1908 Richmond state by-election

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1908 Richmond state by-election
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  1907 2 October 1908 Dec. 1908  

Electoral district of Richmond in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Registered5,091
Turnout63.8% (Decrease2.svg 5.0)
 First partySecond party
 
Ted Cotter.png
William Wishart.png
Candidate Ted Cotter William Wishart
Party Labor United Liberal
Popular vote2,0461,195
Percentage63.2%36.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 63.2Decrease2.svg 8.6 [a]

MP before election

George Henry Bennett
United Liberal

Elected MP

Ted Cotter
Labor

The 1908 Richmond state by-election was held on 2 October 1908 to elect the member for Richmond in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of United Liberal Party (ULP) MP George Henry Bennett. [1]

Contents

Labor candidate Ted Cotter won the seat with a swing of more than 36%, defeating ULP candidate William Wishart. [2] Cotter was re-elected two months later at the state election on 29 December 1908, and continued to be re-elected (including unopposed between 1917 and 1932) until he lost Labor preselection and retired in 1945. [3]

Key events

Candidates

Candidates are listed in the order they appeared on the ballot. [9]

PartyCandidateBackground
  Labor Ted Cotter Secretary of the Coopers' Union [10]
  United Liberal William Wishart Kew councillor, former mayor, and independent candidate for Richmond in 1907 [11] [12]

Results

1908 Richmond state by-election [9] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter 2,04663.2+36.4
United Liberal William Wishart1,19536.8–8.6 [a]
Total formal votes3,24199.8+0.6
Informal votes70.2–0.6
Turnout 3,24863.8–5.0
Labor gain from United Liberal Swing

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 At the 1907 election, ULP candidate George Henry Bennett received 45.4% of the vote, while William Wishart had 27.8% of the vote while contesting as an independent, making their combined vote 73.2% in 1907. If compared to Bennett in 1907, Wishart had a negative swing of 8.6%. If compared to his own 1907 result as an independent, Wishart had a positive swing of 9.0%. If compared to the combined ULP/independent total in 1907, Wishart had a negative swing of 36.4%.

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