1910 Darling Harbour state by-election

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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]

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

Dates

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

Results

1910 Darling Harbour by-election
Wednesday 13 April  [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cochran 1,59276.3+51.6
Independent Labor William Macey31114.9
Liberal Reform Henry Kelly1647.9-6.1
Independent James Jones211.0
Total formal votes2,08898.3+1.7
Informal votes361.7-1.7
Turnout 2,12429.5  [lower-alpha 1] -37.4
Labour hold Swing

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Notes

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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