1904 Riverina by-election

1904 Riverina by-election

←  1903 18 May 1904 1906  →
The Riverina seat in the House of Representatives
Registered	19,031
Turnout	10,995 (57.77%)
First party Second party   Candidate John Chanter Robert Blackwood Party Protectionist Free Trade Popular vote 5,547 5,184 Percentage 51.7% 48.3% Swing 1.7 1.7
MP before election Robert Blackwood Free Trade Elected MP John Chanter Protectionist

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Riverina on 18 May 1904. This was triggered after the result at the 1903 election, which had seen Free Trade candidate Robert Blackwood narrowly defeat Protectionist MP John Chanter, was declared void due to allegations of electoral irregularities. ^[1]

At the by-election Chanter defeated Blackwood.

Results

1904 Riverina by-election ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John Chanter	5,547	51.69	+1.72
	Free Trade	Robert Blackwood	5,184	48.31	−1.72
Total formal votes			10,731	97.60	−0.04
Informal votes			264	2.40	+0.04
Registered electors			19,031
Turnout			10,995	57.77	+8.84
	Protectionist gain from Free Trade		Swing	+1.72

References

1. Chanter v Blackwood (No 1) [1904] HCA 2 , (1904) 1 CLR 39 and Chanter v Blackwood (No 2) [1904] HCA 48 , (1904) 1 CLR 121.
2. Carr, Adam. "1904 Riverina by-election". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
3. Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Office. 1983.