1945 Blacktown state by-election

Election result for Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Blacktown on 18 August 1945. The by-election was triggered by the death of Frank Hill (Labor).

Dates

Date	Event
11 July 1945	Frank Hill died.
25 July 1945	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
3 August 1945	Nominations
18 August 1945	Polling day
31 August 1945	Return of writ

1945 Blacktown by-election
Saturday 18 August
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	10,879	55.5	+4.3
	Liberal	George Maunder	6,344	32.4	+13.3
	Independent	Ernest Phelps	1,913	9.8
	Independent	John Cammell	453	2.3
Total formal votes			19,589	97.3	+1.7
Informal votes			538	2.7	−1.7
Turnout			20,127	82.8	−8.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

^ "Mr Francis Hill (1883-1945)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
"Writ of election: Blacktown". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 77. 25 July 1945. p. 1345. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1945 Blacktown by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

v t e By-elections of the 34th New South Wales parliament (1944–1947)
1945	Ryde Blacktown Manly Neutral Bay
1946	Goulburn Albury Auburn Ashfield Corowa
1st (1856–1858) 2nd (1858–1859) 3rd (1859–1860) 4th (1860–1864) 5th (1864–1869) 6th (1869–1872) 7th (1872–1874) 8th (1874–1877) 9th (1877–1880) 10th (1880–1882) 11th (1882–1885) 12th (1885–1887) 13th (1887–1889) 14th (1889–1891) 15th (1891–1894) 16th (1894–1895) 17th (1895–1898) 18th (1898–1901) 19th (1901–1904) 20th (1904–1907) 21st (1907–1910) 22nd (1910–1913) 23rd (1913–1917) 24th (1917–1920) 25th (1920–1922) 26th (1922–1925) 27th (1925–1927) 28th (1927–1930) 29th (1930–1932) 30th (1932–1935) 31st (1935–1938) 32nd (1938–1941) 33rd (1941–1944) 34th (1944–1947) 35th (1947–1950) 36th (1950–1953) 37th (1953–1956) 38th (1956–1959) 39th (1959–1962) 40th (1962–1965) 41st (1965–1968) 42nd (1968–1971) 43rd (1971–1973) 44th (1973–1976) 45th (1976–1978) 46th (1978–1981) 47th (1981–1984) 48th (1984–1988) 49th (1988–1991) 50th (1991–1995) 51st (1995–1999) 52nd (1999–2003) 53rd (2003–2007) 54th (2007–2011) 55th (2011–2015) 56th (2015–2019) 57th (2019–2023) 58th (2023–2027)

Colonial	1856 1858 1859 1860 1864–65 1869–70 1872 1874–75 1877 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1895 1898
State	1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1917 1920 1922 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1973 1976 1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Colonial	1843 1848 1851
State	1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

By-elections