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1920 Ballaarat by-election
10 July 1920
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Charles McGrath Edwin Kerby
Party Labor Nationalist
Popular vote 15,058 11,443
Percentage 51.7% 39.3%
Swing Increase1.7pp Decrease10.7pp
TPP 56.1% 45.9%
TPP swing Increase6.1pp Decrease6.1pp
MP before election

Charles McGrath
Labor

Elected MP

Charles McGrath
Labor

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Ballaarat on 10 July 1920.

At the 1919 federal election, Nationalist candidate Edwin Kerby had defeated the sitting Labor MP, Charles McGrath, by a single vote, the narrowest margin in Australian electoral history. McGrath challenged the result successfully on the grounds of electoral irregularities, triggering the by-election, at which McGrath was victorious.

Results

Ballaarat by-election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles McGrath 15,058 51.7 +1.7
Nationalist Edwin Kerby 11,443 39.3 −10.7
Farmers John Troup 2,413 8.3 +8.3
Independent Edward Callow 186 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 29,100 99.3
Informal votes 214 0.7
Turnout 29,314 76.7 −5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles McGrath 56.1 +6.1
Nationalist Edwin Kerby 45.9 −6.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +6.1

References

  1. "By-Elections 1919-1922". Psephos.
By-elections of the 8th Parliament of Australia (1919–1922)
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