1939 Upper Hunter state by-election

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The 1939 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 7 October 1939 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter because of the death of Malcolm Brown (Country). [1] There were three candidates endorsed by the Country Party.

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Dates

DateEvent
29 August 1939Death of Malcolm Brown. [1]
11 September 1939 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2]
19 September 1939Nominations
7 October 1939Polling day
21 October 1939Return of writ

Results

1939 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 7 October [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Russell5,47042.5
Country D'Arcy Rose 2,09916.3
Ind. United Australia Augustine Marshall2,03115.8
Country Arie Dorsman1,68213.1
Country Marcus Hyndes1,59612.4
Total formal votes12,87896.8
Informal votes4333.3
Turnout 13,31190.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country D'Arcy Rose 6,48950.4
Labor James Russell6,38949.6
Country hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Malcolm Brown (1881-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 138. 11 September 1939. p. 4549. Retrieved 25 November 2019 via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1939 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 November 2019.