Country: | Victoria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 18 February 1922 |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Image1: | JamesSc.JPG |
Candidate1: | James Scullin |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
Popular Vote1: | 12,553 |
Percentage1: | 77.7% |
Swing1: | 7.4pp |
Candidate2: | Andrew Davidson |
Party2: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
Popular Vote2: | 3,473 |
Percentage2: | 21.5% |
Swing2: | 8.2pp |
MP | |
Before Election: | Frank Tudor |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party |
After Election: | James Scullin |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party |
Election Name: | 1922 Yarra by-election |
1Data2: | 21.9% |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
2Data1: | 7.8pp |
2Data2: | 7.8pp |
1Data1: | 78.1% |
1Blank: | TPP |
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Yarra on 18 February 1922. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP Frank Tudor, the Leader of the Opposition.
The by-election was won by Labor candidate and future Prime Minister James Scullin.