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House of Representatives By-Elections Since 1901

A by-election is held when a member of the House of Representatives resigns or dies in office.

House of Representatives By-Elections Since 1901
No. Division State Date Member Elected Party Previous Member Party
1
 Darling Downs Qld 14-9-1901 Littleton Ernest Groom Prot William Henry Groom Prot
2
 Tasmania
(At Large)		 Tas 26-3-1902 William Hartnoll FT Frederick William Piesse FT
3
 East Sydney NSW 4-9-1903 George Houston Reid FT George Houston Reid FT
4
 Wilmot Tas 26-2-1904 Donald Norman Cameron FT Sir Edward Braddon FT
5
 Melbourne Vic 30-3-1904 William Robert Maloney ALP Sir Malcolm McEacharn Prot
6
 Riverina NSW 18-5-1904 John Moore Chanter Prot Robert Officer Blackwood FT
7
 Echuca Vic 10-7-1907 Albert Clayton Palmer Prot Albert Clayton Palmer Prot
8
 Adelaide SA 13-6-1908 Ernest Alfred Roberts ALP Charles Cameron Kingston Prot
9
 Wakefield SA 28-8-1909 Richard Witty Foster Anti-Soc Sir Frederick William Holder Anti-Soc
10
 Kooyong Vic 24-8-1910 Sir Robert Best LP William Knox LP
11
 Batman Vic 8-2-1911 Frank Brennan ALP Henry Elisha Beard ALP
12
 North Sydney NSW 11-3-1911 Granville de Laune Ryrie LP George Bertrand Edwards LP
13
 Boothby SA 11-11-1911 David John Gordon LP Egerton Lee Batchelor ALP
14
 Werriwa NSW 1-6-1912 Benjamin Holland Bennett ALP David Robert Hall ALP
15
 Kalgoorlie WA 22-12-1913 Hugh Mahon (unopposed) ALP Charles Edward Frazer ALP
16
 Adelaide SA 10-1-1914 George Edwin Yates ALP Ernest Alfred Roberts ALP
17
 Bendigo Vic 6-2-1915 Alfred John Hampson ALP John Andrew Arthur ALP
18
 Grampians Vic 27-10-1915 Charles Carty Salmon LP Edward Francis George Jolley ALP
19
 Dalley NSW 15-5-1915 William George Mahony ALP Robert Howe ALP
20
 Wide Bay Qld 11-12-1915 Ernest Bernard Corser LP Andrew Fisher ALP
21
 Darwin Tas 30-6-1917 William Guthrie Spence Nat. Charles Richard Howroyd Nat.
22
 Grampians Vic 27-10-1917 Edmund Jowett Nat. Charles Carty Salmon LP
23
 Flinders Vic 11-5-1918 Stanley Melbourne Bruce Nat. Sir William Hill Irvine Nat.
24
 Swan WA 26-10-1918 Edwin Wilkie Corboy ALP Sir John Forrest Nat.
25
 Corangamite Vic 14-12-1918 William Gerrand Gibson FU James Chester Manifold Nat.
26
 Echuca Vic 20-9-1919 William Caldwell Hill VFU Albert Clayton Palmer Nat.
27
 Ballarat Vic 10-7-1920 David Charles McGrath ALP Edwin Thomas John Kerby Nat.
28
 Kalgoorlie WA 18-12-1920 George James Foley Nat. Hugh Mahon (expelled) ALP
29
 Maranoa Qld 30-7-1921 James Aitchison Johnston Hunter CP James Page ALP
30
 West Sydney NSW 3-9-1921 William Henry Lambert ALP Thomas Joseph Ryan ALP
31
 Parramatta NSW 10-12-1921 Herbert Edward Pratten Nat. Sir Joseph Cook Nat.
32
 Yarra Vic 18-2-1922 James Henry Scullin ALP Frank Gwynne Tudor ALP
33
 Eden-Monaro NSW 6-3-1926 John Arthur Perkins Nat. Sir Austin Chapman Nat.
34
 Dalley NSW 26-2-1927 Edward Granville Theodore ALP William George Mahony ALP
35
 Warringah NSW 21-5-1927 Robert Archdale Parkhill Nat. Sir Granville de Laune Ryrie Nat.
