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==Results==
==Results==
{{Election box begin
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{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Alexander Cook
|votes = 223
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal NSW
|candidate = [[Wal Fife]]
|votes = 5,375
|percentage = 34.7
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor NSW
|candidate = Dudley Graham
|votes = 5,499
|percentage = 35.5
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = DLP
|candidate = Jim Kennedy
|votes = 1,983
|percentage = 12.8
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Country
|candidate = William Lampe
|votes = 2,233
|percentage = 14.4
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = George O'Donoghue
|votes = 90
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = John Skeers
|votes = 91
|percentage = 0.59
|change =
}}

{{Election box formal
|votes = 15,494
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box informal
|votes = 546
|percentage = 3.4
|change =
}}

{{Election box turnout
|votes = 16,040
|percentage = 87.5
|change =
}}

{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal NSW
|candidate = [[Wal Fife]]
|votes = 9,148
|percentage = 59.0
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor NSW
|candidate = Dudley Graham
|votes = 6,346
|percentage = 41.0
|change =
}}

{{Election box gain AU party
|winner = Liberal NSW
|loser = Labor NSW
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:13, 28 November 2019

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wagga Wagga on 6 December 1957. The election was triggered by the death of Labor Party member Eddie Graham.[1]

Dates

Date Event
13 November 1957 Death of Eddie Graham.[1]
20 November 1957 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
26 November 1957 Nominations
14 December 1957 Polling day
15 January 1958 Return of writ

Results

1957 Wagga Wagga by-election [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alexander Cook 223 1.4
Liberal Wal Fife 5,375 34.7
Labor Dudley Graham 5,499 35.5
Democratic Labor Jim Kennedy 1,983 12.8
Country William Lampe 2,233 14.4
Independent George O'Donoghue 90 0.58
Independent John Skeers 91 0.59
Total formal votes 15,494
Informal votes 546 3.4
Turnout 16,040 87.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Wal Fife 9,148 59.0
Labor Dudley Graham 6,346 41.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Hon. Edgar Hugh Graham(1897-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Writ of election: Wagga Wagga". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 148. 20 November 1957. p. 3691. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1957 Wagga Wagga by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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