1932 East Sydney by-election

New South Wales parliamentary no 6 February 1932 Popular Eddie Ward 1941 (cropped).jpg Eddie Ward Labor (NSW) 17,461 47.0% 4.6pp William McCall.jpg William McCall United Australia Party 16,304 43.9% 0.3pp MP John Clasby United Australia Party Eddie Ward Labor (NSW) 1932 East Sydney by-election 49.8% TPP swing 1.9pp 1.9pp 50.2% TPPApril 2024 April 2022 A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of East Sydney on 6 February 1932. This was triggered by the death of United Australia Party MP John Clasby, who had been elected at the 1931 election and never taken his seat in Parliament. The by-election was won by New South Wales Labor candidate Eddie Ward, who had previously won the seat in a by-election the previous year but lost it to Clasby at the federal election. The Labor Party had split in New South Wales with Ward adhering to the group headed by Jack Lang, the Premier of New South Wales. Results East Sydney by-election, 1932 By-Elections 1931-1934 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1931/1931repsby.txt Eddie Ward Labor (NSW) 17,461 47.0 +4.6 William McCall UAP 16,304 43.9 -0.3 Lou Cunningham Labor 2,817 7.6 -5.7 Jack Miles Communist 597 1.6 +1.6 37,179 97.3 1,018 2.7 38,197 85.6 Labor (NSW) Eddie Ward 18,676 50.2 +1.9 UAP William McCall 18,503 49.8 -1.9 Labor (NSW) UAP +1.9 References Category:1932 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales federal by-elections