Darling Downs by-election, 1901
- Darling Downs by-election, 1901
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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives electorate of Darling Downs in Queensland on 14 September 1901, a Saturday. It was triggered by the death of William Henry Groom on 8 August 1901. It was the first by-election of the Australian parliament since Federation. The writ for the by-election was issued on 13 August, nominations for candidates closed on 27 August.
Results
Aftermath
Littleton Groom was elected in the by-election, receiving nearly 63 per cent of the vote. Groom was the third son of the deceased former member, William Groom. The other candidate in the by-election was Joshua Thomas Bell, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Dalby.
References
- ^ Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Commission. 1983.
See also
Categories:
- 1901 elections in Australia
- Queensland federal by-elections
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