1931 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 Nationalist Party member William Cameron [1] The Country Party did not nominate an official candidate because the seat had been held by the Nationalist Party. Malcolm Brown was nominated as an Independent Country Party candidate,[2][3] and was supported in his campaign by the leader of the Country Party, Michael Bruxner.[4]

Dates
Date Event
6 May 1939 Death of William Cameron.[1]
18 May 1931 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[5]
26 May 1931 Nominations
13 June 1931 Polling day
27 June 1931 Return of writ

Results
1931 Upper Hunter by-election [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,216 45.7 -10.6
Independent Country Malcolm Brown 3,964 34.7
Independent Labor Percy Forsyth 2,173 19.0
Communist William Richards 65 0.6
Total formal votes 11,418 96.6 -0.2
Informal votes 406 3.4 +0.2
Turnout 11,824 89.6 [lower-alpha 1] -8.5
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Country Malcolm Brown 6,078 52.5
Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,494 47.5
Independent Country gain from Nationalist Swing

Malcom Brown won the seat on Labor preferences,[7] and joined the Country Party once he entered Parliament.[6]

See also

Notes
  1. based on a roll of 13,202 at the 1930 election

References
  1. "Mr William Cameron (1877–1931)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. "Upper Hunter seat". Singleton Argus. 22 May 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 25 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Upper Hunter: Country Party candidate". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 June 1931. p. 14. Retrieved 25 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Advertising". Singleton Argus. 8 June 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette (61). 18 May 1931. p. 1799. Retrieved 25 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Green, Antony. "1931 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. "Uppre Hunter: Nationalist defeated, Brown gets Labor preferences". Western Champion. 22 June 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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