July 1919 Paddington state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Paddington on 26 July 1919 because of the death of Lawrence O'Hara (Labor) who had been elected just Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days previously in the May 1919 Paddington by-election.[1]

Dates

Date Event
14 June 1919 Lawrence O'Hara died.[1]
11 July 1919 Writ of election issued by the Governor.[2][lower-alpha 1]
18 July 1919 Nominations
26 July 1919 Polling day
2 August 1919 Return of writ

Result

1919 Paddington by-election
Saturday 26 July [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor NSW John Birt 2,678 88.1
Socialist Arthur Reardon 208 6.8
Independent James Jones 153 5.0
Total formal votes 3,039 100.0
Informal votes 0 0
Turnout 3,039 23.7 [lower-alpha 2]
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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ordinarily the writ for a by-election would be issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, however the position of speaker was vacant since the resignation of John Cohen on 30 January 1919 and the writ was issued by the Governor.
  2. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 12,842 at the 1917 election.[4]

References

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