August 1911 Liverpool Plains state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Liverpool Plains on 16 August 1911 because of the resignation of Labor Party member Henry Horne because he disagreed with legislation introduced by the Labor Secretary for Lands Niels Nielsen.[1][2]
Mudgee MLA Bill Dunn also resigned,[3] and the Mudgee by-election was held on the same day.
Dates
Date | Event |
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25 July 1911 | Henry Horne resigned.[2] |
26 July 1911 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4] |
2 August 1911 | Nominations |
16 August 1911 | Polling day |
2 September 1911 | Return of writ |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Reform | John Perry (b 1849) | 2,912 | 50.0 | +9.8 | |
Labor | William Ashford | 2,909 | 50.0 | -9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,821 | 98.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 91 | 1.5 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,912 | 65.0 [lower-alpha 1] | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Labor | Swing |
With a margin of 3 votes and 91 informal votes, William Ashford challenged the result before the Elections and Qualifications Committee,[5] which declared the election void.[6] William Ashford comfortably won the subsequent by-election.[7]
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Notes
- based on an electoral roll of 9,100 at the 1910 election
References
- Green, Antony. "1911 Liverpool Plains by-election 1". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- "The Hon. Henry Edwin Horne (1872–1955)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Mr (Captain) William Fraser Dunn (1877-1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Writ of election: Liverpool Plains". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (96). 27 July 1911. p. 4051. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Petition of William George Ashford". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (127). 19 September 1911. p. 5065. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Unseated: Liberals lose a member". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 October 1911. p. 17. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- Green, Antony. "1911 Liverpool Plains by-election 2". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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