1950 Armidale state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Armidale on 11 February 1950 because of the resignation of David Drummond (Country to successfully contest the seat of New England at the 1949 federal election.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
28 October 1949	David Drummond resigned.[1]
17 January 1950	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
23 January 1950	Nominations
11 February 1950	Polling day
13 March 1950	Return of writ

Result

1950 Armidale by-electionSaturday 11 February [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Davis Hughes	4,240	32.8
	Labour	Jim Cahill	6,064	46.9
	Country	William Fooks	2,616	20.3
Total formal votes			12,920	99.1
Informal votes			124	1.0
Turnout			13,044	86.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Davis Hughes	6,652	51.5
	Labour	Jim Cahill	6,268	48.5
	Country hold

See also

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

References

1. "The Hon. David Henry Drummond (1890-1965)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Armidale". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (111). 17 January 1950. p. 161. Retrieved 29 July 2020 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1950 Armidale by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 July 2020.