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1935 Fawkner by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1935 Fawkner by-election
country	Australia
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1934 Australian federal election
previous_year	1934
election_date	17 August 1935
next_election	1937 Australian federal election
next_year	1937
turnout	41,973 (87.4%)
seats_for_election	The Fawkner seat in the House of Representatives
candidate1	Harold Holt
image1	[[File:Harold_Holt_1930s.png	x150px]]
party1	United Australia Party
popular_vote1	24,594
percentage1	59.9%
swing1	6.6
candidate2	Don Cameron
image2	[[File:Senator Donald James Cameron 1938 (cropped).jpg	100px]]
party2	Australian Labor Party
popular_vote2	16,433
percentage2	40.1%
swing2	12.4
title	MP
before_election	George Maxwell
before_party	United Australia Party
after_election	Harold Holt
after_party	United Australia Party

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Fawkner on 17 August 1935. This was triggered by the death of United Australia Party (UAP) MP George Maxwell.

The by-election was won by UAP candidate and future Prime Minister Harold Holt.

Results

References

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