by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

was held for the

Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of the ...

seat of Gwydir on 19 December 1953. This was triggered by the death of Country Party MP Thomas Treloar. The by-election was won by Country Party candidate Ian Allan.

Results

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{{Aus by-elections 20th parl 1953 elections in Australia New South Wales federal by-elections