1920 Ballaarat by-election

1920 Ballaarat by-election
10 July 1920
Division of Ballaarat in the House of Representatives
Turnout76.7% ( 5.8)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Charles McGrath Edwin Kerby
Party Labor Nationalist
Primary vote 15,058 11,443
Percentage 51.7% 39.3%
Swing 1.7pp 10.7
TPP 56.1% 43.9%
TPP swing 6.1 6.1
MP before election

Edwin Kerby
Nationalist

Elected MP

Charles McGrath
Labor

The 1920 Ballaarat by-election was held on 10 July 1920 to elect the member for Ballaarat in the Australian House of Representatives.[1][2]

At the 1919 federal election, Nationalist candidate Edwin Kerby defeated the sitting Labor MP Charles McGrath by a single vote, the narrowest margin in Australian electoral history.[3] McGrath challenged the result successfully on the grounds of electoral irregularities, triggering the by-election, at which McGrath was victorious.[4]

Results

1920 Ballaarat by-election[5]
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 43.9 −6.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +6.1

See also

References

  1. ^ "BALLARAT BY-ELECTION". Barrier Miner. 8 July 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Labor majority increases". The Horsham Times. 16 July 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ Rhodes, Campbell (1 December 2017). "Eight by-elections that changed the game". Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "House of Representatives Members – 8th Parliament 1919-1922". AustralianPolitics.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  5. ^ "BY-ELECTIONS 1919-22". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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