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1914 Korong state by-election

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1914 Korong state by-election

← 1911 26 June 1914 Nov. 1914 →

Electoral district of Korong in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
LIB
LIB
Candidate Achilles Gray William Williams
Party Liberal Liberal
Popular vote 2,502 1,474
Percentage 62.9% 37.1%
Swing Increase 62.9 Increase 37.1

MP before election

Thomas Langdon
Liberal

Elected MP

Achilles Gray
Liberal

The 1914 Korong state by-election was held on 26 June 1914 to elect the next member for Korong in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent MP Thomas Langdon.

Langdon, a Liberal Party member, had been re-elected unopposed at the 1911 election. He died on 27 May 1914, aged 82.[1]

The by-election was won by Achilles Gray, with both candidates being Liberals. A state election was held just months later on 26 November 1914, which was again contested by Gray and unsuccessful candidate William Williams.[2]

Results

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1914 Korong state by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Achilles Gray 2,502 62.9 +62.9
Liberal William Williams 1,474 37.1 +37.1
Total formal votes 3,976 98.3 N/A
Informal votes 69 1.7 N/A
Turnout 4,045 59.9 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

References

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  1. ^ Thomas Langdon (1832–1914). Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  2. ^ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890–1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
  3. ^ "THE TWENTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.