Country: | Victoria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 20 September 1919 |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Image1: | William Hill 1926 (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | William Hill |
Party1: | Victorian Farmers' Union |
Popular Vote1: | 13,800 |
Percentage1: | 68.8% |
Swing1: | 68.8pp |
Candidate2: | Frederick Purcell |
Party2: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
Popular Vote2: | 4,848 |
Percentage2: | 24.2% |
Swing2: | 36.5pp |
MP | |
Before Election: | Albert Palmer |
Before Party: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
After Election: | William Hill |
After Party: | Victorian Farmers' Union |
Election Name: | 1919 Echuca by-election |
1Blank: | TPP |
1Data1: | 72.3% |
1Data2: | 27.7% |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
2Data1: | 72.3pp |
2Data2: | 33.0pp |
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Echuca on 20 September 1919. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist MP Albert Palmer.
The by-election was won by William Hill, endorsed by the Victorian Farmers' Union, who became the second "Country" member of the Parliament following William Gibson's victory in the 1918 Corangamite by-election.