1943 Willoughby state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Willoughby on 25 September 1943. It was triggered by the death of Edward Sanders (United Australia).[1]

Dates
Date Event
10 July 1943 Death of Edward Saunders.[1]
3 September 1943 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
10 September 1943 Day of nomination
25 September 1943 Polling day
11 October 1943 Return of writ

Results
1943 Willoughby by-election
Saturday 25 September [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
State Labor William Wood 6,887 36.9 -3.3
United Australia George Brain 4,757 25.5
United Australia Joseph Bales 4,074 21.8
Independent Hugh Milne 1,768 9.5
Independent Clarence Faulkner 479 2.6
Independent Labor John Osborne 439 2.4
People's Labor Augustus Fenwick 251 1.35
Total formal votes 18,655 97.1 -1.1
Informal votes 557 2.9 +1.1
Turnout 19,212 83.2 -9.5
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia George Brain 10,279 55.1 -4.7
State Labor William Wood 8,376 44.9 +4.7
United Australia hold Swing-4.7

See also

References
  1. "Mr Edward Lloyd Sanders (1888–1943)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Willoughby". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (100). 3 September 1943. p. 1549. Retrieved 29 November 2019 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1943 Willoughby by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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