1914 Korong state by-election

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1914 Korong state by-election
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  1911 26 June 1914 Nov. 1914  

Electoral district of Korong in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
 
LIB
LIB
Candidate Achilles Gray William Williams
Party Liberal Liberal
Popular vote2,5021,474
Percentage62.9%37.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 62.9Increase2.svg 37.1

MP before election

Thomas Langdon
Liberal

Elected MP

Achilles Gray
Liberal

The 1914 Korong state by-election was held on 26 June 1914 to elect the next member for Korong in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent MP Thomas Langdon.

Langdon, a Liberal Party member, had been re-elected unopposed at the 1911 election. He died on 27 May 1914, aged 82. [1]

The by-election was won by Achilles Gray, with both candidates being Liberals. A state election was held just months later on 26 November 1914, which was again contested by Gray and unsuccessful candidate William Williams. [2]

Results

1914 Korong state by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Achilles Gray 2,50262.9+62.9
Liberal William Williams1,47437.1+37.1
Total formal votes3,97698.3N/A
Informal votes691.7N/A
Turnout 4,04559.9N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. Thomas Langdon (1832–1914). Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  2. Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890–1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN   0708102700).
  3. "THE TWENTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.