Alexander Poynton (1853-1935) Edward Pulsford (1844-1919) Member for South Australia 1901-1903 Senator for New South Wales 1901-1910 Member for Grey (South Australia) 1903-1922 lexander Poynton was born in Poynton was elected to represent South orn in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, In 1901 Pulsford was elected as a Freetrader ACastlemaine, Victoria and worked as a Australia in the House of Representatives BEdward Pulsford migrated to Sydney in to represent New South Wales in the Senate miner, shearer and station-hand. Interested at the first federal election in 1901 as an 1884 and established himself in business. at the first federal election. He held his seat in conditions for pastoral workers, Poynton Australasian National League candidate, A regular contributor to leading newspapers in the Senate until his defeat in 1910 and was was foundation Treasurer and Secretary of but joined the Labor Party in 1902. When on commercial matters, and owner of the known for his controversial views on Asian the Port Augusta branch of the Amalgamated South Australia was divided into federal Armidale Chronicle 1890-98, Pulsford immigration. Pulsford voted against the 1901 Shearers Union, and Treasurer of the electoral divisions, Poynton was returned in became a leading proponent of free trade Immigration Restriction Bill and supported Australian Workers Union for a number of 1903 as a Labor Party candidate for the seat in New South Wales, publishing newspaper Japanese protests about the White Australia years. In 1893 he was elected as an of Grey, which he held until his defeat in 1922. articles, pamphlets and several books on policy. Independent Labor candidate to the South Poynton served on a number of royal the subject. In 1885, with B.R. Wise, he Australian House of Assembly, but became commissions and was Chairman of established the Freetrade Liberal Association alienated from the United Labor Party in Committees in the House of Representatives of New South Wales. An active federationist, South Australia because of his opposition to 1910-13. A supporter of conscription, Poynton Pulsford was concerned with the cost of Premier Kingston’s policies on land reform. followed W.M. Hughes out of the Labor Party federation to New South Wales. He was a in 1916 and subsequently held important member of the New South Wales Legislative ministries under Hughes in National Labor Council 1895-1901. and Nationalist governments. The state of South Australia did not divide into electoral divisions for the purposes of the first The state of Western Australia was also represented in the first Senate by: federal election. South Australia, as a whole, was also represented in the first House of Representatives by: James Thomas Walker Edward Davis Millen Albert John Gould Sir John Langdon Bonython Frederick William Holder Egerton Lee Batchelor Patrick McMahon Glynn Charles Cameron Kingston Vaiben Louis Solomon Richard Edward O’Connor John Cash Neild.