1920 Ballaarat by-election

April 2024 April 2022 1920 Ballaarat by-election Victoria parliamentary no 10 July 1920 1919 Australian federal election 1919 1922 Australian federal election 1922 Primary Division of Ballaarat in the House of Representatives 76.7% ( 5.8) David Charles McGrath - Richard & Co (cropped).jpg 125 120 160 1 4 Charles McGrath Australian Labor Party 15,058 51.7% 1.7pp Edwin Kerby.png 125 120 160 0 0 Edwin Kerby Nationalist Party (Australia) 11,443 39.3% 10.7 TPP 56.1% 43.9% TPP swing 6.1 6.1 MP Edwin Kerby Nationalist Party (Australia) Charles McGrath Australian Labor Party The 1920 Ballaarat by-election was held on 10 July 1920 to elect the member for Ballaarat in the Australian House of Representatives.BALLARAT BY-ELECTION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45540498 Barrier Miner 23 May 2025 2 8 July 1920Labor majority increases https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73176654 The Horsham Times 23 May 2025 5 16 July 1920 At the 1919 federal election, Nationalist candidate Edwin Kerby defeated the sitting Labor MP Charles McGrath by a single vote, the narrowest margin in Australian electoral history.Rhodes Campbell Eight by-elections that changed the game https://www.moadoph.gov.au/explore/stories/democracy/eight-by-elections-that-changed-the-game Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House 23 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250428071541/https://moadoph.gov.au/explore/stories/democracy/eight-by-elections-that-changed-the-game 28 April 2025 1 December 2017 McGrath challenged the result successfully on the grounds of electoral irregularities, triggering the by-election, at which McGrath was victorious.House of Representatives Members – 8th Parliament 1919-1922 https://australianpolitics.com/parliament/house/house-members-1919-1922/ AustralianPolitics.com 23 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250419120051/https://australianpolitics.com/parliament/house/house-members-1919-1922/ 19 April 2025 Results [[1920 Ballaarat by-election|1920 Ballaarat by-election]]BY-ELECTIONS 1919-22 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1919/1919repsby.txt Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive 23 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240516204859/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1919/1919repsby.txt 16 May 2024 Charles McGrath Labor 15,058 51.7 +1.7 Edwin Kerby Nationalist 11,443 39.3 −10.7 John Troup Farmers 2,413 8.3 +8.3 Edward Callow Independent 186 0.6 +0.6 29,100 99.3 214 0.7 29,314 76.7 −5.8 Labor Charles McGrath 56.1 +6.1 Nationalist Edwin Kerby 43.9 −6.1 Labor Nationalist +6.1 See also Electoral results for the Division of Ballaarat References Ballaarat Category:Victorian federal by-elections Ballaarat Category:July 1920 in Australia