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Turnout | 49,093 (88.5%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Werriwa on 29 November 1952. This was triggered by the death of Labor Party MP Bert Lazzarini.
The by-election was won by Labor Party candidate and future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.