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Election result for Upper Hunter, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1931 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 13 June 1931 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter because of the death of William Cameron (Nationalist).[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 candidate,[2][3] and was supported in his campaign by the leader of the Country Party, Michael Bruxner.[4]
Date | Event |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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,[8] and joined the Country Party once he entered Parliament.[6]