COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA EIGHTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Mt Pleasant, Creswick, Soldiers Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 July 1920, following the voiding of the election of Edwin Kerby -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,209 +15.3 Votes cast: 29,314 76.7 -05.8 Informal votes: 214 00.7 00.0 Formal votes: 29,100 99.3 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Callow 186 00.6 Edwin Kerby + Nat 11,443 39.3 -10.7 Charles McGRATH ALP 15,058 51.7 +01.7 John Troup 2,413 08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,100 06.1 e 06.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kerby was member for Ballaarat 1919-20. 2. McGrath was member for Ballaarat 1913-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Charles McGrath (1873-1934): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1920 By --------------------------------------------------------------------