1908 St George state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of St George on 20 May 1908. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Premier Joseph Carruthers (Liberal Reform). ^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
22 April 1908	Joseph Carruthers resigned. [1]
23 April 1908	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2]
13 May 1908	Nominations
20 May 1908	Polling day
3 June 1908	Return of writ

Results

1908 St George by-election
Wednesday 20 May  ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Taylor	4,077	62.9	−15.1
	Labour	George Holt	2,391	36.9	+14.9
	Independent	Charles Counsell	10	0.2
Total formal votes			6,478	98.3	+1.4
Informal votes			111	1.7	−1.4
Turnout			6,589	62.4  [a]	−4.6
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing	−15.1

See also

• Electoral results for the district of St George
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,564 at the 1907 election. ^[4]

References

1. "Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (1857-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: St George". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 49. 23 April 1908. p. 2233. Retrieved 3 December 2019– via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1908 St George by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1910 St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2019.