1942 Dubbo state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Dubbo on 6 June 1942. It was triggered by the death of sitting Country Party MP George Wilson.[1]

Dates
Date Event
11 May 1942 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
18 May 1942 Day of nomination
6 June 1942 Polling day
15 June 1942 Return of writ

Results
1942 Dubbo by-election [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clarrie Robertson 6,206 53.62
Independent Harold Thorby 2,801 24.20
Country Alfred Yeo 2,567 22.18
Total formal votes 11,574 98.96
Informal votes 122 1.04
Turnout 11,696 77.53
Labor gain from Country Swing
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gollark: It might help if the majority of the budget was in fact spent on sports.
gollark: According to random internet articles per-person spending is twice as large as in basically every other country ever still.
gollark: I think a more plausible explanation is along the lines that there's a lot of indirection - people don't *directly* pay the full very large price - and, due to other things (devaluing of the degrees, making *not* having one a stronger signal of problematicness somehow, and bizarre "prestige" factors), many people can't really just go "hmm, no, I don't want to pay that much" so they go up.
gollark: It says something like 40% don't actually bill students, too...

See also

References
  1. "Mr George Alan Lachlan Wilson (1895–1942)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Dubbo". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (71). 11 May 1942. p. 1569. Retrieved 15 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Green, Antony. "1942 results Dubbo by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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