Country: | Victoria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 11 November 1933 |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Image1: | James Fairbairn.png |
Candidate1: | James Fairbairn |
Party1: | United Australia Party |
Popular Vote1: | 36,773 |
Percentage1: | 59.0% |
Swing1: | 9.3pp |
Candidate2: | Arthur Haywood |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party |
Popular Vote2: | 22,454 |
Percentage2: | 36.0% |
Swing2: | 4.3pp |
MP | |
Before Election: | Stanley Bruce |
Before Party: | United Australia Party |
After Election: | James Fairbairn |
After Party: | United Australia Party |
Election Name: | 1933 Flinders by-election |
1Data2: | 40.5% |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
2Data1: | 8.8pp |
2Data2: | 8.8pp |
1Data1: | 59.5% |
1Blank: | TPP |
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Flinders on 11 November 1933. This was triggered by the resignation of United Australia Party (UAP) MP and former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce to become Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
The by-election was won by UAP candidate James Fairbairn.