Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1903–1906

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Second Australian Parliament, which was elected on 16 December 1903.

Member		Electorate	State	In office
Fred Bamford	Labor	Herbert	Qld	1901–1925
Lee Batchelor	Labor	Boothby	SA	1901–1911
Robert Blackwood ^[a]	Free Trade ^[i]	Riverina	NSW	1903–1904
Sir Langdon Bonython *	Protectionist ^[ii]	Barker	SA	1901–1906
Sir Edward Braddon ^[b]	Free Trade	Wilmot	Tas	1901–1904
Thomas Brown *	Labor	Canobolas	NSW	1901–1913
Norman Cameron ^[b]	Free Trade/Independent	Wilmot	Tas	1901–1903; 1904–1906
William Carpenter	Labor	Fremantle	WA	1903–1906
John Chanter ^[a]	Protectionist	Riverina	NSW	1901–1903; 1904–1913; 1914–1922
Austin Chapman *	Protectionist	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1901–1926
Alfred Conroy	Free Trade	Werriwa	NSW	1901–1906; 1913–1914
James Cook	Protectionist	Bourke	Vic	1901–1910
Joseph Cook	Free Trade	Parramatta	NSW	1901–1921
Richard Crouch	Protectionist	Corio	Vic	1901–1910; 1929–1931
Millice Culpin	Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1903–1906
Alfred Deakin *	Protectionist	Ballarat	Vic	1901–1913
George Edwards	Free Trade	South Sydney	NSW	1901–1906; 1910–1911
Richard Edwards	Protectionist/Free Trade	Oxley	Qld	1901–1913
Thomas Ewing	Protectionist	Richmond	NSW	1901–1910
Andrew Fisher	Labor	Wide Bay	Qld	1901–1915
Sir John Forrest *	Protectionist	Swan	WA	1901–1918
James Fowler	Labor	Perth	WA	1901–1922
Charlie Frazer	Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1903–1913
George Fuller *	Free Trade	Illawarra	NSW	1901–1913
Sir Philip Fysh	Protectionist/ Free Trade	Denison	Tas	1901–1910
James Gibb	Free Trade	Flinders	Vic	1903–1906
Paddy Glynn *	Free Trade	Angas	SA	1901–1919
Littleton Groom *	Protectionist	Darling Downs	Qld	1901–1929; 1931–1936
Robert Harper	Protectionist	Mernda	Vic	1901–1913
H. B. Higgins	Protectionist	Northern Melbourne	Vic	1901–1906
Sir Frederick Holder *	Independent	Wakefield	SA	1901–1909
Billy Hughes	Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
James Hutchison	Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1903–1909
Isaac Isaacs *	Protectionist	Indi	Vic	1901–1906
Elliot Johnson	Free Trade	Lang	NSW	1903–1928
Willie Kelly	Free Trade	Wentworth	NSW	1903–1919
Thomas Kennedy	Protectionist	Moira	Vic	1901–1906
Charles Kingston *	Protectionist	Adelaide	SA	1901–1908
William Knox	Free Trade	Kooyong	Vic	1901–1910
Henry Lee	Free Trade	Cowper	NSW	1903–1906
Frank Liddell	Free Trade	Hunter	NSW	1903–1910
Edmund Lonsdale	Free Trade	New England	NSW	1903–1906
Sir William Lyne	Protectionist	Hume	NSW	1901–1913
James McCay *	Protectionist	Corinella	Vic	1901–1906
James McColl	Protectionist/Free Trade	Echuca	Vic	1901–1906
Charles McDonald	Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1901–1925
William McWilliams	Revenue Tariff/Free Trade	Franklin	Tas	1903–1922; 1928–1929
Sir Malcolm McEacharn ^[c]	Protectionist	Melbourne	Vic	1901–1904
Allan McLean *	Protectionist	Gippsland	Vic	1901–1906
Hugh Mahon *	Labor	Coolgardie	WA	1901–1913; 1913–1917; 1919–1920
William Maloney ^[c]	Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1904–1940
Samuel Mauger	Protectionist	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1901–1910
King O'Malley	Labor	Darwin	Tas	1901–1917
Jim Page	Labor	Maranoa	Qld	1901–1921
Pharez Phillips	Protectionist	Wimmera	Vic	1901–1906
Alexander Poynton *	Labor	Grey	SA	1901–1922
Sir John Quick	Protectionist	Bendigo	Vic	1901–1913
George Reid	Free Trade	East Sydney	NSW	1901–1903; 1903–1910
Arthur Robinson	Free Trade	Wannon	Vic	1903–1906
James Ronald	Labor/Independent	Southern Melbourne	Vic	1901–1906
Carty Salmon	Protectionist	Laanecoorie	Vic	1901–1913; 1915–1917
Thomas Skene	Free Trade	Grampians	Vic	1901–1906
Bruce Smith	Free Trade	Parkes	NSW	1901–1919
Sydney Smith	Free Trade	Macquarie	NSW	1901–1906
William Spence	Labor	Darling	NSW	1901–1917; 1917–1919
David Storrer	Protectionist	Bass	Tas	1903–1910
Josiah Thomas	Labor	Barrier	NSW	1901–1917
David Thomson	Labor	Capricornia	Qld	1903–1906
Dugald Thomson *	Free Trade	North Sydney	NSW	1901–1910
Sir George Turner *	Protectionist	Balaclava	Vic	1901–1906
Frank Tudor	Labor	Yarra	Vic	1901–1922
David Watkins	Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1901–1935
Chris Watson	Labor	Bland	NSW	1901–1910
William Webster	Labor	Gwydir	NSW	1903–1919
James Wilkinson	Independent/Labor	Moreton	Qld	1901–1906
Bill Wilks	Free Trade	Dalley	NSW	1901–1910
Henry Willis	Free Trade	Robertson	NSW	1901–1910
John Gratton Wilson	Free Trade	Corangamite	Vic	1903–1910