36
 Martin 16-6-1928 Frederick Graham Pratten Nat. Herbert Edward Pratten Nat.
37
 Wide Bay Qld 22-9-1928 Bernard Henry Corser (unopposed) CP Edward Bernard Cresset Corser Nat.
38
 Balaclava Vic 3-8-1929 Thomas Walter White Nat. William Alexander Watt Nat.
39
 Franklin Tas 14-12-1929 Charles William Frost ALP William James McWilliam Ind.
40
 Parkes NSW 31-1-1931 Charles William Clanen Marr Nat. Edward Aloysius McTiernan ALP
41
 East Sydney NSW 7-3-1931 Edward John Ward ALP John Edward West ALP
42
 East Sydney NSW 6-2-1932 Edward John Ward Lang Labor John Joseph Clasby (died before taking his seat) ALP
43
 Flinders Vic 11-11-1933 James Valentine Fairbairn UAP Stanley Melbourne Bruce UAP
44
 Newcastle NSW 1-6-1935 David Oliver Watkins FLP David Watkins FLP
45
 Fawkner Vic 17-8-1935 Harold Edward Holt UAP George Arnot Maxwell UAP
46
 Kennedy Qld 12-12-1936 William James Frederick Riordan FLP David Riordan FLP
47
 Darling Downs Qld 19-12-1936 Arthur William Fadden CP Sir Littleton Ernest Groom UAP
48
 Gwydir SA 8-5-1937 William James Scully ALP Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott CP
49
 Wakefield SA 10-12-1938 Sydney McHugh ALP Charles Allan Seymour Hawker UAP
50
 Griffith Qld 20-5-1939 William Patrick Conelan ALP Francis Matthew John Baker FLP
51
 Wilmot Tas 27-5-1939 Lancelot Thomas Spurr ALP Joseph Aloysius Lyons UAP
52
 Corio Vic 2-3-1940 John Johnstone Dedman ALP Richard Gardiner Casey UAP
53
 Kalgoorlie WA 16-11-1940 Herbert Victor Johnson ALP Albert Ernest Green ALP
54
 Swan WA 21-12-1940 Thomas William Marwick CP Henry Gregory CP
55
 Boothby SA 24-5-1941 Archibald Grenfell Price UAP John Lloyd Price UAP
56
 Fremantle WA 18-8-1945 Kim Edward Beazley ALP John Curtin ALP
57
 Wimmera Vic 9-2-1946 Winton George Turnbull CP Alexander Wilson CP
58
 Henty Vic 30-3-1946 Henry Baynton Gullett LP Arthur William Coles Ind.
59
 Balaclava Vic 28-7-1951 Percy Ernest Joske LP Thomas Walter White LP
60
 Macquarie NSW 28-7-1951 Anthony Sylvester Luchetti ALP Joseph Benedict Chifley ALP
61
 Lyne NSW 22-3-1952 Philip Ernest Lucock CP Eldred James Eggins CP
62
 Flinders Vic 18-10-1952 Keith Walter Wilson Ewert ALP Rupert Sumner Ryan ALP
63
 Werriwa NSW 29-11-1952 Edward Gough Whitlam ALP Hubert Peter Lazzarini ALP
64
 Bradfield NSW 20-12-1952 Henry Basil Turner LP William Morris Hughes LP
65
 Dalley NSW 9-5-1953 Arthur Edward Greenup ALP John Solomon Rosevear ALP
66
 Corangamite Vic 29-8-1953 Ewen Daniel MacKinnon LP Allan McKenzie McDonald LP
67
 Lang NSW 29-8-1953 Francis Eugene Stewart ALP Daniel Mulcahy ALP
68
 Gwydir SA 19-12-1953 Archibald Ian Allan CP Thomas John Treloar CP
69
 Cook NSW 21-5-1955 James Francis Cope ALP Thomas Sheehan ALP
70
 Cunningham NSW 11-4-1956 Victor Dennis Kearney ALP William Davies ALP
71
 Barker SA 13-10-1956 Alexander James Forbes LP Archie Galbraith Cameron LP
