COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FOURTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Glenferrie, Kew, Malvern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 August 1910, following the resignation of Hon William Knox -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 majority: Liberal over Independent 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,394 +00.8 Votes cast: 21,755 56.7 -14.4 Informal votes: 253 01.2 +00.3 Formal votes: 21,502 98.8 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Robert BEST + Lib 11,925 55.5 -00.8 Edward Erson 1,363 06.3 Alfred Lumsden 8,214 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,502 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Erson was an independent Labor candidate. 2. Lumsden was an independent Liberal candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Wallace Best (1856-1946): Elected 1910 By Born: 18 June 1856, Melbourne Career: Educated Templeton's School, Melbourne. Solicitor 1881. Fitzroy Council, Mayor 1888. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Fitzroy 1889-1901. President of the Board of Land and Works 1894-99, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey 1894-99, Commissioner of Trade and Customs 1894-99. Knighted 1908. Senate: Senator for Victoria 1901-10. --------------------------------------------------------------------