COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FIRST PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== SouthEast Queensland: Dalby, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 September 1901, following the death of Hon William Groom -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: W H Groom over another independent protectionist 28.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: unknown Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: unknown Formal votes: 7,219 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua Bell 2,687 37.2 Littleton GROOM 4,532 62.8 -15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,219 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bell was Qld MLA for Dalby 1893-1911. 2. Groom campaigned as a supporter of the Barton ministry and joined the Protectionists upon election. His vote is compared with that of W H Groom at the 1901 elections. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By Born: 22 April 1867, Toowoomba, Queensland. Career: Educated Toowoomba Grammar School, University of Melbourne. Lawyer, Crown Prosecutor, Acting Judge. Son of Hon William Groom MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------