1917 Murray state by-election

Last updated

A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Murray on 22 September 1917. [1] The by-election was triggered by the death of Robert Scobie (Nationalist). [2]

Contents

Dates

DateEvent
15 August 1917Death of Robert Scobie. [2]
24 August 1917 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [3]
1 September 1917Nominations
22 September 1917Polling day
9 October 1917Return of writ

Results

1917 Murray by-election
Saturday 22 September  [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Brian Doe 3,04158.60.0
Labor Richard O'Halloran2,14741.4+1.1
Total formal votes5,188100.0+1.1
Informal votes0-1.1
Turnout 5,18853.6  [lower-alpha 1] +1.5
Nationalist hold Swing 0.0

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ based on an electoral roll of 9,672 at the 1917 state election. [4]

Related Research Articles

Robert Scobie was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

United Counties of Murray and St Vincent was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859. It was named after Murray and St Vincent counties, including Canberra and Braidwood, although Braidwood and Queanbeyan were exclaves of the electoral district and formed parts of Southern Boroughs. Coastal St Vincent county were included in the electoral district of St Vincent. Its only member was William Forster. Murray and St Vincent was replaced by Queanbeyan and Braidwood.

Electoral district of Murray Electoral district in Australia

Murray, The Murray until 1910, is an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 24th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1917 to 1920. They were elected at the 1917 state election on 24 March 1917.</ref> Speaker was John Cohen until 19 August 1919 when he was succeeded by Daniel Levy.

Vaucluse, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had one incarnation from its creation in 1927 until the present.

Drummoyne, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1913 to 1920, the second from 1927 to the present.

Maroubra, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had one incarnation, from 1950 to the present.

Lismore, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1904, the second from 1913 to 1920 and the third from 1927 until the present.

Cessnock, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales has had two incarnations, the first from 1913 to 1920, the second from 1927 to the present.

Wallsend, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had four incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1904, the second from 1917 to the 1920, the third from 1927 to 1930, and the fourth from 1968 to the present.

Bega, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1988 to the present.

Port Macquarie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1988.

Miranda, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1971.

Goulburn, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1991 and from 2007 to the present.

Murray, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1859 to 1999, the second from 2015 to the present.

Robert Scobie was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

Cobar, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1894 until 1920 and from 1930 until 1968.

Corowa, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1950.

Macquarie, until 1910 The Macquarie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894, re-created in 1904, retaining nothing but the name, then abolished in 1920.

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1917 Murray by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Mr Robert Scobie (2) (1848-1917)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Writ of election: Murray". New South Wales Government Gazette (179). 26 June 1872. p. 1665. Retrieved 30 October 2019– via Trove.
  4. Green, Antony. "1917 Murray". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.