1918 Corangamite by-election

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In October, the

Results

Corangamite by-election, 1918^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	10,630	42.5	+2.9
	Victorian Farmers	William Gibson	6,604	26.4	+26.4
	Nationalist	George Knox	5,737	22.9	-37.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Russell Coldham	1,174	4.7	+4.7
	Returned Soldiers	Thomas Leaper	895	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			25,040	98.0
Informal votes			516	2.0
Turnout			25,553	73.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Victorian Farmers	William Gibson	14,096	56.3	+56.3
	Labor	James Scullin	10,944	43.7	+4.1
	Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist		Swing	-4.1

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