1960 La Trobe by-election
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
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 |
References
- ^ "By-Elections 1958-1961". Psephos. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008.
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