Elections and Qualifications / Senate Committees

Scope

The committee considered questions concerning the eligibility of senators, vacancies arising in the Senate and disputed elections. The Senate referred only one case to the committee, in 1901.

Chairs

John William Downer

saPROT 4 Jul 1901 – 3 Sep 1903

Sequence

Elections and Qualifications

Disputed Returns and Qualifications

1901

100

1903

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	Committee timeline - The establishment of a suite of 'domestic' committees

Reports

Date tabled	Title	Read report
12 Jul 1901	Report of the Committee of Elections and Qualifications upon the Petition of Henry John Saunders against the election and return of Alexander Percival Matheson as a Senator for the State of Western Australia Parliamentary paper number L3/1901
3 Oct 1901	Special Report of the Committee of Elections and Qualifications upon the Petition of Henry John Saunders against the election and return of Alexander Percival Matheson as a Senator for the State of Western Australia Parliamentary paper number L6/1901
11 Oct 1901	Second Report of the Committee of Elections and Qualifications upon the Petition of Henry John Saunders against the election and return of Alexander Percival Matheson as a Senator for the State of Western Australia Parliamentary paper number L8/1901