1930 Lane Cove state by-election

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1930 Lane Cove state by-election
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←  1927 26 July 1930 Oct. 1930  →
Electoral district of Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Registered18,396
Turnout72.8% (Decrease2.svg 9.3)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Herbert FitzSimons.png
Frederick Hutt.png
Frederick Dunn.png
Candidate Herbert FitzSimons Frederick HuttFrederick Dunn
Party Nationalist Labor Australian
Primary  vote5,7754,0803,399
Percentage43.5%30.7%25.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 14.3Increase2.svg 8.0Increase2.svg 6.0 [a]
2CP 58.9%41.1%
2CP swingIncrease2.svg 58.9Increase2.svg 41.1
MP before election

Bryce Walmsley
Nationalist

Elected MP

Herbert FitzSimons
Nationalist

The 1930 Lane Cove state by-election was held on 26 July 1930 to elect the member for Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, following the death of Nationalist Party MP Bryce Walmsley. [1] [2]

Contents

The seat was retained for the Nationalists by Herbert FitzSimons, although the party lost 14.3% of its primary vote. [3] [4] FitzSimons was not sworn in as an MP before parliament was dissolved for the state election on 25 October 1930, where he retained the seat. [5] [6]

This was the first election contested by the Australian Party, which had been formed in December 1929, and it has been suggested that the party would have won the by-election if Labor did not run a candidate. [7] [8]

Key events

Candidates

PartyCandidateBackground
  Australian Frederick Dunn Lane Cove alderman, former mayor, and Independent Nationalist candidate in 1927 [11] [12]
  Nationalist Herbert FitzSimons Printer and son of former MP William FitzSimons [13] [14] [15]
  Labor Frederick HuttFederal president of the Meat Employees Union [16] [17]
 Unlimited RevolutionaryTheodore McLennan"Corn killer" and founder of the Australian Unlimited Social and Economic Revolutionary Party [18] [19]

Results

1930 Lane Cove state by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Herbert FitzSimons 5,77543.5−14.3
Labor Frederick Hutt4,08030.7+8.0
Australian Frederick Dunn3,39925.6+6.0 [a]
Unlimited RevolutionaryTheodore McLennan300.2+0.2
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+58.9
Labor Frederick Hutt4,99041.1+41.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Compared to results as an Independent Nationalist candidate at the 1927 election. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "DEATH OF MR. WALMSLEY". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 23 June 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "LANE COVE ELECTION". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 3 July 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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  4. ↑ "LANE COVE BY-ELECTION". The Gloucester Advocate. 29 July 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony. "Lane Cove - By-election 1930". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "COUNT STILL LEAVES SIX SEATS DOUBTFUL". Daily Pictorial. 28 October 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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  8. ↑ Hogan, Michael; Clune, David (2001). The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in Twentieth Century New South Wales / Volume Two: 1930 to 1965. Federation Press. p. 21.
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