COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917
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SENATE ELECTION
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NEW SOUTH WALES (Three senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                        1,094,834         +01.1
Votes cast:                               773,657   70.7  +05.9
Informal votes:                            29,625   03.8  -01.2
Formal votes:                             744,032   96.2  +01.2
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Peter Bowling                  ALP        321,789   43.2
Ernest Judd                                11,983   01.6
Ludvig Klausen                              8,525   01.1
Hon Edward MILLEN *            Nat        413,774   55.6  ELECTED 1
James Moroney                              12,184   01.6
Herbert PRATTEN                Nat        407,547   54.8  ELECTED 2
Arthur Rae                     ALP        322,991   43.4
Hon Josiah THOMAS              Nat        406,892   54.7  ELECTED 3
David Watson *                 ALP        326,411   43.9
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Total                                   2,232,096
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1. Percentages shown are percentages of 744,032, indicating the 
proportion of voters who supported each candidate. The percentages 
column will thus add up to 300%, since each voter cast three votes.
2. Rae was a Senator for NSW 1910-14.
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Senators' terms began 1 July 1917. Millen, Pratten and Thomas 
elected for a term ending 30 June 1923. Continuing senators (term 
to end 30 June 1920): Hon Albert GARDINER (ALP), John GRANT (ALP), 
Allan McDOUGALL (ALP). 
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> Albert Gardiner (1867-1952): Elected 1910, 1914
Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party 
> John Grant (1857-1928): Elected 1914
> Allan McDougall (1856-1924): Elected 1910, 1914
> Edward Davis Millen (1862-1923): Elected 1901, 1906, 1913, 1914, 
1917
Vice-President of the Executive Council to 16 November 1917
Minister for Repatriation from 28 September 1917
> Herbert Edward Pratten (1865-1928): Elected 1917
Born: 7 May 1865, Bristol, England.
Career: Educated Bristol. Migrated as youth. Printer, jam 
manufacturer. President, NSW Chamber of Commerce. Investor, 
goldmining. Ashfield Council. Uncle of Frederick Pratten MP.
> Josiah Thomas (1863-1933): Elected 1917 
Born: 1863, Cornwall, England.
Career: No formal education. Migrated as child. Miner, Broken Hill. 
President, Amalgamated Miners Association. Left ALP 1916.
Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Alma 1894-1901. 
House of Representatives: MRH for Barrier 1901-17. For ministerial 
career see House of Representatives.
> David Watson (1870-1924): Elected 1914. Defeated 1917
Died 4 December 1924
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