1936 Kennedy by-election
{{Infobox election
| country = Queensland
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| election_date = 12 December 1936
| vote_type = Popular
| image1 = Bill Riordan 1940s.png
| candidate1 = Bill Riordan
| party1 = Australian Labor Party
| popular_vote1 = 19,111
| percentage1 = 47.4%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}12.3pp
| image2 = {{Election image filler|Independent Labor (Australia)|LAB}}
| candidate2 = Jim Boyd
| party2 = Independent Labor (Australia)
| popular_vote2 = 13,223
| percentage2 = 32.8%
| swing2 = {{increase}}32.8pp
| title = MP
| before_election = Darby Riordan
| before_party = Australian Labor Party
| after_election = Bill Riordan
| after_party = Australian Labor Party
| election_name = 1936 Kennedy by-election
| 1data2 = 42.5%
| 2blank = TPP swing
| 2data1 = {{decrease}}6.4pp
| 2data2 = {{increase}}42.5pp
| 1data1 = 57.5%
| 1blank = TPP
| image3 = {{Election image filler|Communist Party of Australia|CPA}}
| candidate3 = Jim Slater
| party3 = Communist Party of Australia
| popular_vote3 = 4,459
| percentage3 = 11.1%
| swing3 = {{increase}}8.8pp
}}{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Kennedy on 12 December 1936. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP Darby Riordan.
The by-election was won by the Labor candidate, Riordan's nephew Bill.
Results
{{Election box begin |
|title=Kennedy by-election, 1936
{{cite web
| title=By-Elections 1934-1937
| publisher=Psephos
| url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1934/1934repsby.txt
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Bill Riordan
|party = Labor
|votes = 19,111
|percentage = 47.4
|change = -12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Jim Boyd
|party = Independent Labor
|votes = 13,223
|percentage = 32.8
|change = +32.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Jim Slater
|party = Communist
|votes = 4,459
|percentage = 11.1
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = James Killoran
|party = Social Credit
|votes = 3,565
|percentage = 8.8
|change = +8.8
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 40,358
|percentage = 96.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box informal|
|votes = 1,581
|percentage = 3.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,939
|percentage = 81.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Labor
|candidate = Bill Riordan
|votes = 23,188
|percentage = 57.5
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Independent Labor
|candidate = Jim Boyd
|votes = 17,170
|percentage = 42.5
|change = +42.5
}}
{{Election box hold AU party|
|winner = Labor
|swing = -6.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Aus by-elections 14th parl}}
Category:1936 elections in Australia