Electoral results for the Division of Tasmania

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Tasmania in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1903.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sir Edward Braddon	Free Trade	1901–1903
	Norman Cameron	Free Trade	1901–1903
	Sir Philip Fysh	Protectionist	1901–1903
	King O'Malley	Labor	1901–1903
	Frederick Piesse	Free Trade	1901–1902
	William Hartnoll	Free Trade	1902–1903

Election results

For multi-member elections, elected candidates are in bold. Each Tasmanian elector at the 1901 election cast one vote.

Elections in the 1900s

Tasmania by-election, 1902^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	William Hartnoll	6,956	57.90	N/A
	Labour	James Whitelaw	2,525	21.02	N/A
	Protectionist	John McCall	2,051	17.07	N/A
	Protectionist	Charles Hall	482	4.01	N/A
Total formal votes			12,014	99.17	+2.04
Informal votes			101	0.83	−2.04
Turnout			12,115	30.47	−16.52
	Free Trade hold		Swing	N/A

Australian federal election, 1901: Tasmania

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Sir Edward Braddon	4,720	26.2	+26.2
	Protectionist	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 Blanshard	140	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			18,041	97.1
Informal votes			533	2.9
Turnout			18,575	47.0

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos

1. Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Commission. 1983.