1910 Kooyong by-election

April 2024 April 2022 1910 Kooyong by-election no 21,980 (57.3%) 1913 1913 Australian federal election 24 August 1910 1910 1910 Australian federal election Parliamentary The Kooyong seat in the House of Representatives 110px independent labour Leger Erson 1,363 6.3% 6.3 38,394 Robert Best 55.5% 38.2% Liberal Robert Best Liberal William Knox MP 5.5 8,214 110px independent commonwealth liberal Ind. Liberal 110px Alfred Lumsden 0.8 11,925 Australia Liberal Ind. Labour A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Kooyong on 24 August 1910. This was triggered by the resignation of Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP) MP William Knox. It is the first by-election to be triggered by the resignation of the sitting member who did not then re-contest the seat in the by-election. The election was won by CLP candidate Robert Best. Results 1910 Kooyong by-election By-Elections 1910-1913 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1910/1910repsby.txt Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82 1983 Australian Electoral Office Canberra Robert Best Commonwealth Liberal 11,926 55.46 −0.79 Alfred Lumsden Independent Commonwealth Liberal 8,214 38.20 −5.54 Leger Erson Independent Labour 1,363 6.34 +6.34 21,503 97.83 −1.24 477 2.17 +1.24 38,394 21,980 57.25 −13.81 Commonwealth Liberal −0.79 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1910 elections in Australia Category:Victorian federal by-elections Category:1910s in Victoria (state) Category:August 1910 in Australia