1901 Melbourne state by-election

1901 Melbourne state by-election
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Electoral district of Melbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
ALP
Candidate James Boyd Daniel Carter
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote 1,974 483
Percentage 80.3% 19.7
Swing Increase 53.3 Decrease 12.4
MP before election

Edward Findley
Labour

Elected MP

James Boyd
Conservative

The 1901 Melbourne state by-election was held on 16 July 1901 to elect the next member for Melbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the expulsion of incumbent MP Edward Findley.

Findley, a Labour member, had been expelled from parliament for seditious libel a month prior on 25 June because, as editor of the Toscin, he was held responsible for republishing an article from the Dublin Irish People which was critical of King Edward VII. He chose to contest the Melbourne East by-election, held on the same day as the Melbourne by-election, but was unsuccessful.[1]

The by-election was won by Conservative candidate James Boyd, who had a swing towards him of more than 50% compared to his previous result in 1900.[2]

  1. ^ Marshall, Tony (1981). "Findley, Edward (1864 - 1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference carr1900 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).