1919 Echuca by-election explained

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.