July 1919 Paddington state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Paddington on 26 July 1919 because of the death of Lawrence O'Hara (Labor) who had been elected just 21 days previously in the May 1919 Paddington by-election. [1]

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Dates

DateEvent
14 June 1919Lawrence O'Hara died. [1]
11 July 1919 Writ of election issued by the Governor. [2] [lower-alpha 1]
18 July 1919Nominations
26 July 1919Polling day
2 August 1919Return of writ

Result

1919 Paddington by-election
Saturday 26 July  [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Birt 2,67888.1
Socialist Arthur Reardon2086.8
Independent James Jones1535.0
Total formal votes3,039100.0
Informal votes00
Turnout 3,03923.7  [lower-alpha 2]
Labor hold Swing N/A

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Notes

  1. ↑ Ordinarily the writ for a by-election would be issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, however the position of speaker was vacant since the resignation of John Cohen on 30 January 1919 and the writ was issued by the Governor.
  2. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 12,842 at the 1917 election. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Lawrence Joseph O'Hara (1889–1919)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: Paddington". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (171). 11 July 1919. p. 3923. Retrieved 30 March 2021– via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "July 1919 Paddington by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. Green, Antony. "1917 Paddington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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