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In the lead-up to the next federal election, there were calls for an anti-Labor organisation to be created. In September 1906, the Senate rejected a bill authorising a survey of the route for the planned
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in 1901. The rejection of the bill prompted "a wave of anti-federal feeling" in Western Australia, with liberals seeking to capitalise on this sentiment to organise a new anti-Labor party.
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Murdoch, J. R. M. (August 1967). "The Western Australian Party in the 1906 Federal Elections: A Comment on Early Federal Feeling in the West".
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Forrest and Hedges did not sit together in federal parliament; Forrest continued to serve as a minister in the
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Big John Forrest 1847–1918: A Founding Father of the Commonwealth of Australia
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seat except that held by federal government minister and former premier
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John Forrest - Biographical Register: Parliament of Western Australia
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and had been a major reason for Western Australians voting to
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political party that operated in 1906. It was intended as a
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This political party- and liberalism-related article is a
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This article about an Australian political party is a
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The Candidates: The West Australian 12 December 1906
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Index

Western Australia Party
Australian
liberal
Western Australians
Labor Party
Protectionist Party
Anti-Socialist Party
John Forrest
Alfred Deakin
1906 federal election
Swan
William Hedges
Fremantle
Protectionist
Alfred Deakin
Anti-Socialist
1903 federal election
Australian Labor Party
Senate
House of Representatives
John Forrest
Trans-Australian Railway
eastern states
federate
Murdoch 1967
John Forrest - Biographical Register: Parliament of Western Australia
1906 House of Reps WA: Adam Carr
The Candidates: The West Australian 12 December 1906
Murdoch 1967

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