 Neild contested the first federal election in 1901 , running as a Free Trade candidate for the Senate . Together with Senator Cyril Cameron , he was one of two parliamentarians to wear full dress uniform to the opening of Parliament . He introduced the Parliamentary Evidence Bill on 9 August 1901 , which aimed " to enable and regulate the taking of evidence by Parliament and Parliamentary Committees " . The bill was withdrawn and reintroduced several times over the next decade but never passed into law . <unk> ambitions of becoming deputy President , Neild was active in many committees but failed to achieve his aim , although he did serve as Temporary Chairman of Committees from 1903 to 1910 . 
