1960_La_Trobe_by-election Knowpia

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of La Trobe on 9 April 1960. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Richard Casey to take up a life peerage in the British House of Lords. A by-election for the seat of Hunter was held on the same day.

The by-election was won by Liberal candidate John Jess.

Results edit

La Trobe by-election, 1960^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Pritchard	23,387	43.7	+6.8
	Liberal	John Jess	22,880	42.8	−10.9
	Democratic Labor	John Martyr	6,834	12.8	+3.5
	Republican	John Murray	406	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			53,507	98.4
Informal votes			872	1.6
Turnout			54,379	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jess	28,999	54.2	−6.9
	Labor	Don Pritchard	24,508	45.8	+6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.9

^ "By-Elections 1958-1961". Psephos. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008.