72
 Wentworth NSW 8-12-1956 Leslie Harry Ernest Bury LP Sir Eric John Harrison LP
73
 Richmond NSW 14-9-1957 John Douglas Anthony CP Hubert Lawrence Anthony CP
74
 Parramatta NSW 8-3-1958 Sir Garfield Edward John Barwick LP Oliver Howard Beale LP
75
 Hunter NSW 9-4-1960 Albert William James ALP Herbert Vere Evatt ALP
76
 La Trobe Vic 9-4-1960 John David Jess LP Richard Gardiner Casey LP
77
 Balaclava Vic 16-7-1960 Raymond Harold Whittorn LP Percy Ernest Joske LP
78
 Bendigo Vic 16-7-1960 Noel Lawrence Beaton ALP Percy James Clarey ALP
79
 Calare NSW 5-11-1960 John Armstrong England CP John Brooke Howse LP
80
 Higinbotham Vic 10-12-1960 Donald Leslie Chipp LP Thomas Frank Timson LP
81
 Batman Vic 1-9-1962 Samuel James Benson ALP Alan Charles Bird ALP
82
 Grey SA 1-6-1963 Jack Mortimer ALP Edgar Hughes Deg Russell ALP
83
 East Sydney NSW 28-9-1963 Leonard Thomas Devine ALP Edward John Ward ALP
84
 Denison Tas 15-2-1964 Adrian Gibson LP Athol Gordon Townley LP
85
 Angas 20-6-1964 Geoffrey O’Halloran Giles LP Alexander Russell John Downer LP
86
 Parramatta NSW 20-6-1964 Nigel Hubert Bowen LP Sir Garfield Edward Barwick LP
87
 Robertson NSW 5-12-1964 Crawford William Bridges-Maxwell LP Roger Levinge Dean LP
88
 Riverina NSW 27-2-1965 Adam Alexander Armstrong CP Hugh Stevenson Roberton CP
89
 Dawson Qld 26-2-1966 Rex Alan Patterson ALP George William Shaw CP
90
 Kooyong Vic 2-4-1966 Andrew Sharp Peacock LP Sir Robert Gordon Menzies LP
91
 Corio Vic 22-7-1967 Gordon Glen Denton Scholes ALP Hubert Ferdinand Opperman LP
92
 Capricornia Qld 30-9-1967 Douglas Nixon Everingham ALP George Henry Gray ALP
93
 Higgins Vic 24-2-1968 John Grey Gorton LP Harold Edward Holt LP
94
 Curtin WA 19-4-1969 Ransley Victor Garland LP Paul Meerna Caedwalla Hasluck LP
95
 Bendigo Vic 7-6-1969 Andrew David Kennedy ALP Noel Lawrence Beaton ALP
96
 Gwydir NSW 7-6-1969 Ralph James Dunnet Hunt CP Archibald Ian Allan CP
97
 Aust. Capital
Territory		 ACT 30-5-1970 Keppel Earl Enderby ALP James Reay Fraser ALP
98
 Chisholm Vic 19-9-1970 Anthony Allan Staley LP Sir Wilfred Selwyn Kent Hughes LP
99
 Murray Vic 20-3-1971 Bruce Lloyd CP Sir John McEwen CP
100
 Parramatta NSW 22-9-1973 Philip Maxwell Ruddock LP Nigel Hubert Bowen LP
101
 Bass Tas 28-6-1975 Kevin Eugene Newman LP Lance Herbert Barnard ALP
102
 Cunningham NSW 15-10-1977 Stewart John West ALP Reginald Francis Xavier Connor ALP
103
 Werriwa NSW 23-9-1978 John Charles Kerin ALP Edward Gough Whitlam ALP
104
 Grayndler NSW 23-6-1979 Leo Boyce McLeay ALP Francis Eugene Stewart ALP
105
 Boothby SA 21-2-1981 Steele Hall LP John Elden McLeay LP
106
 Curtin WA 21-2-1981 Allan Charles Rocher LP Ransley Victor Garland LP
107
 McPherson Qld 21-2-1981 Peter Nicholson Duckett Whitre LP Eric Laidlaw Robinson LP
108
 Wentworth NSW 11-4-1981 William Peter Coleman LP Robert James Ellicott LP
