1910 Kooyong by-election

1910 Kooyong by-election

←  1910 24 August 1910 1913  →
The Kooyong seat in the House of Representatives
Registered	38,394
Turnout	21,980 (57.3%)
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Robert Best Alfred Lumsden Leger Erson Party Liberal Ind. Liberal Ind. Labour Popular vote 11,925 8,214 1,363 Percentage 55.5% 38.2% 6.3% Swing 0.8 5.5 6.3
MP before election William Knox Liberal Elected MP Robert Best Liberal

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Kooyong on 24 August 1910. This was triggered by the resignation of Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP) MP William Knox. It is the first by-election to be triggered by the resignation of the sitting member who did not then re-contest the seat in the by-election.

The election was won by CLP candidate Robert Best.

Results

1910 Kooyong by-election ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Best	11,926	55.46	−0.79
	Independent Liberal	Alfred Lumsden	8,214	38.20	−5.54
	Independent Labour	Leger Erson	1,363	6.34	+6.34
Total formal votes			21,503	97.83	−1.24
Informal votes			477	2.17	+1.24
Registered electors			38,394
Turnout			21,980	57.25	−13.81
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.79

See also

• List of Australian federal by-elections

References

1. "By-Elections 1910-1913". Psephos.
2. Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Office. 1983.