A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Leichhardt on 10 December 1932 because of the death of Barney Olde, Labor (NSW).
Dates
Date | Event |
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20 November 1932 | Barney Olde died. |
24 November 1932 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. |
30 November 1932 | Day of nomination |
10 December 1932 | Polling day |
22 December 1932 | Return of writ |
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor (NSW) | Joe Lamaro | 9,401 | 62.0 | ||
Federal Labor | Robert Storey | 5,164 | 34.1 | ||
Communist | Thomas Payne | 313 | 2.1 | ||
Douglas Credit | William Benjamin | 227 | 1.5 | ||
Independent | Arthur Doughty | 51 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,156 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 640 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 15,796 | 93.0 | |||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
See also
- Electoral results for the district of Leichhardt (New South Wales)
- List of New South Wales state by-elections
References
- ^ "Mr Bernard Clarence Olde". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- "Writ of election: Leichhardt". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 168. 24 November 1932. p. 4171. Retrieved 6 October 2020 – via Trove.
- Green, Antony. "1932 Leichhardt by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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