1957 Kahibah state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Kahibah on 13 April 1957 because of the death of Tom Armstrong (Independent Labor).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
16 March 1956	Tom Armstrong died.^[1]
25 March 1957	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
28 March 1957	Nominations
13 April 1957	Polling day
15 May 1957	Return of writ

1957 Kahibah by-election
Saturday 13 April ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jack Stewart	9,232	51.9
	Liberal	Joseph Richley	4,407	24.8
	Democratic Labor	John Daley	2,687	15.1
	Independent	Ethelene James	1,451	8.2
Total formal votes			17,777	98.3
Informal votes			303	1.7
Turnout			18,080	91.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b "Mr Thomas Armstrong (2)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Kahibah". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 38. 25 March 1957. p. 963. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1957 Kahibah by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2020.