1904 Wilmot by-election

April 2024 Australian federal by-election April 2022 1904 Wilmot by-election Australia Parliamentary no 1903 Australian federal election 1903 2 February 1904 1906 Australian federal election 1906 4,704 (29.93%) 15,718 The Wilmot seat in the House of Representatives Norman Cameron Portrait of Donald Norman Cameron - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg Free Trade Party 2,368 52.03% 2.85 John Cheek Protectionist Party PROT Protectionist Party 2,183 47.97% 2.85 MP Edward Braddon Free Trade Party Norman Cameron Free Trade PartyA by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wilmot in Tasmania on 26 February 1904. This was triggered by the death of former Premier of Tasmania and federal Free Trade Party MP Sir Edward Braddon on 2 February 1904. The by-election was won by Free Trade candidate Norman Cameron (a former member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and who had represented Tasmania in the Australian House of Representatives until he was voted out in the 1903 federal election), against John Cheek for the Protectionist Party. Voting was not compulsory in 1904.Mr. Norman Cameron Returned, The Argus, 29 February 1904. Results [[1904 Wilmot by-election]]By-Elections 1903-1906 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1903/1903repsby.txt Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 2022-05-24Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82 1983 Australian Electoral Office Canberra Norman Cameron Free Trade 2,368 52.03 −2.85 John Cheek Protectionist 2,183 47.97 +2.85 4,551 96.75 −1.49 153 3.25 +1.49 15,718 4,704 29.93 −9.16 Free Trade Protectionist −2.85 Sir Edward Braddon (Free Trade) died. See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1904 elections in Australia Category:Tasmanian federal by-elections Category:1900s in Tasmania Category:February 1904 in Australia