Ormskirk by-election, 1951

The Ormskirk by-election of 5 April 1951 was held after the appointment of Conservative MP Ronald Cross as Governor of Tasmania.

The seat was safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1950 by over 14,000 votes^[1]

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1950: Ormskirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ronald Cross	28,654	66.27%
	Labour	L.C. Edwards	14,853	33.73
Majority			14,071	23.85	-

By-election 1951: Ormskirk^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Salter	24,190	71.47	+5.2
	Labour	H A Kelly	8,969	26.50	-7.23
	Ind. Labour Party	Fred Barton	689	2.04	N/A
Majority			15,221
	Conservative hold		Swing

↑ PoliticsResources.net
↑ "1951 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

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