Election Name: | 1967 Capricornia by-election |
Country: | Australia |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1966 Australian federal election |
Previous Year: | 1966 |
Election Date: | 30 September 1967 |
Next Election: | 1969 Australian federal election |
Next Year: | 1969 |
Turnout: | 38,486 (93.7%) |
Seats For Election: | The Capricornia seat in the House of Representatives |
Candidate1: | Doug Everingham |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
Popular Vote1: | 20,215 |
Percentage1: | 53.0% |
Swing1: | 0.8 |
Candidate2: | Frank Rudd |
Party2: | Liberal Party of Australia |
Popular Vote2: | 12,048 |
Percentage2: | 31.6% |
Swing2: | 6.9 |
MP | |
Before Election: | George Gray |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party |
After Election: | Doug Everingham |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party |
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Capricornia on 30 September 1967. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP George Gray.
The by-election was won by Labor candidate Doug Everingham.