1906 Toorak state by-election

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1906 Toorak state by-election
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  1904 10 October 1906 1907  

Electoral district of Toorak in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
 
IND
MIN
Candidate Norman Bayles Norman Bayles
Party Ind. Ministerialist Ministerialist
Popular vote1,528869
Percentage63.7%36.2
SwingIncrease2.svg 63.7%Decrease2.svg 24.6%

MP before election

George Fairbairn
Ministerialist

Elected MP

Norman Bayles
Ind. Ministerialist

The 1906 Toorak state by-election was held on 10 October 1906 to elect the next member for Toorak in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of incumbent MP George Fairbairn.

Fairbairn resigned to contest the newly created seat of Fawkner in the Australian House of Representatives at the 1906 federal election.

The by-election was won by Independent Ministerialist candidate Norman Bayles, although he later joined the Ministerialists. [1]

Results

1906 Toorak state by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Ministerialist Norman Bayles 1,52863.7+63.7
Ministerialist Louis Holmes86936.2−24.6
Total formal votes2,39799.95
Informal votes110.05
Turnout 2,409
Ind. Ministerialist gain from Ministerialist Swing

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References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Bayles, Norman". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. "THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.