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