List of Australian federal by-elections

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This is a list of by-elections for the Australian House of Representatives from its creation in 1901 until the present day.

By-election Year Incumbent Party Winner Party
Darling Downs 1901 William Groom Protectionist Littleton Groom Protectionist
Tasmania 1901 Frederick Piesse Free Trade William Hartnoll Free Trade
East Sydney 1903 George Reid Free Trade George Reid Free Trade
Wilmot 1904 Edward Braddon Free Trade Donald Cameron Free Trade
Melbourne 1904 Malcolm McEacharn Protectionist William Maloney Labor
Riverina 1904 Robert Blackwood Free Trade John Chanter Protectionist
Echuca 1907 Albert Palmer Anti-Socialist Albert Palmer Anti-Socialist
Adelaide 1908 Charles Kingston Protectionist Ernest Roberts Labor
Wakefield 1909 Frederick Holder Independent Richard Foster Cth Liberal
Kooyong 1910 William Knox Cth Liberal Robert Best Cth Liberal
Batman 1911 Henry Beard Labor Frank Brennan Labor
North Sydney 1911 George Edwards Cth Liberal Granville Ryrie Cth Liberal
Boothby 1911 Lee Batchelor Labor David Gordon Cth Liberal
Werriwa 1912 David Hall Labor Benjamin Bennett Labor
Kalgoorlie 1913 Charles Frazer Labor Hugh Mahon Labor
Adelaide 1914 Ernest Roberts Labor Edwin Yates Labor
Bendigo 1915 John Arthur Labor Alfred Hampson Labor
Grampians 1915 Edward Jolley Labor Charles Salmon Cth Liberal
Dalley 1915 Robert Howe Labor William Mahony Labor
Wide Bay 1915 Andrew Fisher Labor Edward Corser Cth Liberal
Darwin 1917 Charles Howroyd Nationalist William Spence Nationalist
Grampians 1917 Charles Salmon Nationalist Edmund Jowett Nationalist
Flinders 1918 William Irvine Nationalist Stanley Bruce Nationalist
Swan 1918 John Forrest Nationalist Edwin Corboy Labor
Corangamite 1918 Chester Manifold Nationalist William Gibson VFU
Echuca 1919 Albert Palmer Nationalist William Hill VFU
Ballaarat 1920 Edwin Kerby Nationalist Charles McGrath Labor
Kalgoorlie 1920 Hugh Mahon Labor George Foley Nationalist
Maranoa 1921 James Page Labor James Hunter Country
West Sydney 1921 T.J. Ryan Labor William Lambert Labor
Parramatta 1921 Joseph Cook Nationalist Herbert Pratten Nationalist
Yarra 1922 Frank Tudor Labor James Scullin Labor
Eden-Monaro 1926 Austin Chapman Nationalist John Perkins Nationalist
Dalley 1927 William Mahony Labor Ted Theodore Labor
Warringah 1927 Granville Ryrie Nationalist Archdale Parkhill Nationalist
Martin 1928 Herbert Pratten Nationalist Frederick Pratten Nationalist
Wide Bay 1928 Edward Corser Nationalist Bernard Corser Country
Balaclava 1929 William Watt Nationalist Thomas White Nationalist
Franklin 1929 William McWilliams Independent Charles Frost Labor
Parkes 1931 Edward McTiernan Labor Charles Marr Nationalist
East Sydney 1931 John West Labor Eddie Ward Labor
East Sydney 1932 John Clasby United Australia Eddie Ward Labor (NSW)
Flinders 1933 Stanley Bruce United Australia James Fairbairn United Australia
Newcastle 1935 David Watkins Labor David Watkins Labor
Fawkner 1935 George Maxwell United Australia Harold Holt United Australia
Kennedy 1936 David Riordan Labor William Riordan Labor
Darling Downs 1936 Littleton Groom United Australia Arthur Fadden Country
Gwydir 1937 Aubrey Abbott Country William Scully Labor
Wakefield 1938 Charles Hawker United Australia Sydney McHugh Labor
Griffith 1939 Frank Baker Labor William Conelan Labor
