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Electoral district of Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 32,442 [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 74.6% ( 8.7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 Prahran state by-election was held on 18 August 1945 to elect the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of Liberal Party MP John Ellis. [3] It was held on the same day as a New South Wales state by-election in Blacktown and a federal by-election in Fremantle. [4] [5]
Labor candidate Bill Quirk gained the seat after a swing of more than 10% away from the Liberals. [a] Quirk retained the seat three months later at the state election in November 1945 and held it again in 1947, serving until his death in 1948. [6]
This was the first of three by-elections in Prahran held in a timeframe of six years, with by-elections also held in 1949 (to replace Quirk) and 1951. [7] [8]
Candidates are listed in the order they appeared on the ballot. [1] [12]
Party | Candidate | Background | |
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Liberal | Frank Collins | Dairyman | |
Independent | William Harris | Butcher [13] | |
Labor | Bill Quirk | Postal technician | |
Communist | Leslie Sampson | Organiser |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Quirk | 11,143 | 47.3 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Frank Collins | 9,078 | 38.5 | −10.6 [a] | |
Communist | Leslie Sampson | 1,896 | 8.0 | −4.6 | |
Independent | William Harris | 1,457 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 23,574 | 97.4 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 639 | 2.6 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,213 | 74.6 | −8.7 | ||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Labor | Bill Quirk | 11,803 | 50.1 | ||
Liberal | Frank Collins | 9,731 | 41.3 | ||
Communist | Leslie Sampson | 2,040 | 8.7 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
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