1910 Darling Harbour state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Darling Harbour on 13 April 1910. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of John Norton (Independent) to unsuccessfully contest 1910 federal Senate election for NSW. ^[1]

The by-election and those for Queanbeyan and Upper Hunter were held on the same day as the 1910 Federal election.

Dates

Date	Event
18 February 1910	John Norton resigned. [1]
8 March 1910	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2]
23 March 1910	Nominations
13 April 1910	Polling day and 1910 Federal election
3 May 1910	Return of writ

Results

1910 Darling Harbour by-election
Wednesday 13 April  ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cochran	1,592	76.3	+51.6
	Independent Labor	William Macey	311	14.9
	Liberal Reform	Henry Kelly	164	7.9	−6.1
	Independent	James Jones	21	1.0
Total formal votes			2,088	98.3	+1.7
Informal votes			36	1.7	−1.7
Turnout			2,124	29.5  [a]	−37.4
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Darling Harbour
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 7,190 at the 1907 election. ^[4]

References

1. "Mr John Norton (1857-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Darling Harbour". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 35. 8 March 1910. p. 1385. Retrieved 3 December 2019– via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1907 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2019.