Notes[edit]

* These candidates were elected unopposed.

^ ^a ^b On 13 April 1904, the election of Free Trade MP Robert Blackwood (Riverina) was declared invalid by the Court of Disputed Returns. Protectionist candidate John Chanter won the resulting by-election on 18 May 1904 defeating Blackwood.
^ ^a ^b On 2 February 1904, Free Trade MP Sir Edward Braddon (Wilmot) died. Free Trade candidate Norman Cameron won the resulting by-election on 26 February 1904.
^ ^a ^b On 10 March 1904, the election of Protectionist MP Sir Malcolm McEacharn (Melbourne) was declared invalid by the Court of Disputed Returns. Labour candidate William Maloney won the resulting by-election on 30 March 1904 defeating McEacharn.

^ The Free Trade Party, then known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, had dissolved following the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Free Trade" were those who accepted the leadership of George Reid.
^ There was no national Protectionist party organisation at the time of the 1903 election. Members categorised as "Protectionist" were those who accepted the leadership of Alfred Deakin.

[RB-1] On 13 April 1904, the election of Free Trade MP Robert Blackwood (Riverina) was declared invalid by the Court of Disputed Returns. Protectionist candidate John Chanter won the resulting by-election on 18 May 1904 defeating Blackwood.

[EB-4] On 2 February 1904, Free Trade MP Sir Edward Braddon (Wilmot) died. Free Trade candidate Norman Cameron won the resulting by-election on 26 February 1904.

[ME-5] On 10 March 1904, the election of Protectionist MP Sir Malcolm McEacharn (Melbourne) was declared invalid by the Court of Disputed Returns. Labour candidate William Maloney won the resulting by-election on 30 March 1904 defeating McEacharn.

[FT-2] The Free Trade Party, then known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, had dissolved following the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Free Trade" were those who accepted the leadership of George Reid.

[Prot-3] There was no national Protectionist party organisation at the time of the 1903 election. Members categorised as "Protectionist" were those who accepted the leadership of Alfred Deakin.

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