COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT
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BY-ELECTIONS
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FLINDERS, Vic
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South-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully,
Frankston
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11 November 1933, following the resignation of Rt Hon Stanley Bruce
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1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 18.3
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Enrolled voters:                         71,825        +01.4
Votes cast:                              64,098  89.2  -06.5
Informal votes:                           1,747  02.7  +00.6
Formal votes:                            62,351  97.3  -00.6
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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James FAIRBAIRN +               UAP      36,773  59.0  -09.3
Ralph Gibson                    CPA       3,124  05.0
Arthur Haywood                  ALP      22,454  36.0  +04.3
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Total                                    62,351  09.5 e 08.8 to ALP
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James Valentine Fairbairn (1897-1940): Elected 1933 By
Born: 28 July 1897, England.
Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School and Cambridge University.
Military Service 1916-19. Grazier, Queensland and Victoria. Banker.
Hampden Shire Council. Nephew of George Fairbairn, MP and Senator,
uncle of Hon David Fairbairn MP.
State politics: Vic MLA for Warrnambool 1932-33.
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