1931 Upper Hunter state by-election

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The 1931 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 13 June 1931 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter because of the death of William Cameron (Nationalist). [1] The Country Party did not nominate an official candidate because the seat had been held by the Nationalist Party. Malcolm Brown was nominated as an independent country candidate, [2] [3] and was supported in his campaign by the leader of the Country Party, Michael Bruxner. [4]

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Dates

DateEvent
6 May 1939Death of William Cameron. [1]
18 May 1931 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [5]
26 May 1931Nominations
13 June 1931Polling day
27 June 1931Return of writ

Results

1931 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 13 June [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,21645.7-10.6
Independent Country Malcolm Brown 3,96434.7
Independent Labor Percy Forsyth2,17319.0
Communist William Richards650.6
Total formal votes11,41896.6-0.2
Informal votes4063.4+0.2
Turnout 11,82489.6 [lower-alpha 1] -8.5
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Country Malcolm Brown 6,07852.5
Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,49447.5
Independent Country gain from Nationalist Swing

Malcom Brown won the seat on Labor preferences, [8] and joined the Country Party once he entered Parliament. [6]

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Notes

  1. based on a roll of 13,202 at the 1930 election. [7]

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