1932 East Sydney by-election

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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of East Sydney on 6 February 1932. This was triggered by the death of United Australia Party MP John Clasby, who had been elected at the 1931 election and never taken his seat in Parliament.

The by-election was won by New South Wales Labor candidate Eddie Ward, who had previously won the seat in a by-election the previous year but lost it to Clasby at the federal election. The Labor Party had split in New South Wales with Ward adhering to the group headed by Jack Lang, the Premier of New South Wales.

Results

East Sydney by-election, 1932 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Eddie Ward 17,46147.0+4.6
United Australia William McCall 16,30443.9-0.3
Labor Lou Cunningham 2,8177.6-5.7
Communist Jack Miles 5971.6+1.6
Total formal votes37,17997.3
Informal votes1,0182.7
Turnout 38,19785.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (NSW) Eddie Ward 18,67650.2+1.9
United Australia William McCall 18,50349.8-1.9
Labor (NSW) gain from United Australia Swing +1.9

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References

  1. "By-Elections 1931-1934". Psephos.