COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
TENTH PARLIAMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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BY-ELECTIONS 
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EDEN-MONARO, NSW
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South Coast NSW: Bega, Moss Vale, Nowra, Yass
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6 March 1926, following the death of Hon Sir Austin Chapman
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1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.6
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Enrolled voters:                         40,760        +01.2
Votes cast:                              35,189  86.3  -05.1
Informal votes:                             887  02.5  +00.8
Formal votes:                            34,302  97.5  -00.8
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Charles Morgan                  ALP      13,729  40.0  +04.6
John PERKINS +                  Nat      20,573  60.0  -04.6
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Total                                    34,302  10.0   04.6 to ALP
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For Morgan, see Reid 1940.
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John Arthur Perkins (1878-1954): Elected 1926 By
Born: 18 May 1878, Tumut, NSW.
Career: Educated Tumut. Farmer and bookseller, Cooma. Cooma Council.
State politics: NSW MLA for Goulburn 1921-26.
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