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Election result for Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wagga Wagga on 14 December 1957. The election was triggered by the death of Eddie Graham (Labor).[1]
Date | Event |
---|---|
13 November 1957 | Death of Eddie Graham.[1] |
20 November 1957 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
26 November 1957 | Nominations |
14 December 1957 | Polling day |
15 January 1958 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dudley Graham | 5,499 | 35.5 | ||
Liberal | Wal Fife | 5,375 | 34.7 | ||
Country | William Lampe | 2,233 | 14.4 | ||
Democratic Labor | Jim Kennedy | 1,983 | 12.8 | ||
Independent | Alexander Cook | 223 | 1.4 | ||
Independent | John Skeers | 91 | 0.59 | ||
Independent | George O'Donoghue | 90 | 0.58 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,494 | ||||
Informal votes | 546 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,040 | 87.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Wal Fife | 9,148 | 59.0 | ||
Labor | Dudley Graham | 6,346 | 41.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing |
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