1912 Werriwa by-election

1912 Werriwa by-election

← 1910 1 June 1912 1913 →

The Werriwa seat in the House of Representatives
Registered28,565
Turnout21,709 (76.00%)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Benjamin Bennett Alfred Conroy
Party Labor Commonwealth Liberal
Popular vote 10,884 10,546
Percentage 50.79% 49.21%
Swing Decrease 3.83 Increase 3.83

MP before election

David Hall
Labor

Elected MP

Benjamin Bennett
Labor

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Werriwa on 1 June 1912. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP David Hall.

The by-election was won by Labor candidate Benjamin Bennett.