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1941 Boothby by-election

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1941 Boothby by-election

24 May 1941
  First party Second party
 
ALP
Candidate Grenfell Price Tom Lawton
Party United Australia Labor
Popular vote 36,624 28,041
Percentage 56.6% 43.4%
Swing Decrease0.8pp Increase15.4pp

MP before election

John Price
United Australia

Elected MP

Grenfell Price
United Australia

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Boothby on 24 May 1941. This was triggered by the death of United Australia Party (UAP) MP John Price.

The by-election was won by UAP candidate Grenfell Price, who was not related to his predecessor.

Results

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Boothby by-election, 1941[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Grenfell Price 36,624 56.6 -0.8
Labor Tom Lawton 28,041 43.4 +15.4
Total formal votes 64,665 97.9
Informal votes 1,378 2.1
Turnout 66,043 90.6
United Australia hold Swing -8.6

References

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  1. ^ "By-Elections 1940-1943". Psephos. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008.