1907 Echuca by-election

1907 Echuca by-election
The Echuca seat in the House of Representatives
Turnout	22,329 (71.5%)
MP before election; Albert Palmer; Anti-Socialist	Elected MP ; Albert Palmer; Anti-Socialist

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Echuca on 10 July 1907. This was triggered after the result at the 1906 election, which saw Anti-Socialist candidate Albert Palmer narrowly defeat Protectionist MP Thomas Kennedy by just 32 votes.^[1] This election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns.^[2]

Palmer was re-elected at the by-election with an increased majority.

Results[]

Echuca by-election, 1907 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Socialist	Albert Palmer	11,618	52.6	+2.5
	Protectionist	Thomas Kennedy	10,481	47.4	-2.5
Total formal votes			22,099	99.0
Informal votes			230	1.0
Turnout			22,329	71.5
	Anti-Socialist hold		Swing	+2.5

^ Carr, Adam. "1906 legislative election: House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ Kennedy v Palmer [1907] HCA 21, (1907) 4 CLR 1481.
^ Carr, Adam. "House of Representatives: by-elections 1906-10". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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