1910 Kooyong by-election explained

Election Name:1910 Kooyong by-election
Ongoing:no
Turnout:21,980 (57.3%)
Next Year:1913
Next Election:1913 Australian federal election
Election Date:24 August 1910
Previous Year:1910
Previous Election:1910 Australian federal election
Type:Parliamentary
Seats For Election:The Kooyong seat in the House of Representatives
Colour3:888888
Candidate3:Leger Erson
Popular Vote3:1,363
Percentage3:6.3%
Swing3: 6.3
Registered:38,394
Candidate1:Robert Best
Percentage1:55.5%
Percentage2:38.2%
After Party:Liberal
After Election:Robert Best
Before Party:Liberal
Before Election:William Knox
MP
Swing2: 5.5
Popular Vote2:8,214
Colour2:888888
Party2:Independent Liberal
Candidate2:Alfred Lumsden
Swing1: 0.8
Popular Vote1:11,925
Country:Australia
Party1:Liberal
Party3:Independent Labour

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Kooyong on 24 August 1910. This was triggered by the resignation of Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP) MP William Knox. It is the first by-election to be triggered by the resignation of the sitting member who did not then re-contest the seat in the by-election.

The election was won by CLP candidate Robert Best.

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