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1917 Grampians by-election


FieldValue
countryVictoria
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
election_date27 October 1917
vote_typePopular
image1Edmund Jowett 1917 (cropped).jpg
candidate1Edmund Jowett
party1Nationalist Party (Australia)
popular_vote111,232
percentage154.80%
swing12.19pp
image2
candidate2David Russell
party2Australian Labor Party
popular_vote29,265
percentage245.20%
swing22.19pp
titleMP
before_electionCarty Salmon
before_partyNationalist Party (Australia)
after_electionEdmund Jowett
after_partyNationalist Party (Australia)

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Grampians on 27 October 1917. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist MP and former Speaker Carty Salmon.

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Edmund Jowett, who was also endorsed by the Victorian Farmers' Union and who would defect to them before the 1919 election.

Results

|reg. electors = 31,346

References

References

  1. (1983). "Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82". Australian Electoral Office.
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