1943 Willoughby state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Willoughby on 25 September 1943. It was triggered by the death of sitting United Australia Party member Edward Sanders.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
10 July 1943	Death of Edward Saunders.[1]
3 September 1943	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
10 September 1943	Day of nomination
25 September 1943	Polling day
11 October 1943	Return of writ

Results

1943 Willoughby by-election [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	State Labor	William Wood	6,887	36.9	-3.3
	United Australia	George Brain	4,757	25.5
	United Australia	Joseph Bales	4,074	21.8
	Independent	Hugh Milne	1,768	9.5
	Independent	Clarence Faulkner	479	2.6
	Independent Labor	John Osborne	439	2.4
	People's Labor	Augustus Fenwick	251	1.35
Total formal votes			18,655	97.1	-1.1
Informal votes			557	2.9	+1.1
Turnout			19,212	83.2	-9.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	George Brain	10,279	55.1	-4.7
	State Labor	William Wood	8,376	44.9	+4.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	-4.7

See also

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

References

1. "Mr Edward Lloyd Sanders (1888–1943)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Willoughby". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (100). 3 September 1943. p. 1549. Retrieved 29 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Green, Antony. "1943 Willoughby by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2019.