Wilmot 1939 Joseph Lyons United Australia Lancelot Spurr Labor
Corio 1940 Richard Casey United Australia John Dedman Labor
Kalgoorlie 1940 Albert Green Labor Victor Johnson Labor
Swan 1940 Henry Gregory Country Thomas Marwick Country
Boothby 1941 John Price United Australia Grenfell Price United Australia
Fremantle 1945 John Curtin Labor Kim Beazley Labor
Wimmera 1946 Alexander Wilson Independent Winton Turnbull Country
Henty 1946 Arthur Coles Independent Henry Gullett Liberal
Balaclava 1951 Thomas White Liberal Percy Joske Liberal
Macquarie 1951 Ben Chifley Labor Anthony Luchetti Labor
Lyne 1952 Jim Eggins Country Philip Lucock Country
Flinders 1952 Rupert Ryan Liberal Keith Ewert Labor
Werriwa 1952 Hubert Lazzarini Labor Gough Whitlam Labor
Bradfield 1952 Billy Hughes Liberal Henry Turner Liberal
Dalley 1953 Sol Rosevear Labor Arthur Greenup Labor
Corangamite 1953 Allan McDonald Liberal Daniel Mackinnon Liberal
Lang 1953 Daniel Mulcahy Labor Frank Stewart Labor
Gwydir 1953 Thomas Treloar Country Ian Allan Country
Cook 1955 Thomas Sheehan Labor James Cope Labor
Cunningham 1956 William Davies Labor Victor Kearney Labor
Barker 1956 Archie Cameron Liberal Jim Forbes Liberal
Wentworth 1956 Eric Harrison Liberal Leslie Bury Liberal
Richmond 1957 Larry Anthony Country Doug Anthony Country
Parramatta 1958 Howard Beale Liberal Garfield Barwick Liberal
Hunter 1960 H.V. Evatt Labor Bert James Labor
La Trobe 1960 Richard Casey Liberal John Jess Liberal
Balaclava 1960 Percy Joske Liberal Ray Whittorn Liberal
Bendigo 1960 Percy Clarey Labor Noel Beaton Labor
Calare 1960 John Howse Liberal John England Country
Higinbotham 1960 Frank Timson Liberal Don Chipp Liberal
Batman 1962 Alan Bird Labor Sam Benson Labor
Grey 1963 Edgar Russell Labor Jack Mortimer Labor
East Sydney 1963 Eddie Ward Labor Leonard Devine Labor
Denison 1964 Athol Townley Liberal Adrian Gibson Liberal
Angas 1964 Alexander Downer Liberal Geoffrey Giles Liberal
Parramatta 1964 Garfield Barwick Liberal Nigel Bowen Liberal
Robertson 1964 Roger Dean Liberal William Bridges-Maxwell Liberal
Riverina 1965 Hugh Roberton Country Adam Armstrong Country
Dawson 1966 George Shaw Liberal Rex Patterson Labor
Kooyong 1966 Robert Menzies Liberal Andrew Peacock Liberal
Corio 1967 Hubert Opperman Liberal Gordon Scholes Labor
Capricornia 1967 George Gray Labor Doug Everingham Labor
Higgins 1968 Harold Holt Liberal John Gorton Liberal
Curtin 1969 Paul Hasluck Liberal Victor Garland Liberal
Bendigo 1969 Noel Beaton Labor David Kennedy Labor
Gwydir 1969 Ian Allan Country Ralph Hunt Country
Australian Capital Territory 1970 Jim Fraser Labor Kep Enderby Labor
Chisholm 1970 Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Tony Staley Liberal
Murray 1971 John McEwen Country Bruce Lloyd Country
Parramatta 1973 Nigel Bowen Liberal Philip Ruddock Liberal
Bass 1975 Lance Barnard Labor Kevin Newman Liberal
Cunningham 1977 Rex Connor Labor Stewart West Labor
Werriwa 1978 Gough Whitlam Labor John Kerin Labor
Grayndler 1979 Frank Stewart Labor Leo McLeay Labor
Boothby 1981 John McLeay Liberal Steele Hall Liberal
Curtin 1981 Victor Garland Liberal Allan Rocher Liberal
McPherson 1981 Eric Robinson Liberal Peter White Liberal
Wentworth 1981 Robert Ellicott Liberal Peter Coleman Liberal
Lowe 1982 William McMahon Liberal Michael Maher Labor
Flinders 1982 Phillip Lynch Liberal Peter Reith Liberal
