1939 Upper Hunter state by-election

Election result for Upper Hunter, New South Wales, Australia

The 1939 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 7 October 1939 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter because of the death of Malcolm Brown (Country). There were three candidates endorsed by the Country Party.

Dates

Date	Event
29 August 1939	Death of Malcolm Brown.
11 September 1939	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
19 September 1939	Nominations
7 October 1939	Polling day
21 October 1939	Return of writ

1939 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 7 October
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James Russell	5,470	42.5
	Country	D'Arcy Rose	2,099	16.3
	Ind. United Australia	Augustine Marshall	2,031	15.8
	Country	Arie Dorsman	1,682	13.1
	Country	Marcus Hyndes	1,596	12.4
Total formal votes			12,878	96.8
Informal votes			433	3.3
Turnout			13,311	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	D'Arcy Rose	6,489	50.4
	Labor	James Russell	6,389	49.6
	Country hold		Swing

^ "Mr Malcolm Brown (1881-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
"Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 138. 11 September 1939. p. 4549. Retrieved 25 November 2019 – via Trove.
Green, Antony. "1939 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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