1901 Darling Downs by-election Turnout 7,264
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives electorate of Darling Downs in Queensland on 14 September 1901, a Saturday. It was triggered by the death of William Henry Groom on 8 August 1901. It was the first by-election of the Australian parliament since Federation. The writ for the by-election was issued on 13 August, nominations for candidates closed on 27 August.
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Littleton Groom was elected in the by-election, receiving nearly 63 per cent of the vote. Groom was the third son of the deceased former member, William Groom. The other candidate in the by-election was Joshua Thomas Bell , a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the electoral district of Dalby .
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Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82 . Canberra: Australian Electoral Commission. 1983.
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