COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SIXTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 December 1915, following the resignation of Rt Hon Andrew Fisher -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: ALP over Independent 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,355 +00.5 Votes cast: 28,170 82.0 -02.0 Informal votes: 202 00.7 -00.9 Formal votes: 27,968 99.3 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER Lib 14,027 50.2 Andrew Thompson ALP 13,941 49.8 -14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,968 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson was Qld MLA for Wide Bay 1918-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By Born: 1852, Birmingham, England. Career: Educated Worcester. Migrated 1864. Sugar worker, bank officer, Maryborough. Businessman, Maryborough. Father of Bernard Corser MP. State politics: Qld MLA for Maryborough 1909-15. --------------------------------------------------------------------