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]

Dates

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

Results

1931 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 13 June [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,216 45.7 -10.6
independent country nsw Malcolm Brown 3,964 34.7
Independent Labor NSW Percy Forsyth 2,173 19.0
Communist William Richards 65 0.6
Total formal votes 11,418 96.6 -0.2
Informal votes 406 3.4 +0.2
Turnout 11,824 89.6 [lower-alpha 1] -8.5
Two-party-preferred result
independent country nsw Malcolm Brown 6,078 52.5
Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,494 47.5
Template:Australian politics/name/independent country nsw gain from Nationalist Swing

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

See also

Notes

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

References

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