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Election result for Burwood, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Burwood on 16 February 1957 because of the death of Leslie Parr (Liberal).[1]
Date | Event |
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3 December 1956 | Leslie Parr died.[1] |
17 January 1957 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
23 January 1957 | Nominations |
16 February 1957 | Polling day |
15 March 1957 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ben Doig | 8,414 | 45.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | Maurice Colreavy | 3,815 | 20.8 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry Seldon | 2,951 | 16.1 | ||
Independent Labor | John Cunningham | 2,748 | 15.0 | ||
Independent | Edward Spensley | 431 | 2.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,359 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 514 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 18,873 | 84.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |