COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRD PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Independent over Labour 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 August 1909, following the death of Hon Sir Frederick Holder -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,782 +11.8 Votes cast: 14,998 48.7 +07.0 Informal votes: 89 00.6 -04.3 Formal votes: 14,909 99.4 +04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER Lib 8,120 54.5 John Vaughan ALP 6,789 45.5 +09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,909 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaughan was SA MLC for Central 1912-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By Born: 20 August 1856, Yorkshire, England. Career: Educated Prospect House, Yorkshire. Migrated 1879. Studied for ministry. Shopkeeper, Quorn. Later landowner. Quorn Council. Colonial/State politics: SA MHA for Newcastle 1893-1902, Flinders 1902-06. Commissioner for Public Works 1899, 1904, 1905, Minister for Industry 1902, Minister for Agriculture 1905. --------------------------------------------------------------------