1909 Wakefield by-election

1909 Wakefield by-election

28 August 1909
The Wakefield seat in the House of Representatives
Registered	30,782
Turnout	14,998 (48.7%)
First party Second party   Candidate Richard Foster John Vaughan Party Liberal Labour Popular vote 8,120 6,789 Percentage 54.5% 45.5% Swing 54.5 9.3
MP before election Frederick Holder Independent Elected MP Richard Foster Commonwealth Liberal

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wakefield on 28 August 1909. This was triggered by the death of the Speaker of the House, Sir Frederick Holder.

The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Richard Foster.

Results

1909 Wakefield by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Foster	8,120	54.46	+54.46
	Labour	John Vaughan	6,789	45.54	+9.35
Total formal votes			14,909	99.41	+0.75
Informal votes			89	0.59	−0.75
Registered electors			30,782
Turnout			14,998	48.72	+7.01
	Liberal gain from Independent