1930 Lane Cove state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Lane Cove on 26 July 1930 because of the death of Nationalist Party member Bryce Walmsley.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
21 June 1930	Death of Bryce Walmsley.[1]
7 July 1930	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
14 July 1930	Nominations
26 July 1930	Polling day
9 August 1930	Return of writ

Results

1930 Lane Cove by-election [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Herbert FitzSimons	5,775	43.5	-14.3
	Labor	Frederick Hutt	4,080	30.7	+8.0
	Australian	Frederick Dunn	3,399	25.6
	Independent	Theodore McLennan	30	0.2
Total formal votes			13,284	99.2	+0.6
Informal votes			113	0.8	-0.6
Turnout			13,397	72.8	-9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Herbert FitzSimons	7,160	58.9
	Labor	Frederick Hutt	4,990	41.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+58.9

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Lane Cove
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Mr Bryce Crawford Walmsley (1881–1930)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Lane Cove". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (87). 7 July 1930. p. 2701. Retrieved 24 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Green, Antony. "1930 results Lane Cove by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.