1907 Echuca by-election
{{Short description|Australian federal by-election}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1907 Echuca by-election
| country = Australia
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1906 Australian federal election
| previous_year = 1906
| election_date = 10 July 1907
| next_election = 1910 Australian federal election
| next_year = 1910
| turnout = 22,329 (71.5%)
| registered = 31,183
| seats_for_election = The Echuca seat in the House of Representatives
| candidate1 = Albert Palmer
| image1 = Albert Palmer.jpg
| party1 = Anti-Socialist Party
| popular_vote1 = 11,618
| percentage1 = 52.6%
| swing1 = {{increase}}2.5
| candidate2 = Thomas Kennedy
| image2 = Thomas Kennedy (Australia).jpg
| party2 = Protectionist Party
| popular_vote2 = 10,481
| percentage2 = 47.4%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}2.5
| title = MP
| before_election = Albert Palmer
| before_party = Anti-Socialist Party
| after_election = Albert Palmer
| after_party = Anti-Socialist Party
}}A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Echuca on 10 July 1907. This was triggered after the result of the 1906 election, which saw Anti-Socialist candidate Albert Palmer narrowly defeat Protectionist MP Thomas Kennedy by just 32 votes.{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=1906 legislative election: House of Representatives: Victoria |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1906/1906repsvic.txt|accessdate=24 February 2017}} This election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns.{{cite AustLII |litigants=Kennedy v Palmer |year=1907 |court=HCA |num=21 |parallelcite=[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1907/21.pdf (1907) 4 CLR 1481].}}
Palmer was re-elected at the by-election with an increased majority.
Results
{{Election box begin |
|title=1907 Echuca by-election {{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=House of Representatives: by-elections 1906-10 |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1906/1906repsby.txt |accessdate=24 February 2017}}{{cite book |title=Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82 |year=1983 |publisher=Australian Electoral Office |location=Canberra }}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Albert Palmer
|party = Anti-Socialist
|votes = 11,618
|percentage = 52.57
|change = +2.47
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Thomas Kennedy
|party = Protectionist
|votes = 10,481
|percentage = 47.43
|change = −2.47
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 22,099
|percentage = 98.97
|change = +4.34
}}
{{Election box informal|
|votes = 230
|percentage = 1.03
|change = −4.34
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 31,183
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 22,329
|percentage = 71.61
|change = +16.32
}}
{{Election box hold AU party|
|winner = Anti-Socialist
|swing = +2.47
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:1907 elections in Australia