1945 Fremantle by-election

Australian federal by-election Western Australia parliamentary no 18 August 1945 Popular 170x170px Kim Beazley Australian Labor Party 34,009 57.33% 9.57pp 170x170px Donald Cleland Liberal Party of Australia 19,880 33.51% 0.41pp MP John Curtin Australian Labor Party Kim Beazley Australian Labor Party 1945 Fremantle by-election April 2024 April 2022 thumb|upright|Campaign material used by Beazley The 1945 Fremantle by-election was held in the Australian federal electorate of Fremantle in Western Australia on 18 August 1945. The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting member, Prime Minister John Curtin, on 5 July 1945. Results Fremantle by-election, 1945 Kim Beazley Labor 34,009 57.33 –9.57 Donald Cleland Liberal 19,880 33.51 +0.41 Thomas Hughes Independent 2,210 3.73 +3.73 Paddy Troy Communist 1,807 3.05 +3.05 Carlyle Ferguson State Liberal 1,273 2.15 +2.15 Louis Phillips Atokist 143 0.24 +0.24 59,322 97.10 –1.12 1,769 2.90 +1.12 61,091 84.36 –14.70 Labor See also List of Australian federal by-elections References External links Election figures (John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, including polling places breakdown) Category:1945 elections in Australia Category:Western Australian federal by-elections Category:1940s in Western Australia Category:August 1945 in Australia