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1904 Wilmot by-election

Australian federal by-election

Summary

Australian federal by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1904 Wilmot by-election
country	Australia
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1903 Australian federal election
previous_year	1903
election_date	2 February 1904
next_election	1906 Australian federal election
next_year	1906
turnout	4,704 (29.93%)
registered	15,718
seats_for_election	The Wilmot seat in the House of Representatives
candidate1	Norman Cameron
image1	Portrait of Donald Norman Cameron - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg
party1	Free Trade Party
popular_vote1	2,368
percentage1	52.03%
swing1	2.85
candidate2	John Cheek
image2
party2	Protectionist Party
popular_vote2	2,183
percentage2	47.97%
swing2	2.85
title	MP
before_election	Edward Braddon
before_party	Free Trade Party
after_election	Norman Cameron
after_party	Free Trade Party

The by-election was won by Free Trade candidate Norman Cameron (a former member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and who had represented Tasmania in the Australian House of Representatives until he was voted out in the 1903 federal election), against John Cheek for the Protectionist Party. Voting was not compulsory in 1904.

Results

|reg. electors = 15,718

Sir Edward Braddon () died.

References

[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10600681 Mr. Norman Cameron Returned], ''[[The Argus (Australia). The Argus]]'', 29 February 1904.
"By-Elections 1903-1906".
(1983). "Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82". Australian Electoral Office.

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