Wannon 1983 Malcolm Fraser Liberal David Hawker Liberal
Bruce 1983 Billy Snedden Liberal Ken Aldred Liberal
Moreton 1983 James Killen Liberal Donald Cameron Liberal
Corangamite 1984 Tony Street Liberal Stewart McArthur Liberal
Hughes 1984 Les Johnson Labor Robert Tickner Labor
Richmond 1984 Doug Anthony National Charles Blunt National
Scullin 1986 Harry Jenkins, Sr. Labor Harry Jenkins Labor
Adelaide 1988 Chris Hurford Labor Mike Pratt Liberal
Port Adelaide 1988 Mick Young Labor Rod Sawford Labor
Groom 1988 Tom McVeigh National Bill Taylor Liberal
Oxley 1988 Bill Hayden Labor Les Scott Labor
Gwydir 1989 Ralph Hunt National John Anderson National
Menzies 1991 Neil Brown Liberal Kevin Andrews Liberal
Wills 1992 Bob Hawke Labor Phil Cleary Independent
Werriwa 1994 John Kerin Labor Mark Latham Labor
Fremantle 1994 John Dawkins Labor Carmen Lawrence Labor
Bonython 1994 Neal Blewett Labor Martyn Evans Labor
Mackellar 1994 Jim Carlton Liberal Bronwyn Bishop Liberal
Warringah 1994 Michael MacKellar Liberal Tony Abbott Liberal
Kooyong 1994 Andrew Peacock Liberal Petro Georgiou Liberal
Canberra 1995 Ros Kelly Labor Brendan Smyth Liberal
Wentworth 1995 John Hewson Liberal Andrew Thomson Liberal
Blaxland 1996 Paul Keating Labor Michael Hatton Labor
Lindsay 1996 Jackie Kelly Liberal Jackie Kelly Liberal
Fraser 1997 John Langmore Labor Steve Dargavel Labor
Holt 1999 Gareth Evans Labor Anthony Byrne Labor
Isaacs 2000 Greg Wilton Labor Ann Corcoran Labor
Ryan 2001 John Moore Liberal Leonie Short Labor
Aston 2001 Peter Nugent Liberal Chris Pearce Liberal
Cunningham 2002 Stephen Martin Labor Michael Organ Green
Werriwa 2005 Mark Latham Labor Chris Hayes Labor

By-election	Year	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party
Darling Downs	1901	William Groom	Protectionist	Littleton Groom	Protectionist
Tasmania	1901	Frederick Piesse	Free Trade	William Hartnoll	Free Trade
East Sydney	1903	George Reid	Free Trade	George Reid	Free Trade
Wilmot	1904	Edward Braddon	Free Trade	Donald Cameron	Free Trade
Melbourne	1904	Malcolm McEacharn	Protectionist	William Maloney	Labor
Riverina	1904	Robert Blackwood	Free Trade	John Chanter	Protectionist
Echuca	1907	Albert Palmer	Anti-Socialist	Albert Palmer	Anti-Socialist
Adelaide	1908	Charles Kingston	Protectionist	Ernest Roberts	Labor
Wakefield	1909	Frederick Holder	Independent	Richard Foster	Cth Liberal
Kooyong	1910	William Knox	Cth Liberal	Robert Best	Cth Liberal
Batman	1911	Henry Beard	Labor	Frank Brennan	Labor
North Sydney	1911	George Edwards	Cth Liberal	Granville Ryrie	Cth Liberal
Boothby	1911	Lee Batchelor	Labor	David Gordon	Cth Liberal
Werriwa	1912	David Hall	Labor	Benjamin Bennett	Labor
Kalgoorlie	1913	Charles Frazer	Labor	Hugh Mahon	Labor
Adelaide	1914	Ernest Roberts	Labor	Edwin Yates	Labor
Bendigo	1915	John Arthur	Labor	Alfred Hampson	Labor
Grampians	1915	Edward Jolley	Labor	Charles Salmon	Cth Liberal
Dalley	1915	Robert Howe	Labor	William Mahony	Labor
Wide Bay	1915	Andrew Fisher	Labor	Edward Corser	Cth Liberal
Darwin	1917	Charles Howroyd	Nationalist	William Spence	Nationalist
Grampians	1917	Charles Salmon	Nationalist	Edmund Jowett	Nationalist
Flinders	1918	William Irvine	Nationalist	Stanley Bruce	Nationalist
Swan	1918	John Forrest	Nationalist	Edwin Corboy	Labor
Corangamite	1918	Chester Manifold	Nationalist	William Gibson	VFU
Echuca	1919	Albert Palmer	Nationalist	William Hill	VFU
Ballaarat	1920	Edwin Kerby	Nationalist	Charles McGrath	Labor
