1930 Lane Cove state by-election
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The 1930 Lane Cove state by-election was held on 26 July 1930 to elect the member for Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, following the death of Nationalist Party MP Bryce Walmsley.[1][2]
Registered18,396
Turnout72.8% (
9.3)
9.3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 July 1930
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Electoral district of Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 18,396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 72.8% ( 9.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The seat was retained for the Nationalists by Herbert FitzSimons, although the party lost 14.3% of its primary vote.[3][4] FitzSimons was not sworn in as an MP before parliament was dissolved for the state election on 25 October 1930, where he retained the seat.[5][6]
This was the first election contested by the Australian Party, which had been formed in December 1929, and it has been suggested that the party would have won the by-election if Labor did not run a candidate.[7][8]
Key events
- 21 June 1930 â Bryce Walmsley dies
- 7 July 1930 â Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly[9]
- 14 July 1930 â Candidate nominations
- 26 July 1930 â Polling day
- 28 July 1930 â Result declared[10]
- 9 August 1930 â Return of writ
Candidates
| Party | Candidate | Background | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian | Frederick Dunn | Lane Cove alderman, former mayor, and Independent Nationalist candidate in 1927[11][12] | |
| Nationalist | Herbert FitzSimons | Printer and son of former MP William FitzSimons[13][14][15] | |
| Labor | Frederick Hutt | Federal president of the Meat Employees Union[16][17] | |
| Unlimited Revolutionary | Theodore McLennan | "Corn killer" and founder of the Australian Unlimited Social and Economic Revolutionary Party[18][19] | |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Herbert FitzSimons | 5,775 | 43.5 | â14.3 | |
| Labor | Frederick Hutt | 4,080 | 30.7 | +8.0 | |
| Australian | Frederick Dunn | 3,399 | 25.6 | +6.0[a] | |
| Unlimited Revolutionary | Theodore McLennan | 30 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 13,284 | 99.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 113 | 0.8 | â0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 13,397 | 72.8 | â9.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Nationalist | Herbert FitzSimons | 7,160 | 58.9 | +58.9 | |
| Labor | Frederick Hutt | 4,990 | 41.1 | +41.1 | |
| Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
Notes
- Compared to results as an Independent Nationalist candidate at the 1927 election.[20]