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Hamilton - By-election (Roll: 17,398) Retained by Labor Party Nominations: Tuesday, 21 August 1928, Polling: Saturday, 8 September 1928 Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes % Final % Cornish, Henry Peace Nationalist 1,468 12.04 Iceton, James William Independent 23 0.19 Skelton, Walter Peden Joyce Protestant Labor 4,851 39.79 5,684 48.78 Smith, James Edward (Elected) Labor Party 5,851 47.99 5,968 51.22 Formal Votes 12,193 Informal / Exhausted Votes 140 1.14 541 4.44 Total Votes / Turnout 12,333 70.89 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of Labor MP David Murray. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Iceton (IND) Exclusion 2 Cornish (NAT) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Cornish (NAT) 1 8.33 1469 12.06 -1469 Iceton (IND) -23 Skelton (PL) 6 50.00 4857 39.87 827 88.07 5684 48.78 Smith (ALP) 5 41.67 5856 48.07 112 11.93 5968 51.22 Votes In Count 12 12182 939 11652 Exhausted 11 47.83 11 0.09 530 36.08 541 4.44