1945 Fremantle by-election

1945 Fremantle by-election
18 August 1945
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Kim Beazley Donald Cleland
Party Labor Liberal
Popular vote 34,009 19,880
Percentage 57.33% 33.51%
Swing 9.57pp 0.41pp
MP before election

John Curtin
Labor

 Elected MP

Kim Beazley
Labor

The 1945 Fremantle by-election was held in the Australian federal electorate of Fremantle in Western Australia on 18 August 1945. The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting member, Prime Minister John Curtin, on 5 July 1945.

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