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1938 Wakefield by-election

FieldValue
countrySouth Australia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
election_date10 December 1938
vote_typePopular
image1Sydney McHugh.jpg
candidate1Sydney McHugh
party1Australian Labor Party
popular_vote118,870
percentage137.9%
swing11.3pp
image2Richard Layton Butler.jpg
candidate2Richard L. Butler
party2United Australia Party
popular_vote219,591
percentage239.3%
swing224.1pp
titleMP
before_electionCharles Hawker
before_partyUnited Australia Party
after_electionSydney McHugh
after_partyAustralian Labor Party
election_name1938 Wakefield by-election
1data243.3%
2blankTPP swing
2data120.1pp
2data220.1pp
1data156.7%
1blankTPP
candidate3Percy Quirke
party3Independent
popular_vote311,343
percentage322.8%
swing322.8pp
colour3888888
image3

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wakefield on 10 December 1938. This was triggered by the death of United Australia MP Charles Hawker.

The election was won by Labor candidate Sydney McHugh from a massive 20 percent two-party swing.

Results

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803210557/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1937/1937repsby.txt | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 August 2008

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