seats in the House of Representatives
Registered	329,615
Turnout	215,104 (65.26%)
First party Second party Third party   LAB Leader George Reid Edmund Barton No federal leader Party Free Trade Protectionist Labour Seats won 12 7 6 Popular vote 87,534 56,042 38,314 Percentage 41.48% 26.56% 18.16%

Barrier

1901 Australian federal election: Barrier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josiah Thomas	4,649	87.4	+87.4
	Independent	Benjamin Long	670	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			5,319	96.8
Informal votes			174	3.2
Turnout			5,493	53.4
	Labour win		(new seat)

Bland

1901 Australian federal election: Bland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Watson	4,132	57.4	+57.4
	Ind. Protectionist	Patrick Heffernan	2,271	31.6	+31.6
	Free Trade	William Lucas	792	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			7,195	97.6
Informal votes			175	2.4
Turnout			7,370	67.0
	Labour win		(new seat)

Canobolas

1901 Australian federal election: Canobolas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Brown	4,120	54.2	+54.2
	Protectionist	Bernhard Wise	3,278	43.1	+43.1
	Ind. Protectionist	William Melville	153	2.0	+2.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Thomas Dalveen	54	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			7,605	98.5
Informal votes			112	1.5
Turnout			7,717	70.0
	Labour win		(new seat)

Cowper

1901 Australian federal election: Cowper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Francis Clarke	3,267	38.3	+38.3
	Free Trade	Robert Davidson	2,866	33.6	+33.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Hugh McKinnon	2,387	28.0	+28.0
Total formal votes			8,520	98.7
Informal votes			112	1.3
Turnout			8,632	67.4
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Dalley

1901 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William Wilks	5,507	50.8	+50.8
	Protectionist	Reginald Cohen	3,081	28.4	+28.4
	Labour	Sydney Law	2,245	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			10,833	98.8
Informal votes			131	1.2
Turnout			10,964	72.6
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Darling

1901 Australian federal election: Darling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Spence	2,206	44.4	+44.4
	Free Trade	Thomas Bertram	1,537	31.0	+31.0
	Protectionist	Patrick Quinn	1,221	24.6	+24.6
Total formal votes			4,964	97.5
Informal votes			128	2.5
Turnout			5,092	57.0
	Labour win		(new seat)

East Sydney

1901 Australian federal election: East Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	George Reid	6,191	68.0	+68.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Harry Foran	2,139	23.5	+23.5
	Ind. Protectionist	John Cleary	517	5.7	+5.7
	Independent	James Toomey	253	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			9,100	96.7
Informal votes			313	3.3
Turnout			9,413	61.7
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Eden-Monaro

1901 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Austin Chapman	5,451	64.2	+64.2
	Ind. Protectionist	William Wood	3,041	35.8	+35.8
Total formal votes			8,492	98.5
Informal votes			127	1.5
Turnout			8,619	68.0
	Ind. Protectionist win		(new seat)

Gwydir

1901 Australian federal election: Gwydir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	George Cruickshank	3,522	54.9	+54.9
	Labour	William Webster	1,869	29.1	+29.1
	Free Trade	Edward Foxall	871	13.6	+13.6
	Ind. Free Trade	William Buchanan	157	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			6,419	97.6
Informal votes			156	2.4
Turnout			6,575	50.6
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Hume

1901 Australian federal election: Hume

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir William Lyne	3,965	54.1	+54.1
	Free Trade	William Goddard	3,359	45.9	+45.9
Total formal votes			7,324	98.8
Informal votes			88	1.2
Turnout			7,412	68.2
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Hunter

1901 Australian federal election: Hunter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Edmund Barton	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Illawarra

1901 Australian federal election: Illawarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	George Fuller	5,788	56.9	+56.9
	Protectionist	Alexander Hay	3,693	36.3	+36.3
	Ind. Protectionist	Andrew Lysaght	689	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			10,170	98.2
Informal votes			183	1.8
Turnout			10,353	76.4
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Lang

1901 Australian federal election: Lang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Francis McLean	7,449	74.5	+74.5
	Protectionist	James Edwards	1,801	18.0	+18.0
	Labour	James Watson	632	6.3	+6.3
	Ind. Protectionist	James Mitchell	111	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			9,993	97.2
Informal votes			292	2.8
Turnout			10,285	85.7
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Macquarie

1901 Australian federal election: Macquarie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sydney Smith	3,846	53.9	+53.9
	Protectionist	William Ferguson	3,285	46.1	+46.1
Total formal votes			7,131	98.2
Informal votes			130	1.8
Turnout			7,261	63.4
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Newcastle

