1939 Upper Hunter state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter on 7 October 1939 because of the death of Country Party member Malcolm Brown.[1] There were three candidates endorsed by the Country Party.

Dates
Date Event
29 August 1939 Death of Malcolm Brown.[1]
11 September 1939 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
19 September 1939 Nominations
7 October 1939 Polling day
21 October 1939 Return of writ

Results
1939 Upper Hunter by-election [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Russell 5,470 42.5
Country D'Arcy Rose 2,099 16.3
Independent UAP 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

See also

References
  1. "Mr Malcolm Brown (1881-1939)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette (138). 11 September 1939. p. 4549. Retrieved 25 November 2019 – via Trove.
  3. 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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