1917 Darwin by-election

1917 Darwin by-election

30 June 1917

First party Second party   ALP Candidate William Spence James Hurst Party Nationalist Labor First preference vote 6,665 5,225 Percentage 56.06% 43.94% Swing 2.73pp 2.73pp

MP before election Charles Howroyd Nationalist Elected MP Nationalist

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Darwin on 30 June 1917. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist MP Charles Howroyd.

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate William Spence, who had been defeated in his own seat of Darling at the 1917 election.