1901 Australian federal election: Newcastle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Watkins	7,495	64.3	+64.3
	Free Trade	Owen Gilbert	4,072	34.9	+34.9
	Independent Labor	John Bailey	95	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			11,662	98.2
Informal votes			218	1.8
Turnout			11,880	97.0
	Labour win		(new seat)

New England

1901 Australian federal election: New England

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	William Sawers	4,063	45.8	+45.8
	Free Trade	Edmund Lonsdale	3,955	44.6	+44.6
	Independent	George Simpson	845	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			8,863	98.1
Informal votes			172	1.9
Turnout			9,035	67.3
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

North Sydney

1901 Australian federal election: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Dugald Thomson	6,584	60.4	+60.4
	Ind. Free Trade	Edward Clark	4,315	39.6	+39.6
Total formal votes			10,899	98.7
Informal votes			145	1.3
Turnout			11,044	73.1
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Parkes

1901 Australian federal election: Parkes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Bruce Smith	7,321	73.1	+73.1
	Protectionist	Robert Thomson	2,284	22.8	+22.8
	Independent Labor	George Burns	413	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			10,018	98.2
Informal votes			185	1.8
Turnout			10,203	64.1
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Parramatta

1901 Australian federal election: Parramatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Joseph Cook	5,778	61.3	+61.3
	Protectionist	William Sandford	3,646	38.7	+38.7
Total formal votes			9,424	99.0
Informal votes			91	1.0
Turnout			9,515	74.6
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Richmond

1901 Australian federal election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Thomas Ewing	3,646	55.3	+55.3
	Ind. Protectionist	Robert Pyers	2,942	44.7	+44.7
Total formal votes			6,558	97.8
Informal votes			145	2.2
Turnout			6,733	67.0
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Riverina

1901 Australian federal election: Riverina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John Chanter	3,275	53.5	+53.5
	Free Trade	James Ashton	2,850	46.5	+46.5
Total formal votes			6,125	98.6
Informal votes			86	1.4
Turnout			6,211	62.4
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Robertson

1901 Australian federal election: Robertson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Henry Willis	3,735	53.0	+53.0
	Protectionist	Jack FitzGerald	3,307	47.0	+47.0
Total formal votes			7,042	98.1
Informal votes			134	1.9
Turnout			7,176	58.0
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

South Sydney

1901 Australian federal election: South Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	George Edwards	4,693	41.4	+41.4
	Labour	James McGowen	4,314	38.0	+38.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Henry Hoyle	2,334	20.6	+20.6
Total formal votes			11,341	98.2
Informal votes			203	1.8
Turnout			11,544	73.2
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Wentworth

1901 Australian federal election: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sir William McMillan	6,315	68.4	+68.4
	Protectionist	John Gannon	2,915	31.6	+31.6
Total formal votes			9,230	98.4
Informal votes			153	1.6
Turnout			9,383	70.0
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Werriwa

1901 Australian federal election: Werriwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Alfred Conroy	4,025	51.9	+51.9
	Protectionist	Thomas Rose	3,731	48.1	+48.1
Total formal votes			7,756	98.3
Informal votes			138	1.7
Turnout			7,894	69.9
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

West Sydney

1901 Australian federal election: West Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Billy Hughes	6,652	73.7	+73.7
	Protectionist	James Beer	2,062	22.9	+22.9
	Ind. Protectionist	James Hanrahan	307	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			9,021	97.0
Informal votes			279	3.0
Turnout			9,300	63.4
	Labour win		(new seat)

Victoria

1901 Australian federal election (Victoria)

29 March 1901
All 23 Victorian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered	260,053
Turnout	129,558 (49.82%)
First party Second party Third party   LAB Leader Edmund Barton George Reid No federal leader Party Protectionist Free Trade Labour Seats won 16 4 2 Popular vote 57,031 30,159 11,156 Percentage 44.38% 23.47% 8.68%

Balaclava

1901 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir George Turner	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Ballaarat

1901 Australian federal election: Ballaarat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Alfred Deakin	4,655	74.5	+74.5
	Ind. Protectionist	Richard Vale	1,594	25.5	+25.5
Total formal votes			6,249	95.4
Informal votes			29	4.6
Turnout			6,278	47.6
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Bendigo

1901 Australian federal election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir John Quick	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Bourke

1901 Australian federal election: Bourke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	James Hume Cook	3,021	34.6	+34.6
	Free Trade	Frederick Hickford	2,343	26.8	+26.8
	Labour	Martin Hannah	1,559	17.8	+17.8
	Ind. Protectionist	James Rose	1,138	13.0	+13.0
	Ind. Protectionist	James Mirams	676	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			8,737	99.0
Informal votes			87	1.0
Turnout			8,824	66.1
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Corangamite

