1945 Prahran state by-election

1945 Prahran state by-election
18 August 1945
Electoral district of Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Registered32,442
Turnout74.6% ( 8.7)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Bill Quirk Frank Collins Leslie Sampson
Party Labor Liberal Communist
Primary vote 11,143 9,078 1,896
Percentage 47.3% 38.5% 8.0%
Swing 9.2 10.6 4.6
After preferences 50.1% 41.3% 8.7%
MP before election

John Ellis
Liberal

 Elected MP

Bill Quirk
Labor

The 1945 Prahran state by-election was held on 18 August 1945 to elect the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of Liberal Party MP John Ellis. It was held on the same day as a New South Wales state by-election in Blacktown and a federal by-election in Fremantle.

Labor candidate Bill Quirk gained the seat after a swing of more than 10% away from the Liberals. Quirk retained the seat three months later at the state election in November 1945 and held it again in 1947, serving until his death in 1948.

This was the first of three by-elections in Prahran held in a timeframe of six years, with by-elections also held in 1949 (to replace Quirk) and 1951.

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