1904 Wilmot by-election

1904 Wilmot by-election
The Wilmot seat in the House of Representatives
Registered	15,718
Turnout	4,704 (29.93%)
MP before election; Edward Braddon; Free Trade	Elected MP ; Norman Cameron; Free Trade

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wilmot in Tasmania on 26 February 1904. This was triggered by the death of former Premier of Tasmania and federal Free Trade Party MP Sir Edward Braddon on 2 February 1904.

The by-election was won by Free Trade candidate Norman Cameron (a former member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and who had represented Tasmania in the Australian House of Representatives until he was voted out in the 1903 federal election), against John Cheek for the Protectionist Party. Voting was not compulsory in 1904.^[1]

Results

1904 Wilmot by-election^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Norman Cameron	2,368	52.03	−2.85
	Protectionist	John Cheek	2,183	47.97	+2.85
Total formal votes			4,551	96.75	−1.49
Informal votes			153	3.25	+1.49
Registered electors			15,718
Turnout			4,704	29.93	−9.16
	Free Trade hold		Swing	−2.85

^ Mr. Norman Cameron Returned, The Argus, 29 February 1904.
^ "By-Elections 1903-1906". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Office. 1983.