A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Croydon on 7 September 1940 because of the resignation of Bertram Stevens (United Australia), to contest the federal seat of Lang in the 1940 election, [1] however, he was unsuccessful. [2]
Date | Event |
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12 August 1940 | Bertram Stevens resigned. [3] |
20 August 1940 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [4] |
27 August 1940 | Nominations |
7 September 1940 | Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm |
21 September 1940 | Return of writ |
Federal election |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | George Weir | 6,249 | 38.9 | ||
United Australia | David Hunter | 4,693 | 29.2 | ||
Ind. United Australia | Harold Reed | 3,955 | 24.6 | ||
Ind. United Australia | Bob Hunt | 1,091 | 6.8 | ||
Independent | Robert Woolston | 60 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,048 | 95.8 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 707 | 4.2 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 16,755 | 88.2 | −6.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | David Hunter | 9,003 | 56.1 | −13.5 | |
Labor | George Weir | 7,045 | 43.9 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | −13.5 |