List of Australian federal by-elections

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This is a list of by-elections for the Australian House of Representatives from its creation in 1901 until the present day.

Division	Date	Former member	Party	Winner	Party
Darling Downs	14 September 1901	William Groom (died)	Protectionist	Littleton Groom	Protectionist
Tasmania	26 March 1902	Frederick Piesse (died)	Free Trade	William Hartnoll	Free Trade
East Sydney	4 September 1903	George Reid (resigned)	Free Trade	George Reid	Free Trade
Wilmot	26 February 1904	Sir Edward Braddon (died)	Free Trade	Donald Cameron	Free Trade
Melbourne	30 March 1904	Sir Malcolm McEacharn (his election at the 1903 general election was declared void)	Protectionist	William Maloney	Labor
Riverina	18 May 1904	Robert Blackwood (his election at the 1903 general election was declared void)	Free Trade	John Chanter	Protectionist
Echuca	10 July 1907	Albert Palmer (his election at the 1903 general election was declared void)	Anti-Socialist	Albert Palmer	Anti-Socialist
Adelaide	13 June 1908	Charles Kingston (died)	Protectionist	Ernest Roberts	Labor
Wakefield	28 August 1909	Sir Frederick Holder (died)	Independent	Richard Foster	Cth Liberal
Kooyong	24 August 1910	William Knox (resigned)	Cth Liberal	Sir Robert Best	Cth Liberal
Batman	8 February 1911	Henry Beard (died)	Labor	Frank Brennan	Labor
North Sydney	11 March 1911	George Edwards (died)	Cth Liberal	Granville Ryrie	Cth Liberal
Boothby	11 November 1911	Lee Batchelor (died)	Labor	David Gordon	Cth Liberal
Werriwa	1 June 1912	David Hall (resigned)	Labor	Benjamin Bennett	Labor
Kalgoorlie	(by-election not held)	Charles Frazer (died)	Labor	Hugh Mahon (unopposed at close of nominations 22 December 1913 and declared elected)	Labor
Adelaide	10 January 1914	Ernest Roberts (died)	Labor	Edwin Yates	Labor
Bendigo	6 February 1915	John Arthur (died)	Labor	Alfred Hampson	Labor
Grampians	20 February 1915	Edward Jolley (died)	Labor	Charles Salmon	Cth Liberal
Dalley	(by-election not held)	Robert Howe (died)	Labor	William Mahony (unopposed at close of nominations 6 May 1915 and declared elected)	Labor
Wide Bay	11 December 1915	Andrew Fisher (resigned)	Labor	Edward Corser	Cth Liberal
Darwin	30 June 1917	Charles Howroyd (died)	Nationalist	William Spence	Nationalist
Grampians	27 October 1917	Charles Salmon (died)	Nationalist	Edmund Jowett	Nationalist
Flinders	11 May 1918	Sir William Irvine (resigned)	Nationalist	Stanley Bruce	Nationalist
Swan	26 October 1918	Sir John Forrest (died)	Nationalist	Edwin Corboy	Labor
Corangamite	14 December 1918	Chester Manifold (died)	Nationalist	William Gibson	VFU
Echuca	20 September 1919	Albert Palmer (died)	Nationalist	William Hill	VFU
Ballaarat	10 July 1920	Edwin Kerby (his election at the 1919 general election was declared void)	Nationalist	Charles McGrath	Labor
Kalgoorlie	18 December 1920	Hugh Mahon (expelled on 12 November 1920 by resolution of the Parliament and his seat declared vacant)	Labor	George Foley	Nationalist
Maranoa	30 July 1921	James Page (died)	Labor	James Hunter	Country
West Sydney	3 September 1921	T.J. Ryan (died)	Labor	William Lambert	Labor
Parramatta	10 December 1921	Sir Joseph Cook (resigned)	Nationalist	Herbert Pratten	Nationalist
Yarra	18 February 1922	Frank Tudor (died)	Labor	James Scullin	Labor
Eden-Monaro	6 March 1926	Sir Austin Chapman (died)	Nationalist	John Perkins	Nationalist
Dalley	26 February 1927	William Mahony (resigned)	Labor	Ted Theodore	Labor
Warringah	21 May 1927	Sir Granville Ryrie (resigned)	Nationalist	Archdale Parkhill	Nationalist
Martin	16 June 1928	Herbert Pratten (died)	Nationalist	Frederick Pratten	Nationalist
Wide Bay	(by-election not held)	Edward Corser (died)	Nationalist	Bernard Corser (unopposed at close of nominations 3 September 1928, and declared elected)	Country
Balaclava	3 August 1929	William Watt (resigned)	Nationalist	Thomas White	Nationalist
Franklin	14 December 1929	William McWilliams (died)	Independent	Charles Frost	Labor
Parkes	31 January 1931	Edward McTiernan (resigned)	Labor	Charles Marr	Nationalist
