Country: | Tasmania |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 14 December 1929 |
Vote Type: | First preference |
Image1: | Charles William Frost.jpg |
Candidate1: | Charles Frost |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
Popular Vote1: | 9,615 |
Percentage1: | 44.5% |
Swing1: | 44.5pp |
Candidate2: | Archibald Blacklow |
Party2: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
Popular Vote2: | 5,003 |
Percentage2: | 23.2% |
Swing2: | 0.2pp |
1Blank: | TPP |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
1Data1: | 51.9% |
2Data1: | 51.9pp |
1Data2: | 48.1% |
2Data2: | 3.0pp |
MP | |
Before Election: | William McWilliams |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Charles Frost |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party |
Image3: | Alfred Seabrook.jpg |
Candidate3: | Alfred Seabrook |
Party3: | Nationalist Party (Australia) |
Popular Vote3: | 4,675 |
Percentage3: | 21.7% |
Swing3: | 21.7pp |
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Franklin on 14 December 1929. This was triggered by the death of independent MP William McWilliams.
The by-election was won by Labor candidate Charles Frost.