COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SEVENTH PARLIAMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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BY-ELECTIONS
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GRAMPIANS, Vic
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Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell
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27 October 1917, following the death of Hon Dr Charles Salmon
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1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.0
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Enrolled voters:                         31,346        -02.0
Votes cast:                              20,606  65.7  -18.7
Informal votes:                             109  00.5  -01.4
Formal votes:                            20,497  99.5  +01.4
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Edmund JOWETT +                 Nat      11,232  54.8  -02.2
David Russell                   ALP       9,265  45.2  +02.2
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Total                                    20,497  04.8   02.2 to ALP
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Edmund Jowett (1858-1936): Elected 1917 By
Born: 6 January 1858, Bradford, England.
Career: Educated England. Migrated 1876. Large landowner and 
officeholder in primary producers' organisations. Grandfather of 
Hon David Fairbairn MP.
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