COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== ECHUCA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 September 1919, following the death of Albert Palmer -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,704 -02.0 Votes cast: 20,638 59.5 -23.8 Informal votes: 572 02.8 +00.9 Formal votes: 20,066 97.2 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HILL VFU 13,800 68.8 Edwin Purbrick 1,418 07.1 Frederick Purcell + Nat 4,848 24.2 -36.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,066 22.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Caldwell Hill (1866-1939): Elected 1919 By Born: 14 April 1866, Archdale, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Railwayman, station master. Wheat farmer, Chewton. Treasurer, Victorian Farmers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Because Hill had a majority, Purbrick's preferences were not distributed, making it necessary for the first time to estimate a two-candidate majority. This is shown by the symbol (e). --------------------------------------------------------------------