1962 Mildura state by-election

1962 Mildura state by-election
12 May 1962
Electoral district of Mildura in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Registered20,870
Turnout93.6% ( 1.8)
  First party Second party Third party
 
ALP
L&C
Candidate Milton Whiting Arthur Lawton Geoffrey Harding
Party Country Labor Liberal and Country
Primary vote 8,723 6,030 2,488
Percentage 45.5% 31.4% 13.0%
Swing 14.0 8.1 4.2
TCP 63.4% 36.6%
TCP swing 11.1 11.1
MP before election

Nathaniel Barclay
Country

 Elected MP

Milton Whiting
Country

The 1962 Mildura state by-election was held on 27 October 1962 to elect the member for Mildura in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of Country Party MP Nathaniel Barclay.

Milton Whiting retained the seat for the Country Party, despite a two-candidate-preferred swing of 11.1% towards Labor candidate Arthur Lawton.

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