词条 | 1944 Lowan state by-election |
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A by-election for the seat of Lowan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday 4 November 1944. The election was triggered by the notification of the death of Country Party member Hamilton Lamb on 7 December 1943. Lamb was a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway at the time of the June 1943 state election, and he had been re-elected as MLA for Lowan unopposed in his absence. He died on 7 December, but official notification of his death in Thailand was not received in Australia until 1 September 1944, nearly nine months later. CandidatesThere were three candidates for the Lowan by-election following the close of nominations on 18 October 1944.[1] They were:
Results{{Election box begin ||title=Lowan state by-election, 1944[2] }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |party = Labor VIC |candidate = John Tripovich |votes = 4,201 |percentage = 42.07 |change = n/a }}{{Election box candidate AU party | |party = Country VIC |party_name = United Country Party (Australia) |candidate = Wilfred Mibus |votes = 4,000 |percentage = 40.06 |change = n/a }}{{Election box candidate | |party = Unendorsed Country |candidate = William Armstrong |votes = 1,785 |percentage = 17.88 |change = n/a }}{{Election box formal| |votes = 9,986 |percentage = n/a |change = n/a }}{{Election box 2pp}}{{Election box candidate AU party| |party = Country VIC |candidate = Wilfred Mibus |votes = 5,223 |percentage = 52.30 |change = n/a }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |party = Labor VIC |candidate = John Tripovich |votes = 4,763 |percentage = 47.70 |change = n/a }}{{Election box hold AU party |winner = Country VIC |swing = N/A }}{{Election box end}} References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11366240 |title=THREE LOWAN CANDIDATES. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=19 October 1944 |accessdate=30 April 2012 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72717135 |title=FINAL LOWAN FIGURES. |newspaper=The Horsham Times |location=Vic. |date=14 November 1944 |accessdate=30 April 2012 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3 : 1944 elections in Australia|Victorian state by-elections|20th century in Victoria (Australia) |
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