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1909 Wakefield by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1909 Wakefield by-election
percentage1	54.5%
after_party	Commonwealth Liberal
after_election	Richard Foster
before_party	Independent (politician)
before_election	Frederick Holder
title	MP
swing2	9.3
percentage2	45.5%
popular_vote2	6,789
party2	Labour
image2	[[File:John Howard Vaughan.jpeg	100px]]
candidate2	John Vaughan
swing1	54.5
popular_vote1	8,120
country	Australia
party1	Liberal
image1	[[File:Portrait of R. W. Foster (cropped).jpg	125px]]
candidate1	Richard Foster
seats_for_election	The Wakefield seat in the House of Representatives
registered	30,782
turnout	14,998 (48.7%)
next_year	1910
next_election	1910 Australian federal election
election_date	28 August 1909
previous_year	1906
previous_election	1906 Australian federal election
ongoing	no
type	Parliamentary
colour2	DE3533

The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Richard Foster.

Results

|reg. electors = 30,782

References

(1983). "Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82". Australian Electoral Office.

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