1917 Grampians by-election

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Grampians on 27 October 1917. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist MP and former Speaker Carty Salmon.

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Edmund Jowett, who was also endorsed by the Victorian Farmers' Union and who would defect to them before the 1919 election.

Results

1917 Grampians by-election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edmund Jowett	11,232	54.80	−2.19
	Labor	David Russell	9,265	45.20	+2.19
Total formal votes			20,497	99.47	+1.36
Informal votes			109	0.53	−1.36
Registered electors			31,346
Turnout			20,606	65.74	−18.65
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−2.19

^ "By-Elections 1917-1919". Psephos.
^ Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Office. 1983.

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