Kalgoorlie	1920	Hugh Mahon	Labor	George Foley	Nationalist
Maranoa	1921	James Page	Labor	James Hunter	Country
West Sydney	1921	T.J. Ryan	Labor	William Lambert	Labor
Parramatta	1921	Joseph Cook	Nationalist	Herbert Pratten	Nationalist
Yarra	1922	Frank Tudor	Labor	James Scullin	Labor
Eden-Monaro	1926	Austin Chapman	Nationalist	John Perkins	Nationalist
Dalley	1927	William Mahony	Labor	Ted Theodore	Labor
Warringah	1927	Granville Ryrie	Nationalist	Archdale Parkhill	Nationalist
Martin	1928	Herbert Pratten	Nationalist	Frederick Pratten	Nationalist
Wide Bay	1928	Edward Corser	Nationalist	Bernard Corser	Country
Balaclava	1929	William Watt	Nationalist	Thomas White	Nationalist
Franklin	1929	William McWilliams	Independent	Charles Frost	Labor
Parkes	1931	Edward McTiernan	Labor	Charles Marr	Nationalist
East Sydney	1931	John West	Labor	Eddie Ward	Labor
East Sydney	1932	John Clasby	United Australia	Eddie Ward	Labor (NSW)
Flinders	1933	Stanley Bruce	United Australia	James Fairbairn	United Australia
Newcastle	1935	David Watkins	Labor	David Watkins	Labor
Fawkner	1935	George Maxwell	United Australia	Harold Holt	United Australia
Kennedy	1936	David Riordan	Labor	William Riordan	Labor
Darling Downs	1936	Littleton Groom	United Australia	Arthur Fadden	Country
Gwydir	1937	Aubrey Abbott	Country	William Scully	Labor
Wakefield	1938	Charles Hawker	United Australia	Sydney McHugh	Labor
Griffith	1939	Frank Baker	Labor	William Conelan	Labor
Wilmot	1939	Joseph Lyons	United Australia	Lancelot Spurr	Labor
Corio	1940	Richard Casey	United Australia	John Dedman	Labor
Kalgoorlie	1940	Albert Green	Labor	Victor Johnson	Labor
Swan	1940	Henry Gregory	Country	Thomas Marwick	Country
Boothby	1941	John Price	United Australia	Grenfell Price	United Australia
Fremantle	1945	John Curtin	Labor	Kim Beazley	Labor
Wimmera	1946	Alexander Wilson	Independent	Winton Turnbull	Country
Henty	1946	Arthur Coles	Independent	Henry Gullett	Liberal
Balaclava	1951	Thomas White	Liberal	Percy Joske	Liberal
Macquarie	1951	Ben Chifley	Labor	Anthony Luchetti	Labor
Lyne	1952	Jim Eggins	Country	Philip Lucock	Country
Flinders	1952	Rupert Ryan	Liberal	Keith Ewert	Labor
Werriwa	1952	Hubert Lazzarini	Labor	Gough Whitlam	Labor
Bradfield	1952	Billy Hughes	Liberal	Henry Turner	Liberal
Dalley	1953	Sol Rosevear	Labor	Arthur Greenup	Labor
Corangamite	1953	Allan McDonald	Liberal	Daniel Mackinnon	Liberal
Lang	1953	Daniel Mulcahy	Labor	Frank Stewart	Labor
Gwydir	1953	Thomas Treloar	Country	Ian Allan	Country
Cook	1955	Thomas Sheehan	Labor	James Cope	Labor
Cunningham	1956	William Davies	Labor	Victor Kearney	Labor
Barker	1956	Archie Cameron	Liberal	Jim Forbes	Liberal
Wentworth	1956	Eric Harrison	Liberal	Leslie Bury	Liberal
Richmond	1957	Larry Anthony	Country	Doug Anthony	Country
Parramatta	1958	Howard Beale	Liberal	Garfield Barwick	Liberal
Hunter	1960	H.V. Evatt	Labor	Bert James	Labor
La Trobe	1960	Richard Casey	Liberal	John Jess	Liberal
Balaclava	1960	Percy Joske	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	Liberal
Bendigo	1960	Percy Clarey	Labor	Noel Beaton	Labor
Calare	1960	John Howse	Liberal	John England	Country
Higinbotham	1960	Frank Timson	Liberal	Don Chipp	Liberal
Batman	1962	Alan Bird	Labor	Sam Benson	Labor
Grey	1963	Edgar Russell	Labor	Jack Mortimer	Labor
East Sydney	1963	Eddie Ward	Labor	Leonard Devine	Labor
Denison	1964	Athol Townley	Liberal	Adrian Gibson	Liberal
