1907 Echuca by-election

Australian federal by-election April 2024 April 2022 1907 Echuca by-election Australia Parliamentary no 1906 Australian federal election 1906 10 July 1907 1910 Australian federal election 1910 22,329 (71.5%) 31,183 The Echuca seat in the House of Representatives Albert Palmer Albert Palmer.jpg Anti-Socialist Party 11,618 52.6% 2.5 Thomas Kennedy Thomas Kennedy (Australia).jpg Protectionist Party 10,481 47.4% 2.5 MP Albert Palmer Anti-Socialist Party Albert Palmer Anti-Socialist PartyA by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Echuca on 10 July 1907. This was triggered after the result of the 1906 election, which saw Anti-Socialist candidate Albert Palmer narrowly defeat Protectionist MP Thomas Kennedy by just 32 votes.Carr Adam 1906 legislative election: House of Representatives: Victoria Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1906/1906repsvic.txt 24 February 2017 This election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns.Kennedy v Palmer 1907 HCA 21 (1907) 4 CLR 1481. Palmer was re-elected at the by-election with an increased majority. Results 1907 Echuca by-election Carr Adam House of Representatives: by-elections 1906-10 Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1906/1906repsby.txt 24 February 2017Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82 1983 Australian Electoral Office Canberra Albert Palmer Anti-Socialist 11,618 52.57 +2.47 Thomas Kennedy Protectionist 10,481 47.43 −2.47 22,099 98.97 +4.34 230 1.03 −4.34 31,183 22,329 71.61 +16.32 Anti-Socialist +2.47 References Category:1907 elections in Australia Category:Victorian federal by-elections Category:1900s in Victoria (state) Category:July 1907 in Australia