A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Ryde on 14 September 1940 following the resignation of Eric Spooner (United Australia), [1] to contest the federal seat of Robertson at the 1940 election, [2] at which he was elected. [3]
Date | Event |
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23 August 1940 | Eric Spooner resigned. [1] |
30 August 1940 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [4] |
5 September 1940 | Nominations |
14 September 1940 | Polling day |
21 September 1940 | Federal election |
28 September 1940 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Arthur Williams | 7,680 | 35.6 | +9.3 | |
United Australia | Herbert Mitchell | 7,742 | 35.9 | −17.4 | |
Independent | William Harrison | 3,048 | 14.1 | −6.3 | |
State Labor | James Stewart | 1,685 | 7.8 | ||
Independent | Bert Cowell | 1,431 | 6.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,586 | 96.6 | −2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 755 | 3.4 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,341 | 89.7 | −7.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Williams | 10,908 | 50.5 | ||
United Australia | Herbert Mitchell | 10,678 | 49.5 | ||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A |