1910 Darling Harbour state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Darling Harbour on 13 April 1910. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of John Norton (Independent) to unsuccessfully contest 1910 federal Senate election for NSW.[1]

The by-election and those for Queanbeyan and Upper Hunter were held on the same day as the 1910 Federal election.

Dates
Date Event
18 February 1910 Resignation of John Norton.[1]
8 March 1910 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
23 March 1910 Nominations
13 April 1910 Polling day and 1910 Federal election
3 May 1910 Return of writ

Results
1910 Darling Harbour by-election
Wednesday 13 April [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cochran 1,592 76.3 +51.6
Independent Labor William Macey 311 14.9
Liberal Reform Henry Kelly 164 7.9 -6.1
Independent James Jones 21 1.0
Total formal votes 2,088 98.3 +1.7
Informal votes 36 1.7 -1.7
Turnout 2,124 29.5 [lower-alpha 1] -37.4
Labour hold Swing

See also

Notes
  1. based on an electoral roll of 7,190 at the 1907 election

References
  1. "Mr John Norton (1857-1916)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Darling Harbour". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (35). 8 March 1910. p. 1385. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
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