1901 Australian federal election: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Chester Manifold	3,886	72.2	+72.2
	Ind. Protectionist	John Woods	1,495	27.8	+27.8
Total formal votes			5,381	99.4
Informal votes			34	0.6
Turnout			5,415	48.6
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Corinella

1901 Australian federal election: Corinella

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	James McCay	3,836	58.5	+58.5
	Free Trade	Nicholas Fitzgerald	2,723	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			6,559	99.0
Informal votes			69	1.0
Turnout			6,628	56.8
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Corio

1901 Australian federal election: Corio

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Crouch	2,710	41.8	+41.8
	Ind. Protectionist	Jonas Levien	1,580	24.4	+24.4
	Ind. Protectionist	Angus McNaughton	1,321	20.4	+20.4
	Free Trade	James Boyd	867	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			6,478	99.1
Informal votes			59	0.9
Turnout			6,537	54.3
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Echuca

1901 Australian federal election: Echuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	James McColl	3,632	54.0	+54.0
	Free Trade	Max Hirsch	3,091	46.0	+46.0
Total formal votes			6,723	99.3
Informal votes			48	0.7
Turnout			6,771	59.6
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Flinders

1901 Australian federal election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Arthur Groom	2,272	39.9	+39.9
	Protectionist	Louis Smith	1,939	34.0	+34.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Alfred Downward	1,489	26.1	+26.1
Total formal votes			5,700	99.3
Informal votes			42	0.7
Turnout			5,742	47.2
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Gippsland

1901 Australian federal election: Gippsland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Allan McLean	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Grampians

1901 Australian federal election: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Thomas Skene	2,576	49.0	+49.0
	Protectionist	Alfred Rinder	1,934	36.8	+36.8
	Ind. Protectionist	Holford Wettenhall	745	14.2	+14.2
Total formal votes			5,255	99.0
Informal votes			54	1.0
Turnout			5,309	49.4
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Indi

1901 Australian federal election: Indi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Isaac Isaacs	3,839	65.1	+65.1
	Free Trade	Thomas Ashworth	2,058	34.9	+34.9
Total formal votes			5,897	99.1
Informal votes			52	0.9
Turnout			5,949	59.4
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Kooyong

1901 Australian federal election: Kooyong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William Knox	5,193	57.4	+57.4
	Protectionist	Theodore Fink	3,026	33.5	+33.5
	Ind. Protectionist	John Rogers	821	9.1	+9.1
Total formal votes			9,040	99.5
Informal votes			45	0.5
Turnout			9,085	66.4
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Laanecoorie

1901 Australian federal election: Laanecoorie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Carty Salmon	3,054	52.1	+52.1
	Ind. Protectionist	Walter Grose	2,819	47.9	+47.9
Total formal votes			5,864	99.5
Informal votes			30	0.5
Turnout			5,894	58.1
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Melbourne

1901 Australian federal election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir Malcolm McEacharn	4,985	60.8	+60.8
	Labour	William Maloney	3,212	39.2	+39.2
Total formal votes			8,179	99.2
Informal votes			66	0.8
Turnout			8,263	62.4
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Melbourne Ports

1901 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Samuel Mauger	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Mernda

1901 Australian federal election: Mernda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Robert Harper	2,601	45.3	+45.3
	Ind. Protectionist	Thomas Hunt	2,110	37.8	+37.8
	Ind. Protectionist	Sydney Stott	1,026	17.9	+17.9
Total formal votes			5,737	99.1
Informal votes			49	0.9
Turnout			5,786	50.7
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Moira

1901 Australian federal election: Moira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Thomas Kennedy	2,883	56.2	+56.2
	Free Trade	John West	2,251	43.8	+43.8
Total formal votes			5,134	99.2
Informal votes			44	0.4
Turnout			5,178	50.8
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Northern Melbourne

1901 Australian federal election: Northern Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Henry Higgins	4,958	59.0	+59.0
	Protectionist	Robert Barr	1,767	21.0	+21.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Isaac Selby	1,681	20.0	+20.0
Total formal votes			8,406	99.2
Informal votes			70	0.8
Turnout			8,476	55.5
	Ind. Protectionist win		(new seat)