East Sydney	7 March 1931	John West (died)	Labor	Eddie Ward	Labor
East Sydney	6 February 1932	John Clasby (died)	United Australia	Eddie Ward	Labor (NSW)
Flinders	11 November 1933	Stanley Bruce (resigned)	United Australia	James Fairbairn	United Australia
Newcastle	1 June 1935	David Watkins (died)	Labor	David Watkins	Labor
Fawkner	17 August 1935	George Maxwell (died)	United Australia	Harold Holt	United Australia
Kennedy	12 December 1936	David Riordan (died)	Labor	William Riordan	Labor
Darling Downs	19 December 1936	Sir Littleton Groom (died)	United Australia	Arthur Fadden	Country
Gwydir	8 March 1937	Aubrey Abbott (resigned)	Country	William Scully	Labor
Wakefield	10 December 1938	Charles Hawker (died)	United Australia	Sydney McHugh	Labor
Griffith	20 May 1939	Frank Baker (died)	Labor	William Conelan	Labor
Wilmot	27 May 1939	Joseph Lyons (died)	United Australia	Lancelot Spurr	Labor
Corio	2 March 1940	Richard Casey (resigned)	United Australia	John Dedman	Labor
Kalgoorlie	16 November 1940	Albert Green (died)	Labor	Herbert Johnson	Labor
Swan	21 December 1940	Henry Gregory (died)	Country	Thomas Marwick	Country
Boothby	24 May 1941	John Price (died)	United Australia	Grenfell Price	United Australia
Fremantle	18 August 1945	John Curtin (died)	Labor	Kim Beazley	Labor
Wimmera	9 February 1946	Alexander Wilson (resigned)	Independent	Winton Turnbull	Country
Henty	30 March 1946	Arthur Coles (resigned)	Independent	Henry Gullett	Liberal
Balaclava	28 July 1951	Thomas White (resigned)	Liberal	Percy Joske	Liberal
Macquarie	28 July 1951	Ben Chifley (died)	Labor	Anthony Luchetti	Labor
Lyne	22 March 1952	Jim Eggins (died)	Country	Philip Lucock	Country
Flinders	18 October 1952	Rupert Ryan (died)	Liberal	Keith Ewert	Labor
Werriwa	29 November 1952	Hubert Lazzarini (died)	Labor	Gough Whitlam	Labor
Bradfield	20 December 1952	Billy Hughes (died)	Liberal	Henry Turner	Liberal
Dalley	9 May 1953	Sol Rosevear (died)	Labor	Arthur Greenup	Labor
Corangamite	29 August 1953	Allan McDonald (died)	Liberal	Daniel Mackinnon	Liberal
Lang	29 August 1953	Daniel Mulcahy (died)	Labor	Frank Stewart	Labor
Gwydir	19 December 1953	Thomas Treloar (died)	Country	Ian Allan	Country
Cook	21 May 1955	Thomas Sheehan (died)	Labor	James Cope	Labor
Cunningham	(By-election not held)	William Davies (died)	Labor	Victor Kearney (unopposed at close of nominations 11 April 1956 and declared elected)	Labor
Barker	13 October 1956	Archie Cameron (died)	Liberal	Jim Forbes	Liberal
Wentworth	8 December 1956	Sir Eric Harrison (resigned)	Liberal	Leslie Bury	Liberal
Richmond	14 September 1957	Larry Anthony (died)	Country	Doug Anthony	Country
Parramatta	8 March 1958	Howard Beale (resigned)	Liberal	Sir Garfield Barwick	Liberal
Hunter	9 April 1960	Dr H.V. Evatt (resigned)	Labor	Bert James	Labor
La Trobe	9 April 1960	Richard Casey (resigned)	Liberal	John Jess	Liberal
Balaclava	16 July 1960	Percy Joske (resigned)	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	Liberal
Bendigo	16 July 1960	Percy Clarey (died)	Labor	Noel Beaton	Labor
Calare	5 November 1960	John Howse (resigned)	Liberal	John England	Country
Higinbotham	10 December 1960	Frank Timson (died)	Liberal	Don Chipp	Liberal
Batman	1 September 1962	Alan Bird (died)	Labor	Sam Benson	Labor
Grey	1 June 1963	Edgar Russell (resigned)</died>	Labor	Jack Mortimer	Labor
East Sydney	28 September 1963	Eddie Ward (died)	Labor	Leonard Devine	Labor
Denison	15 February 1964	Athol Townley (died)	Liberal	Adrian Gibson	Liberal
Angas	20 June 1964	Alexander Downer (resigned)	Liberal	Geoffrey Giles	Liberal
Parramatta	20 June 1964	Sir Garfield Barwick (resigned)	Liberal	Nigel Bowen	Liberal
Robertson	5 December 1964	Roger Dean (resigned)	Liberal	William Bridges-Maxwell	Liberal
Riverina	27 February 1965	Hugh Roberton (resigned)	Country	Adam Armstrong	Country
Dawson	26 February 1966	George Shaw (died)	Liberal	Rex Patterson	Labor
Kooyong	2 April 1966	Sir Robert Menzies (resigned)	Liberal	Andrew Peacock	Liberal
Corio	22 July 1967	Hubert Opperman (resigned)	Liberal	Gordon Scholes	Labor
