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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Kennedy on 12 December 1936. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP Darby Riordan.
The by-election was won by the Labor candidate, Riordan's nephew Bill.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Riordan | 19,111 | 47.4 | -12.3 | |
Independent Labor | Jim Boyd | 13,223 | 32.8 | +32.8 | |
Communist | Jim Slater | 4,459 | 11.1 | +6.4 | |
Social Credit | James Killoran | 3,565 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Total formal votes | 40,358 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,581 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 41,939 | 81.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Riordan | 23,188 | 57.5 | -6.4 | |
Independent Labor | Jim Boyd | 17,170 | 42.5 | +42.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -6.4 |