1909 Wakefield by-election
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Foster | 8,120 | 54.5 | +54.5 | |
Labour | John Vaughan | 6,789 | 45.5 | +9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 14,909 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 89 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 14,998 | 48.7 | |||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | -9.3 |
gollark: You pass it functions. They get run parallel-ishly but with yielding supplied normal events and all that.
gollark: parallel.waitForAny/All.
gollark: Pulling events = yielding.
gollark: <@301092081827577866> No, they stop at yields, which many functions do.
gollark: If you use parallel, then it basically runs the functions you pass it, feeding both of them the events the computer provides.
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