1921_Maranoa_by-election Knowpia

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Maranoa on 30 July 1921. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP Jim Page.

The by-election was won by Country Party candidate James Hunter, giving the Country Party their first seat in Queensland.

Former Queensland Premier and Labor MP T. J. Ryan contracted pneumonia while campaigning for the Labor candidate William Dunstan, leading to Ryan's own death.^[1]

Results edit

Maranoa by-election, 1921^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Hunter	11,751	53.2	+5.9
	Labor	William Dunstan	10,329	46.8	-5.9
Total formal votes			22,080	99.6
Informal votes			89	0.4
Turnout			22,169	73.8
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.9

References edit

^ "Carr to Canberra - the Record of Premiers Who Have Gone Federal". ABC News. 2 March 2012.
^ "By-Elections 1919-1922". Psephos.

[1] "Carr to Canberra - the Record of Premiers Who Have Gone Federal". ABC News. 2 March 2012.

[Psephos-2] "By-Elections 1919-1922". Psephos.

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