1930 Lane Cove state by-election

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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]

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Dates

DateEvent
21 June 1930Death 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 1930Nominations
26 July 1930Polling day
9 August 1930Return of writ

Results

1930 Lane Cove by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Nationalist Herbert FitzSimons 5,77543.5-14.3
Labor Frederick Hutt4,08030.7+8.0
Australian Frederick Dunn3,39925.6
Independent Theodore McLennan300.2
Total formal votes13,28499.2+0.6
Informal votes1130.8-0.6
Turnout 13,39772.8-9.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Herbert FitzSimons 7,16058.9
Labor Frederick Hutt4,99041.1
Nationalist hold Swing +58.9

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Bryce Crawford Walmsley (1881–1930)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Lane Cove". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (87). 7 July 1930. p. 2701. Retrieved 24 October 2019 via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1930 Lane Cove by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 October 2019.