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for the seat of Dalhousie in the

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was held on Thursday 31 January 1924. The by-election was triggered by the death of

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member Allan Cameron on 28 December 1923. The Dalhousie by-election was the first to be held under the provisions of the Amending Electoral Act passed by the Victorian Parliament in December 1923, after a perceived abuse of electoral laws during the Daylesford by-election in August. Among other clauses, the new legislation required "authorised witnesses" to confirm the identity of electors applying for a

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Candidates

Four nominations were received by noon on 18 January 1924. The candidates were

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, a farmer and grazier from Woodend, for the Labor Party; Angus Stewart McNab, a farmer and grazier from Willowmavin, for the Nationalist Party; Gerald James McKenna, a farmer from Kyneton, for the Country Party; and John James McCarthy, a grazier from Kyneton, an independent candidate.

Results

References

{{reflist 1924 elections in Australia Victorian state by-elections 1920s in Victoria (Australia)