1902 Balmain South state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Balmain South on 6 December 1902 because of the resignation of Sydney Law from the Labour Party and the parliament.[1] Following the 1901 election, the Progressive Party had formed a government with the support of Labour. In 1902 a man named Moss Firedman had been found guilty by a jury, however the judge disagreed with the guilty verdict. The Attorney General, Bernhard Wise, remitted Friedman's sentence and Joseph Carruthers, the Leader of the Opposition, moved a motion in the Legislative Assembly to censure Wise. Law voted in support of the motion despite a Labour decision to oppose it.[2] Law chose to resign and recontest the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.[3]
Dates
Date | Event |
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30 October 1902 | Vote on censure motion in Legislative Assembly/[2] |
18 November 1902 | Law resigned.[1] |
19 November 1902 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4] |
28 November 1902 | Nominations |
6 December 1902 | Polling day |
15 December 1902 | Return of writ |
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Labour | Sydney Law | 1,387 | 57.9 | ||
Labour | Hugh Byers | 1,006 | 42.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,388 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,404 | 58.9 [a] | −10.1 | ||
Member changed to Independent Labour from Labour |
See also
Notes
- ^ based on a roll of 4,082 at the 1901 election.
References
- ^ a b "Mr Sydney James Law (1856-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Law and disorder". The Worker. 22 November 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1902 Balmain South by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Writ of election: Balmain South". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 674. 19 November 1902. p. 8413. Retrieved 2 August 2020 – via Trove.