109
 Lowe NSW 13-3-1982 Michael John Maher ALP Sir William McMahon LP
110
 Flinders Vic 4-12-1982 Peter Keaston Reith
did not take seat		 LP Sir Phillip Reginald Lynch LP
111
 Wannon Vic 7-5-1983 David Peter Hawker LP John Malcolm Fraser LP
112
 Bruce Vic 28-5-1983 Kenneth James Aldred LP Sir Billy Mackie Snedden LP
113
 Moreton Qld 5-11-1983 Donald Milner Cameron LP Sir Denis James Killen LP
114
 Corangamite Vic 18-2-1984 Fergus Stewart McArthur LP Anthony Austin Street LP
115
 Hughes NSW 18-2-1984 Robert Edward Tickner ALP Leslie Royston Johnson ALP
116
 Richmond NSW 18-2-1984 Charles William Blunt NP John Douglas Anthony NP
117
 Scullin Vic 8-2-1986 Henry Alfred Jenkins ALP Dr. Henry Alfred Jenkins ALP
118
 Adelaide SA 6-2-1988 Michael Philip Pratt LP Christopher John Hurford ALP
119
 Port Adelaide SA 26-3-1988 Rodney Weston Sawford ALP Michael Jerome Young ALP
120
 Groom Qld 9-4-1988 William Leonard Taylor LP Daniel Thomas McVeigh NP
121
 Oxley Qld 8-10-1988 Leslie James Scott ALP William George Hayden ALP
122
 Gwydir NSW 15-4-1989 John Duncan Anderson NP Ralph James Dunnet Hunt NP
123
 Menzies Vic 11-5-1991 Kevin James Andrews LP Neil Anthony Brown LP
124
 Wills Vic 11-4-1992 Philip Ronald Cleary
disqualified 25-11-92		 Ind. Robert James Lee Hawke ALP
125
 Werriwa NSW 29-1-1994 Mark William Latham ALP John Charles Kerin ALP
126
 Fremantle WA 12-3-1994 Carmen Mary Lawrence ALP John Sydney Dawkins ALP
127
 Bonython SA 19-3-1994 Martyn John Evans ALP Neil Blewett ALP
128
 Mackellar NSW 26-3-1994 Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop LP James Joseph Carlton LP
129
 Warringah NSW 26-3-94 Anthony John Abbott LP Michael John Randal Mackellar LP
130
 Kooyong Vic 19-11-1994 Petro Georgiou LP Andrew Sharp Peacock LP
131
 Canberra ACT 25-3-1995 Brendan Smyth LP Roslyn Joan Kelly ALP
132
 Wentworth NSW 8-4-1995 Andrew Peter Thomson LP John Robert Hewson LP
133
 Blaxland NSW 15-6-1996 Michael John Hatton ALP Paul John Keating ALP
134
 Lindsay NSW 19-10-1996 Jackie Marie Kelly LP Jackie Marie Kelly LP
135
 Fraser ACT 1-2-1997 Steven John Dargavel ALP John Langmore ALP
136
 Holt Vic 6-11-1999 Anthony Byrne ALP Gareth Evans ALP
137
 Isaacs Vic 12-8-2000 Ann Corcoran ALP Greg Wilton ALP
138
 Ryan Qld 17-3-2001 Leonie Short ALP John Moore LP
139
 Aston Vic 14-7-2001 Chris Pearce LP Peter Nugent LP
140
 Cunningham NSW 19-10-2002 Michael Organ Greens Stephen Martin ALP
141
 Werriwa NSW 19-03-2005 Chris Hayes ALP Mark Latham ALP
142
 Gippsland Vic 28-06-2008 Darren Chester Nat Peter McGauran Nat
143
 Lyne NSW 06-09-2008 Rob Oakeshott Ind Mark Vaile Nat
144
 Mayo SA 06-09-2008 Jamie Briggs LP Alexander Downer LP
145
 Higgins Vic 05-12-2009 Kelly O’Dwyer LP Peter Costello LP
146
 Bradfield NSW 05-12-2009 Paul Fletcher LP Brendan Nelson LP
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