Southern Melbourne

1901 Australian federal election: Southern Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Ronald	3,211	40.9	+40.9
	Protectionist	Donald McArthur	2,256	28.8	+28.8
	Free Trade	Alexander Sutherland	1,865	23.8	+23.8
	Ind. Protectionist	David Gaunson	513	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			7,845	99.0
Informal votes			77	1.0
Turnout			7,922	62.0
	Labour win		(new seat)

Wannon

1901 Australian federal election: Wannon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Samuel Cooke	3,088	44.8	+44.8
	Ind. Free Trade	Leo Cussen	1,913	27.8	+27.8
	Protectionist	Louis Horwitz	1,890	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			6,891	99.1
Informal votes			60	0.9
Turnout			6,951	61.8
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Wimmera

1901 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Pharez Phillips	2,372	49.2	+49.2
	Free Trade	William Irvine	1,832	38.0	+38.0
	Ind. Free Trade	Henry Williams	617	12.8	+12.8
Total formal votes			4,821	99.2
Informal votes			39	0.8
Turnout			4,860	49.1
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Yarra

1901 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	3,174	33.1	+33.1
	Protectionist	William Wilson	2,745	28.6	+28.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Patrick O'Connor	2,631	27.4	+27.4
	Ind. Protectionist	John Gahan	1,043	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			9,593	99.0
Informal votes			97	1.0
Turnout			9,690	63.8
	Labour win		(new seat)

Queensland

1901 Australian federal election (Queensland)

30 March 1901
All 9 Queensland seats in the House of Representatives
Registered	105,144
Turnout	62,656 (59.59%)
First party   LAB Leader No federal leader Party Labour Seats won 4 Popular vote 24,262 Percentage 39.72%

Brisbane

1901 Australian federal election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Thomas Macdonald-Paterson	3,351	46.8	+46.8
	Labour	Daniel Guilfoyle	2,273	31.7	+31.7
	Ind. Protectionist	Charles Hardie Buzacott	1,538	21.5	+21.5
Total formal votes			7,162	96.9
Informal votes			234	3.1
Turnout			7,396	57.0
	Ind. Protectionist win		(new seat)

Capricornia

1901 Australian federal election: Capricornia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Free Trade	Alexander Paterson	3,632	51.0	+51.0
	Labour	Wallace Nelson	3,493	49.0	+49.0
Total formal votes			7,125	97.8
Informal votes			160	2.2
Turnout			7,285	68.3
	Ind. Free Trade win		(new seat)

Darling Downs

1901 Australian federal election: Darling Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	William Groom	4,685	78.5	+78.5
	Ind. Protectionist	Horace Ransome	1,283	21.5	+21.5
Total formal votes			5,968	96.4
Informal votes			224	3.6
Turnout			6,192	56.0
	Ind. Protectionist win		(new seat)

Herbert

1901 Australian federal election: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Bamford	3,353	51.6	+51.6
	Ind. Protectionist	William Brown	3,140	48.4	+48.4
Total formal votes			6,493	96.8
Informal votes			217	3.2
Turnout			6,710	66.6
	Labour win		(new seat)

Kennedy

1901 Australian federal election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles McDonald	3,936	62.9	+62.9
	Ind. Free Trade	Maurice Barnett	2,325	37.1	+37.1
Total formal votes			6,261	98.1
Informal votes			123	1.9
Turnout			6,384	66.5
	Labour win		(new seat)

Maranoa

1901 Australian federal election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Page	2,998	53.3	+53.3
	Ind. Free Trade	George Bunning	2,629	46.7	+46.7
Total formal votes			5,627	98.9
Informal votes			62	1.1
Turnout			5,689	65.2
	Labour win		(new seat)

Moreton

1901 Australian federal election: Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	James Wilkinson	2,569	39.4	+39.4
	Ind. Protectionist	Anthony Darvall	2,099	32.2	+32.2
	Ind. Protectionist	William Ryott Maughan	1,296	19.9	+19.9
	Independent	Edward Kretschmer	301	4.6	+4.6
	Ind. Protectionist	William Kellett	149	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Robert Neilson	114	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			6,528	94.4
Informal votes			388	5.6
Turnout			6,916	56.7
	Independent Labor win		(new seat)

Oxley

1901 Australian federal election: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Richard Edwards	3,753	53.2	+53.2
	Labour	Harry Turley	3,299	46.8	+46.8
Total formal votes			7,052	99.4
Informal votes			45	0.6
Turnout			7,097	57.8
	Ind. Protectionist win		(new seat)

Wide Bay

1901 Australian federal election: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Fisher	4,910	55.4	+55.4
	Ind. Protectionist	John Annear	3,955	44.6	+44.6
Total formal votes			8,865	98.6
Informal votes			122	1.4
Turnout			8,987	71.2
	Labour win		(new seat)

South Australia

1901 Australian federal election (South Australia)

30 March 1901
All 7 South Australian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered	153,268
Turnout	62,982 (40.82%)
First party Second party Third party   LAB Leader George Reid Edmund Barton No federal leader Party Free Trade Protectionist Labour Seats won 4 2 1 Popular vote 175,813 116,970 55,633 Percentage 50.21% 33.40% 15.89%

South Australia

Elected members listed in bold. South Australia elected seven members, with each elector casting up to seven votes.

