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1897 Australasian Federal Convention election information


The Australasian Federal Conventions elections were held on 4 and 6 March 1897 in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania for the purpose of choosing ten representatives from each colony to constitute the Australasian Federal Convention, a key milestone in the Federation of Australia. The election of delegates to such a convention was almost entirely without historical precedent, but the method of electing representatives was criticised at the time, and later, as not well serving of democratic principles.

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1897 Australasian Federal Convention election

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The Australasian Federal Conventions elections were held on 4 and 6 March 1897 in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania for the purpose...

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Federation of Australia

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In March 1897 took place the Australasian Federal Convention Elections, and several weeks later the delegates gathered for the Convention's first session...

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Edmund Barton

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Oration, and was a delegate to the March 1891 National Australasian Convention. At the convention he made clear his support for the principle that "trade...

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John Downer

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one of the 10 representatives of South Australia at the Australasian Federal Convention of 1897-8, and sat, again, on the constitutional committee. He...

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Frederick Holder

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towards a federal union, and, as such, was a member of the Australasian Federal Convention that framed the Commonwealth constitution in 1897–98. He opposed...

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Premier of New South Wales

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Mennell, Philip (1892). "Parkes, Hon. Sir Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource. "Speeches of Sir...

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Constitution of Australia

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Wikisource has original text related to this article: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s...

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Edward Braddon

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of the Tasmanian representatives to the Constitutional Convention of 1897. At the convention, he was responsible for the so-called "Braddon Clause" (or...

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Premier of South Australia

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government after winning the 1910 state election, triggering the merger. The 1910 election came two weeks after federal Labor formed Australia's first elected...

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George Reid

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reject money bills. Following the Adelaide session in 1897 of the National Australasian Convention, Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain sent the Colonial...

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Bill Clinton

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to the Democratic Convention, and to sign onto the AIDS United Action five point plan. Clinton won the 1992 presidential election (370 electoral votes)...

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Alfred Deakin

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Deakin was also a delegate to the second Australasian Federal Convention, which opened in Adelaide in March 1897 and concluded in Melbourne in January 1898...

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Patrick Jennings

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in 1890, and was one of the New South Wales representatives at the federal convention held at Sydney in 1891, but did not take a prominent part in the proceedings...

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Richard Chaffey Baker

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1891 convention. Baker continued his involvement throughout the decade, and was elected as a representative of South Australia at the 1897 convention, where...

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William Loton

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the election of 4 May 1897, which he did not contest. In 1891 he was part of the Western Australian delegation to the National Australasian Convention, at...

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James Hume Cook

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federation of Australia 1897, but came only 19th in the vote for the Victorian delegates to the 1897 Australasian Federal Convention. He supported liberal...

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William Zeal

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re-elected to that position in 1894, 1897 and 1900, and was one of the representatives of Victoria at the 1897 federal convention that worked towards federation...

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Andrew Inglis Clark

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National Australasian Convention of 1891, and was a member of its committee which produced a draft constitution. However, he did not stand for the election of...

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John Forrest

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federation, including the National Australasian Convention of 1891, and the Australasian Federal Convention of 1897–8. There he opposed the transfer of...

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