A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Lane Cove on 26 July 1930 because of the death of Nationalist Party member Bryce Walmsley. [1]
Date | Event |
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21 June 1930 | Death of Bryce Walmsley. [1] |
7 July 1930 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [2] |
14 July 1930 | Nominations |
26 July 1930 | Polling day |
9 August 1930 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Nationalist | Herbert FitzSimons | 5,775 | 43.5 | -14.3 | |
Labor | Frederick Hutt | 4,080 | 30.7 | +8.0 | |
Australian | Frederick Dunn | 3,399 | 25.6 | ||
Independent | Theodore McLennan | 30 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,284 | 99.2 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 0.8 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,397 | 72.8 | -9.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Herbert FitzSimons | 7,160 | 58.9 | ||
Labor | Frederick Hutt | 4,990 | 41.1 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +58.9 | |||
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