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Election result for Armidale, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Armidale on 11 February 1950 because of the resignation of David Drummond (Country) to successfully contest the federal seat of New England at the 1949 election.[1]
Date | Event |
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28 October 1949 | David Drummond resigned.[1] |
10 December 1949 | 1949 federal election |
17 January 1950 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
23 January 1950 | Nominations |
11 February 1950 | Polling day |
13 March 1950 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 4,240 | 32.8 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 6,064 | 46.9 | ||
Country | William Fooks | 2,616 | 20.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,920 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 13,044 | 86.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Davis Hughes | 6,652 | 51.5 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 6,268 | 48.5 | ||
Country hold |
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