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1946 Wimmera by-election

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1946 Wimmera by-election

9 February 1946

	First party	Second party	Third party
		CPA	IND
Candidate	Winton Turnbull	Cliff Everett	James Stoddart
Party	Country	Country	Independent Country
Popular vote	15,284	6,724	6,361
Percentage	43.09%	18.96%	17.93%
Swing	43.09pp	18.96pp	17.93pp
TPP	58.99%	41.01%
TPP Swing	58.99pp	41.01pp

MP before election

Alexander Wilson (Australian politician)
Independent

Elected MP

Winton Turnbull
Country

A by-election was held in the Wimmera electorate in regional Victoria on 9 February 1946, following the resignation of independent MP Alexander Wilson.

Results

Wimmera by-election, 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Winton Turnbull	15,284	43.09	+43.09
	Country	Cliff Everett	6,724	18.96	+18.96
	Independent Country	James Stoddart	6,361	17.93	+17.93
	Independent Labor	John Somerville Smith	2,923	8.24	+8.24
	Independent	Arnold Eberle	2,042	5.71	+5.71
	Independent Labor	Fred Arlington-Burke	1,824	5.14	+5.14
	Independent	Louis Phillips	312	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			35,470	95.45	–2.41
Informal votes			1,692	4.55	+2.41
Turnout			37,162	82.89	–13.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Winton Turnbull	20,924	58.99	+58.99
	Country	Cliff Everett	14,546	41.01	+41.01
	Country gain from Independent Country		Swing	+16.24

References

"By-Elections 1943-1946". Psephos. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008.

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