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1931 Parkes by-election

Australian federal by-election


Summary

Australian federal by-election

FieldValue
countryNew South Wales
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
election_date31 January 1931
vote_typePopular
image1Sir Charles Marr (cropped).jpg
candidate1Charles Marr
party1Nationalist Party (Australia)
popular_vote131,227
percentage156.8%
swing114.6pp
image2
candidate2Joseph Martin
party2Australian Labor Party
popular_vote222,394
percentage240.7%
swing217.1pp
titleMP
before_electionEdward McTiernan
before_partyAustralian Labor Party
after_electionCharles Marr
after_partyNationalist Party (Australia)
election_name1931 Parkes by-election
1data242.2%
2blankTPP swing
2data115.6pp
2data242.2pp
1data157.8%
1blankTPP

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Parkes on 31 January 1931. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Edward McTiernan to take a seat on the High Court.

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Charles Marr, who had represented the seat from 1919 until his defeat by McTiernan in 1929.

This was the first time the Communist Party endorsed a candidate at federal level.

Results

References

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