Election Name: | 1907 Echuca by-election |
Country: | Australia |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1906 Australian federal election |
Previous Year: | 1906 |
Election Date: | 10 July 1907 |
Next Election: | 1910 Australian federal election |
Next Year: | 1910 |
Turnout: | 22,329 (71.5%) |
Registered: | 31,183 |
Seats For Election: | The Echuca seat in the House of Representatives |
Candidate1: | Albert Palmer |
Image1: | Albert Palmer.jpg |
Party1: | Anti-Socialist Party |
Popular Vote1: | 11,618 |
Percentage1: | 52.6% |
Swing1: | 2.5 |
Candidate2: | Thomas Kennedy |
Party2: | Protectionist Party |
Popular Vote2: | 10,481 |
Percentage2: | 47.4% |
Swing2: | 2.5 |
MP | |
Before Election: | Albert Palmer |
Before Party: | Anti-Socialist Party |
After Election: | Albert Palmer |
After Party: | Anti-Socialist Party |
A 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.[1] This election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns.[2]
Palmer was re-elected at the by-election with an increased majority.