1906 Surry Hills state by-election

Election result for Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia April 2021 April 2021 1906 Surry Hills state by-election parliamentary Australia Electoral district of Surry Hills in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales no 1904 New South Wales state election 1904 1907 New South Wales state election 1907 21 July 1906 Albert Bruntnell Liberal Reform Party (Australia) Liberal Reform Party (Australia) 1,109 30.5% 3.8% Dick Meagher Richard Denis Meagher (1866-1931) c1920.png 130 120 160 0 5 Independent (Australia) 961 26.4% 26.4 Henry Lawton New South Wales Labor Party Labour 888 24.4% 24.4 John Norton John Norton, newspaper owner, 1898 (cropped).jpg 150 120 160 20 20 Independent (Australia) 697 18.7% 27.1% MLA John Norton Independent (politician) Albert Bruntnell Liberal Reform Party (Australia) 36.2% ( 20.8%) A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Surry Hills on 21 July 1906 because of the resignation of John Norton (Independent). Norton blamed William Holman for an article in The Worker commenting on Norton's unnatural silence over the land scandals involving Paddy Crick and William Willis.Michael Cannon Norton, John (1858-1916) norton-john-7863 2021-04-04http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145730967 The silence of John Norton The Worker 11 January 1906 4 April 2021 4 Trovehttps://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145728432 Stand up, John Norton The Worker 22 February 1906 4 April 2021 4 Trovehttps://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145896185 John Norton goes a-scabbing The Worker 17 March 1910 4 April 2021 12 Trove Norton made a personal attack on Holman in parliament, challenging him to resign and both would contest Holman's seat of Cootamundra. Dates Date Event 5 July 1906 John Norton resigned.Mr John Norton (1857-1916) 1019 Yes 1 May 2019 6 July 1906 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226573504 Writ of election: Surry Hills New South Wales Government Gazette 189 6 July 1906 4 April 2021 3895 Trove 14 July 1906 Nominations 21 July 1906 Polling day 31 July 1906 Return of writ Result [[1906 Surry Hills state by-election|1906 Surry Hills state by-election]]1906 Surry Hills by-election 1904 Surry Hills_1 2021-04-04 Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell (elected) 1,109 30.5 -3.8 Independent Dick Meagher 961 26.4 Labour NSW Henry Lawton 888 24.4 Independent John Norton (defeated) 679 18.7 -27.1 Independent James Jones 3 0.1 3,640 98.9 +0.2 40 1.1 -0.2 3,680 36.2Estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,172 at the 1904 election.Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election Green 1904 Surry Hills|1904 Surry Hills 18 December 2019 -20.8 Liberal Reform Independent John Norton (Independent) challenged William Holman to resign and both would contest Holman's seat of Cootamundra. Aftermath The Cootamundra by-election was held the following week, however Norton withdrew from the contest. H. V. Evatt argues that the most likely explanation for Norton's attack was to remove Labour's best debater at a critical time.Evatt H. V. H. V. Evatt Australian Labour Leader: The Story of W.A. Holman and the Labour Movement 1954 Angus and Robertson 0207140413 131–144 Norton returned to parliament at the 1907 election for Darling Harbour.1907 Darling Harbour 2021-04-04 See also Electoral results for the district of Surry Hills List of New South Wales state by-elections Notes References expanded Category:1906 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1900s in New South Wales