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).[1]
Dates
Date | Event |
---|---|
11 July 1945 | Frank Hill died.[1] |
25 July 1945 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
3 August 1945 | Nominations |
18 August 1945 | Polling day |
31 August 1945 | Return of writ |
Results
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.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1945 Blacktown by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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