Angas	1964	Alexander Downer	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles	Liberal
Parramatta	1964	Garfield Barwick	Liberal	Nigel Bowen	Liberal
Robertson	1964	Roger Dean	Liberal	William Bridges-Maxwell	Liberal
Riverina	1965	Hugh Roberton	Country	Adam Armstrong	Country
Dawson	1966	George Shaw	Liberal	Rex Patterson	Labor
Kooyong	1966	Robert Menzies	Liberal	Andrew Peacock	Liberal
Corio	1967	Hubert Opperman	Liberal	Gordon Scholes	Labor
Capricornia	1967	George Gray	Labor	Doug Everingham	Labor
Higgins	1968	Harold Holt	Liberal	John Gorton	Liberal
Curtin	1969	Paul Hasluck	Liberal	Victor Garland	Liberal
Bendigo	1969	Noel Beaton	Labor	David Kennedy	Labor
Gwydir	1969	Ian Allan	Country	Ralph Hunt	Country
Australian Capital Territory	1970	Jim Fraser	Labor	Kep Enderby	Labor
Chisholm	1970	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	Liberal	Tony Staley	Liberal
Murray	1971	John McEwen	Country	Bruce Lloyd	Country
Parramatta	1973	Nigel Bowen	Liberal	Philip Ruddock	Liberal
Bass	1975	Lance Barnard	Labor	Kevin Newman	Liberal
Cunningham	1977	Rex Connor	Labor	Stewart West	Labor
Werriwa	1978	Gough Whitlam	Labor	John Kerin	Labor
Grayndler	1979	Frank Stewart	Labor	Leo McLeay	Labor
Boothby	1981	John McLeay	Liberal	Steele Hall	Liberal
Curtin	1981	Victor Garland	Liberal	Allan Rocher	Liberal
McPherson	1981	Eric Robinson	Liberal	Peter White	Liberal
Wentworth	1981	Robert Ellicott	Liberal	Peter Coleman	Liberal
Lowe	1982	William McMahon	Liberal	Michael Maher	Labor
Flinders	1982	Phillip Lynch	Liberal	Peter Reith	Liberal
Wannon	1983	Malcolm Fraser	Liberal	David Hawker	Liberal
Bruce	1983	Billy Snedden	Liberal	Ken Aldred	Liberal
Moreton	1983	James Killen	Liberal	Donald Cameron	Liberal
Corangamite	1984	Tony Street	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	Liberal
Hughes	1984	Les Johnson	Labor	Robert Tickner	Labor
Richmond	1984	Doug Anthony	National	Charles Blunt	National
Scullin	1986	Harry Jenkins, Sr.	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Labor
Adelaide	1988	Chris Hurford	Labor	Mike Pratt	Liberal
Port Adelaide	1988	Mick Young	Labor	Rod Sawford	Labor
Groom	1988	Tom McVeigh	National	Bill Taylor	Liberal
Oxley	1988	Bill Hayden	Labor	Les Scott	Labor
Gwydir	1989	Ralph Hunt	National	John Anderson	National
Menzies	1991	Neil Brown	Liberal	Kevin Andrews	Liberal
Wills	1992	Bob Hawke	Labor	Phil Cleary	Independent
Werriwa	1994	John Kerin	Labor	Mark Latham	Labor
Fremantle	1994	John Dawkins	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	Labor
Bonython	1994	Neal Blewett	Labor	Martyn Evans	Labor
Mackellar	1994	Jim Carlton	Liberal	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal
Warringah	1994	Michael MacKellar	Liberal	Tony Abbott	Liberal
Kooyong	1994	Andrew Peacock	Liberal	Petro Georgiou	Liberal
Canberra	1995	Ros Kelly	Labor	Brendan Smyth	Liberal
Wentworth	1995	John Hewson	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	Liberal
Blaxland	1996	Paul Keating	Labor	Michael Hatton	Labor
Lindsay	1996	Jackie Kelly	Liberal	Jackie Kelly	Liberal
Fraser	1997	John Langmore	Labor	Steve Dargavel	Labor
Holt	1999	Gareth Evans	Labor	Anthony Byrne	Labor
Isaacs	2000	Greg Wilton	Labor	Ann Corcoran	Labor
Ryan	2001	John Moore	Liberal	Leonie Short	Labor
Aston	2001	Peter Nugent	Liberal	Chris Pearce	Liberal
Cunningham	2002	Stephen Martin	Labor	Michael Organ	Green
Werriwa	2005	Mark Latham	Labor	Chris Hayes	Labor

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