1912 Werriwa by-election

1912 Werriwa by-election
1 June 1912
The Werriwa seat in the House of Representatives
Registered28,565
Turnout21,709 (76.00%)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Benjamin Bennett Alfred Conroy
Party Labor Commonwealth Liberal
Popular vote 10,884 10,546
Percentage 50.79% 49.21%
Swing 3.83 3.83
MP before election

David Hall
Labor

 Elected MP

Benjamin Bennett
Labor

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Werriwa on 1 June 1912. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP David Hall.

The by-election was won by Labor candidate Benjamin Bennett.

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