1957 Wollondilly state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wollondilly on 26 October 1957. The election was triggered by the resignation of Blake Pelly (Liberal).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
19 September 1957	Blake Pelly resigned.^[1]
1 October 1957	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
8 October 1957	Nominations
24 October 1957	Polling day
25 November 1957	Return of writ

Tom Lewis (Liberal) was a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force and then the manager of a chicken farm at Castlereagh.^[3]
Ern Seager (Labor) was the Labor candidate at the 1956 and 1959 elections. He was unsuccessful on each occasion.
Murrum Sweet was a former president of Wollondilly Shire.^[4] This was the only occasion in which he stood for election in New South Wales.

1957 Wollondilly by-election
Saturday 24 October ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	8,483	52.0
	Labor	Ern Seager	5,155	31.6
	Independent	Murrum Sweet	2,666	16.4
Total formal votes			16,304	98.6
Informal votes			236	1.4
Turnout			16,540	86.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

^ ^a ^b "Mr Blake Raymond Pelly". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Wollondilly". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 113. 1 October 1957. p. 3127. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via Trove.
^ "The Hon. Thomas Lancelot Lewis (1922-2016)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Wollondilly Shire". Camden News. 17 December 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1957 Wollondilly by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 March 2021.