COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 February 1904, following the death of Rt Hon Sir Edward Braddon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,718 00.0 Votes cast: 4,704 29.9 -09.2 Informal votes: 153 03.3 +01.5 Formal votes: 4,551 96.7 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald CAMERON FT 2,368 52.0 -02.9 John Cheek Prot 2,183 48.0 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,551 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 2.9% from Free Trade to Protectionist. 2. Cameron was a member for Tasmania 1901-03. 3. Cheek was Tas MLC for Westmorland 1907-13, 1919-42. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Norman Cameron (1851-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904 By --------------------------------------------------------------------