COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SECOND PARLIAMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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BY-ELECTIONS
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MELBOURNE, Vic 
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Inner Melbourne: Bourke, East Melbourne, Lonsdale, West Melbourne
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30 March 1904, following the voiding of the election of Sir Malcolm 
McEacharn
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1903 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 00.2
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Enrolled voters:                        unknown
Votes cast:                              16,700
Informal votes:                             225  01.3  -00.1
Formal votes:                            16,475  98.7  +00.1
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Sir Malcolm McEacharn           Prot      7,808  47.4  -02.8
Dr William MALONEY              Lab       8,667  52.6  +02.8
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Total                                    16,475  02.6   02.8 to Lab
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McEacharn was member for Melbourne 1901-03.
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William Robert Nuttal Maloney (1854-1940): Elected 1904 By 
Born: 12 April 1854, Melbourne.
Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne and English medical 
school. Doctor, Melbourne from 1888. Social worker and reform 
agitator.
Colonial/State politics: Vic MLA for West Melbourne 1889-1903.
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