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Protectionist Party
Alfred Deakin
Prime Minister
Parliament: 5 years
Leader since: 1905
Division: Ballarat Federal elections were held in Australia on December 16, 1903. ...
Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856–7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The Division of Ballarat is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ...
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Labour Party
Chris Watson
Labour leader
Parliament: 5 years
Leader since: 1901
Division: South Sydney John Christian Watson (9 April 1867 (exact date uncertain) - 18 November 1941), Australian politician and third Prime Minister of Australia, usually known as Chris Watson, was born in ValparaÃso, Chile, probably on April 9, 1867. ...
The Division of South Sydney was a former Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ...
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Anti-Socialist Party
George Reid
Opposition leader
Parliament: 5 years
Leader since: 1901
Division: East Sydney reupload of image that was originally Georgereid. ...
Sir George Houstoun Reid (25 February 1845–12 September 1918), Australian politician and fourth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, son of a Church of Scotland minister, migrated to Victoria with his family as a child. ...
The Division of East Sydney was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ...
| Federal elections were held in Australia on December 12, 1906. The incumbent Protectionist Party-Australian Labor Party coalition led by Prime Minister of Australia Alfred Deakin and Chris Watson defeated the opposition Anti-Socialist Party led by George Reid. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...
Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856–7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ...
John Christian Watson (9 April 1867 (exact date uncertain) - 18 November 1941), Australian politician and third Prime Minister of Australia, usually known as Chris Watson, was born in ValparaÃso, Chile, probably on April 9, 1867. ...
The Free Trade Party, later known as the Anti-Socialist Party, was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
George Reid is the name of two political figures: Sir George Reid was a Prime Minister of Australia. ...
House of Reps — 1906-10 — Turnout 51.48% — Informal 3.73% | | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | | | Anti-Socialist Party | 363,257 | 38.17 | * | 27 | +27 | | | Australian Labor Party | 348,711 | 36.64 | +5.69 | 26 | +3 | | | Protectionist Party | 156,425 | 16.44 | -13.26 | 16 | -10 | | | Ind Protectionist | 46,074 | 4.84 | * | 4 | +4 | | | WA Party | 22,154 | 2.33 | * | 2 | +2 | | | Independents | 15,067 | 1.58 | -2.91 | 0 | 0 | | | Total | 951,688 | | | 75 | | Senate — 1906-10 — Turnout 50.21% — Informal N/A | | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | | | Anti-Socialist Party | 1,384,662 | 46.53 | * | 11 | 13 | | | Australian Labor Party | 1,152,517 | 38.73 | +8.98 | 5 | 15 | | | Protectionist Party | 369,308 | 12.41 | -5.12 | 2 | 6 | | | Independents | 26,771 | 0.90 | -11.84 | 0 | 0 | | | Other | 42,292 | 1.42 | +1.42 | 0 | 0 | | | Total (FPTP block voting) | 2,975,550 | | | 18 | 36 | The Free Trade Party, later known as the Anti-Socialist Party, was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
The Free Trade Party, later known as the Anti-Socialist Party, was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
The First Past the Post electoral system, is a voting system for single-member districts. ...
Bloc voting (or block voting) (also called Plurality-at-large) refers to a class of voting systems which can be used to elect several representatives from a single constituency. ...
It was the third federal election in Australia following the adoption of the federal government. The election was largely important as it would demonstrate which of the parties (if any) could hold together a stable government after the unstable second term of the previous one, which saw four different governments in power. It would also see both of the Anti-Socialist parties could survive the implementation of protectionist policies which differentiated the two. This was also the first election where seats throughout the country were voted for via a First-past-the-post system, and the first time that Tasmania drew electorates. The election result was the creation of a Protectionist-Labour coalition government led by Deakin, which remained in power largely due to the unwillingness of the Anti-Socialist Party to support a vote of no confidence against it. A federal government is the common government of a federation. ...
The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed a federation. ...
Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ...
Protectionism is the economic policy of promoting favored domestic industries through the use of high tariffs and other regulations to discourage imports. ...
The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...
A Motion of No Confidence, also called Motion of Non Confidence is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. ...
Parties
There were three main political parties contending for seats, each of which were present at the previous two elections. The Free Trade Party had changed its name under George Reid to the Anti-Socialist Party, in an attempt to differentiate it further from its left-wing rival, the Labor Party and to make its stance clearer to conservative voters. The third party standing for election was the Protectionist Party. However, since its primary platform of government tariffs had been dealt with by previous governments, the Party had become somewhat redundant. Those who remained were largely supporting the Party's leader, Alfred Deakin, rather than its policies. Of the three, the Labour Party, led by Chris Watson, now had the most realistic chance of becoming the dominant party after their gains in the 1903 election and after their leading status in the four minor states they were looking to make the same type of gains in Victoria and New South Wales. The Free Trade Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
Sir George Houstoun Reid (25 February 1845–12 September 1918), Australian politician and fourth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, son of a Church of Scotland minister, migrated to Victoria with his family as a child. ...
In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856–7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ...
John Christian Watson (9 April 1867 (exact date uncertain) - 18 November 1941), Australian politician and third Prime Minister of Australia, usually known as Chris Watson, was born in ValparaÃso, Chile, probably on April 9, 1867. ...
Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...
Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 50 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $305,437 (1st) - Product per capita $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006) - Population 6,817,100 (1st) - Density 8. ...
Electorates Following the recent granting of suffrage to women in Australia, there was significant pressure by various groups for a redistribution of the electorates. This occurred before the 1906 election. In this redistribution there was a net loss of one electorate in Victoria and a net gain of one electorate in New South Wales. After the redistribution, the national party seats held coming into the election were as follows: - Protectionist Party: 25
- Anti-Socialist Party: 25
- Labour Party: 22
- Independents: 3.
The result of the redistribution of marginal electorates was a good deal of confusion for the Parties on where best to allocate their resources.
Results In this election, seven candidates were elected unopposed, 1 Protectionist, 3 Anti-Socialist and 3 Labour. However, the primary issue of the 1906 election was the loss of the Protectionist vote in Victoria, and to a lesser extent the loss of the Anti-Socialist vote in New South Wales. In New South Wales, Labour gained 4 seats – but the outcome in Victoria was a surprise; A group of independents called the "Corner" (Conservatives who refused to support Alfred Deakin and the Protectionist Party) managed to make substantial gains. Outside of these states the Party with the largest gains was the Anti-Socialists, who gained six seats. The Protectionists on the other hand lost a total of four seats, meaning they now held only three seats outside of Victoria and New South Wales.
References - University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
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