1901 Australian federal election: South Australia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Charles Kingston	41,477	65.9	+65.9
	Protectionist	Sir Langdon Bonython	39,434	62.7	+62.7
	Free Trade	Paddy Glynn	37,450	59.5	+59.5
	Free Trade	Frederick Holder	37,424	59.5	+59.5
	Labour	Lee Batchelor	31,614	50.3	+50.3
	Free Trade	Vaiben Louis Solomon	27,030	43.0	+43.0
	Free Trade	Alexander Poynton	25,864	41.1	+41.1
	Labour	Thomas Price	24,019	38.2	+38.2
	Protectionist	Robert Caldwell	21,102	33.6	+33.6
	Free Trade	Henry Baker	15,760	25.1	+25.1
	Free Trade	Crawford Vaughan	11,874	18.9	+18.9
	Free Trade	Richard Wood	11,054	17.6	+17.6
	Free Trade	Thomas Webb	9,357	14.9	+14.9
	Protectionist	John Cooke	8,947	14.2	+14.2
	Protectionist	John O'Connell	3,152	5.0	+5.0
	Protectionist	George Wyld	2,858	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	George Mitchell	1,745	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			350,161	98.4
Informal votes			985	1.6
Turnout			62,982	40.8

Western Australia

1901 Australian federal election (Western Australia)

29 March 1901
All 5 Western Australian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered	91,043
Turnout	25,655 (28.18%)
First party Second party Third party   LAB Leader George Reid No federal leader Edmund Barton Party Free Trade Labour Protectionist Seats won 2 2 1 Popular vote 11,218 8,494 2,310 Percentage 44.16% 33.44% 9.09%

Coolgardie

1901 Australian federal election: Coolgardie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Mahon	3,329	52.8	+52.8
	Free Trade	John Archibald	2,974	47.2	+47.2
Total formal votes			6,303
	Labour win		(new seat)

Fremantle

1901 Australian federal election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Elias Solomon	2,870	56.7	+56.7
	Labour	Tom O'Beirne	1,831	36.2	+36.2
	Ind. Free Trade	Charles Jones	262	5.2	+5.2
	Ind. Free Trade	William Adcock	102	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			5,065	97.2
Informal votes			148	2.8
Turnout			5,213	31.1
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Kalgoorlie

1901 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Kirwan	5,374	64.1	+64.1
	Ind. Free Trade	John Hopkins	3,015	35.9	+35.9
Total formal votes			8,389	44.6
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Perth

1901 Australian federal election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Fowler	3,334	59.1	+59.1
	Protectionist	Michael Cavanagh	2,310	40.9	+40.9
Total formal votes			5,644	98.2
Informal votes			106	1.8
Turnout			5,750	31.1
	Labour win		(new seat)

Swan

1901 Australian federal election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir John Forrest	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Tasmania

1901 Australian federal election (Tasmania)

29 March 1901
All 5 Tasmanian seats in the House of Representatives
Registered	38,870
Turnout	18,575 (47.79%)
First party Second party   Leader George Reid Edmund Barton Party Free Trade Protectionist Seats won 3 1 Popular vote 10,058 3,903 Percentage 55.75% 21.63%

Tasmania

1901 Australian federal election: Tasmania

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sir Edward Braddon	4,720	26.2	+26.2
	Independent Labor	King O'Malley	3,940	21.9	+21.9
	Free Trade	Norman Cameron	2,092	11.6	+11.6
	Free Trade	Frederick Piesse	1,816	9.9	+9.9
	Protectionist	Sir Philip Fysh	1,794	9.9	+9.9
	Free Trade	William Hartnoll	1,430	7.9	+7.9
	Protectionist	James Whitelaw	1,167	6.5	+6.5
	Protectionist	Charles Fenton	942	5.2	+5.2
	Independent	David Blanchard	140	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			18,041	97.1
Informal votes			533	2.9
Turnout			18,575	47.8

See also

• 1901 Australian federal election
• Candidates of the 1901 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1901–1903
• Results of the 1901 Australian federal election (Senate)