Capricornia	30 September 1967	George Gray (died)	Labor	Doug Everingham	Labor
Higgins	24 February 1968	Harold Holt (presumed dead)	Liberal	John Gorton	Liberal
Curtin	19 April 1969	Sir Paul Hasluck (resigned)	Liberal	Victor Garland	Liberal
Bendigo	7 June 1969	Noel Beaton (resigned)	Labor	David Kennedy	Labor
Gwydir	7 June 1969	Ian Allan (resigned)	Country	Ralph Hunt	Country
Australian Capital Territory	30 May 1970	Jim Fraser (died)	Labor	Kep Enderby	Labor
Chisholm	19 September 1970	Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (died)	Liberal	Tony Staley	Liberal
Murray	20 March 1971	Sir John McEwen (resigned)	Country	Bruce Lloyd	Country
Parramatta	22 September 1973	Nigel Bowen (resigned)	Liberal	Philip Ruddock	Liberal
Bass	28 June 1975	Lance Barnard (resigned)	Labor	Kevin Newman	Liberal
Cunningham	25 October 1977	Rex Connor (died)	Labor	Stewart West	Labor
Werriwa	23 September 1978	Gough Whitlam (resigned)	Labor	John Kerin	Labor
Grayndler	23 June 1979	Frank Stewart (died)	Labor	Leo McLeay	Labor
Boothby	21 February 1981	John McLeay (resigned)	Liberal	Steele Hall	Liberal
Curtin	21 February 1981	Sir Victor Garland (resigned)	Liberal	Allan Rocher	Liberal
McPherson	21 February 1981	Eric Robinson (died)	Liberal	Peter White	Liberal
Wentworth	11 April 1981	Bob Ellicott (resigned)	Liberal	Peter Coleman	Liberal
Lowe	13 March 1982	Sir William McMahon (resigned)	Liberal	Michael Maher	Labor
Flinders	4 December 1982	Sir Phillip Lynch (resigned)	Liberal	Peter Reith	Liberal
Wannon	7 May 1983	Malcolm Fraser (resigned)	Liberal	David Hawker	Liberal
Bruce	28 May 1983	Sir Billy Snedden (resigned)	Liberal	Ken Aldred	Liberal
Moreton	5 November 1983	Sir James Killen (resigned)	Liberal	Donald Cameron	Liberal
Corangamite	18 February 1984	Tony Street (resigned)	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	Liberal
Hughes	18 February 1984	Les Johnson (resigned)	Labor	Robert Tickner	Labor
Richmond	18 February 1984	Doug Anthony (resigned)	National	Charles Blunt	National
Scullin	8 February 1986	Harry Jenkins, Sr. (resigned)	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Labor
Adelaide	6 February 1988	Chris Hurford (resigned)	Labor	Mike Pratt	Liberal
Port Adelaide	26 March 1988	Mick Young (resigned)	Labor	Rod Sawford	Labor
Groom	9 April 1988	Tom McVeigh (resigned)	National	Bill Taylor	Liberal
Oxley	8 October 1988	Bill Hayden (resigned)	Labor	Les Scott	Labor
Gwydir	15 April 1989	Ralph Hunt (resigned)	National	John Anderson	National
Menzies	11 May 1991	Neil Brown (resigned)	Liberal	Kevin Andrews	Liberal
Wills	11 April 1992	Bob Hawke (resigned)	Labor	Phil Cleary	Independent
Werriwa	29 January 1994	John Kerin (resigned)	Labor	Mark Latham	Labor
Fremantle	12 March 1994	John Dawkins (resigned)	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	Labor
Bonython	19 March 1994	Neal Blewett (resigned)	Labor	Martyn Evans	Labor
Mackellar	26 March 1994	Jim Carlton (resigned)	Liberal	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal
Warringah	26 March 1994	Michael MacKellar (resigned)	Liberal	Tony Abbott	Liberal
Kooyong	19 November 1994	Andrew Peacock (resigned)	Liberal	Petro Georgiou	Liberal
Canberra	25 March 1995	Ros Kelly (resigned)	Labor	Brendan Smyth	Liberal
Wentworth	8 April 1995	John Hewson (resigned)	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	Liberal
Blaxland	15 June 1996	Paul Keating (resigned)	Labor	Michael Hatton	Labor
Lindsay	19 October 1996	Jackie Kelly (disqualified)	Liberal	Jackie Kelly	Liberal
Fraser	1 February 1997	John Langmore (resigned)	Labor	Steve Dargavel	Labor
Holt	6 November 1999	Gareth Evans (resigned)	Labor	Anthony Byrne	Labor
Isaacs	12 August 2000	Greg Wilton (died)	Labor	Ann Corcoran	Labor
Ryan	17 March 2001	John Moore (resigned)	Liberal	Leonie Short	Labor
Aston	14 July 2001	Peter Nugent (died)	Liberal	Chris Pearce	Liberal
Cunningham	19 October 2002	Stephen Martin (resigned)	Labor	Michael Organ	Green
Werriwa	19 March 2005	Mark Latham (resigned)	Labor	Chris Hayes	Labor
Gippsland	28 June 2008	Peter McGauran (resigned)	National	TBA	TBA