1939 Wilmot by-election

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1939 Wilmot by-election
Flag of Tasmania.svg
27 May 1939
 First partySecond party
  Lancelot Spurr.png Allan Guy.jpg
Candidate Lancelot Spurr Allan Guy
Party Labor United Australia
First preference vote6,5686,673
Percentage29.3%29.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.6ppSteady2.svg
TCP 50.1%49.8%
TCP swingIncrease2.svg5.3ppDecrease2.svg5.3pp

 Third partyFourth party
 
ALP
UAP
CandidateMaurice Weston Donald Cameron
Party Labor United Australia
First preference vote3,9252,657
Percentage17.5%11.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg17.5ppIncrease2.svg11.8pp

MP before election

Joseph Lyons
United Australia

Elected MP

Kevin Newman
Labor

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wilmot on 27 May 1939. This was triggered by the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, a member of the United Australia Party.

The by-election was won by Labor candidate Lancelot Spurr.

Results

1939 Wilmot by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Allan Guy 6,67329.7−3.6
Labor Lancelot Spurr 6,56829.3+0.0
Labor Maurice Weston3,92517.5+17.5
United Australia Donald Cameron 2,65711.8+11.8
United Australia Cecil Parsons1,8238.1+8.1
Independent John Watson7993.6+3.6
Total formal votes22,44596.1
Informal votes9153.9
Turnout 23,36092.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lancelot Spurr 11,25750.2+5.3
United Australia Allan Guy 11,18849.8−5.3
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +5.3

References

  1. "By-election Wilmot, Tas: 27 May 1939". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 25 May 2022.