A
by-election was held for the
Australian House of Representatives seat of
Ballaarat on 10 July 1920.
At the
1919 federal election,
Nationalist candidate
Edwin Kerby
Edwin Thomas John Kerby (12 April 1885 – 5 July 1971) was an Australian politician.
Early life
Born in Ballarat, Victoria, he attended Grenville College before becoming a mining engineer and electrical contractor.
Military service
He ser ...
had defeated the sitting
Labor MP,
Charles McGrath, by a single vote, the narrowest margin in Australian electoral history. McGrath challenged the result successfully on the grounds of electoral irregularities, triggering the by-election, at which McGrath was victorious.
Results
References
{{Aus by-elections 8th parl
1920 elections in Australia
Victorian federal by-elections
1920s in Victoria (Australia)