1943 Willoughby state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Willoughby on 25 September 1943. It was triggered by the death of Edward Sanders (United Australia). [1]

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Dates

DateEvent
10 July 1943Death of Edward Saunders. [1]
3 September 1943 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2]
10 September 1943Day of nomination
25 September 1943Polling day
11 October 1943Return of writ

Results

1943 Willoughby by-election
Saturday 25 September [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
State Labor William Wood6,88736.9-3.3
United Australia George Brain 4,75725.5
United Australia Joseph Bales4,07421.8
Independent Hugh Milne1,7689.5
Independent Clarence Faulkner4792.6
Independent Labor John Osborne 4392.4
People's LaborAugustus Fenwick2511.35
Total formal votes18,65597.1-1.1
Informal votes5572.9+1.1
Turnout 19,21283.2-9.5
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia George Brain 10,27955.1-4.7
State Labor William Wood8,37644.9+4.7
United Australia hold Swing -4.7

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Edward Lloyd Sanders (1888–1943)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Willoughby". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (100). 3 September 1943. p. 1549. Retrieved 29 November 2019 via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1943 Willoughby by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 November 2019.