COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Berrigan, Deniliquin, Hay, Moama -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 May 1904, following the voiding of the election of Robert Blackwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,031 +04.8 Votes cast: 10,995 57.8 +08.9 Informal votes: 264 02.4 00.0 Formal votes: 10,731 97.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Blackwood FT 5,184 48.3 -01.7 Hon John CHANTER Prot 5,547 51.7 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,731 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 1.7% from Free Trade to Protectionist. 2. Blackwood was member for Riverina 1903-04 3. Chanter was member for Riverina 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Officer Blackwood (1861-1940): Elected 1903. Election void 1904. Defeated 1904by Later career: President Pastoralists Union, Royal Agricultural Society, Director BHP. Died 22 September 1940 > John Moore Chanter (1845-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904by --------------------------------------------------------------------