1945 Neutral Bay state by-election

Election result for Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia July 2020 July 2020 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Neutral Bay on Saturday 15 December 1945. It was triggered by the death of the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition, Reginald Weaver, who died a week after suffering a mild heart attack in the Legislative Assembly chamber. The seat was subsequently won by barrister Ivan Black (Liberal NSW). Neutral Bay being a safe Liberal seat, the Labor Party chose not to field a candidate. Dates Date Event 12 November 1945 Reginald Weaver died. 27 November 1945 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222030047 Writ of election: Neutral Bay New South Wales Government Gazette 126 27 November 1945 2021-03-24 2231 Trove 4 December 1945 Nominations 15 December 1945 Polling day 29 December 1945 Return of writ Background The seat of Neutral Bay, a safe Liberal seat, was held since 1927 by Reginald Weaver, who served as a Minister of the Crown in the Bavin and Stevens Governments. Weaver was the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly until 1941 and the Leader of the Opposition since February 1944. He was also the first parliamentary leader of the newly formed New South Wales Liberal Party since April 1945. Weaver suffered a heart attack in the Legislative Assembly chamber on the evening of 7 November 1945, and died a week later on 12 November 1945 at Hornsby Hospital.Helen Bourke Weaver, Reginald Walter Darcy (1876-1945) weaver-reginald-walter-9022 24 July 2020 Only two candidates nominated for the by-election. They were: Ivan Black, a barrister and war veteran, for the Liberal Party and Kenneth McLeod Bolton, a merchant, standing as an independent. A. E. Newland, the candidate of the small Services and Consumers Party of Australia, who had previously expressed interest in contesting, did not nominate because his name was not on the state electoral roll.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17961745 Neutral Bay election The Sydney Morning Herald 5 December 1945 4 Trove 2011-02-02 Results The Liberal Party retained the seat, with a minimal change in the margin. The Liberal candidate, Ivan Black, emerged with 56% of the vote against Independent Kenneth Bolton. [[1945 Neutral Bay state by-election|1945 Neutral Bay by-election]]Saturday 15 December1945 Neutral Bay by-election 1944 NeutralBay_1 24 July 2020 Ivan Black Liberal NSW 10,839 56.4 -0.5 Kenneth Bolton Independent 8,393 43.6 19,232 96.7 -0.9 657 3.3 +0.9 19,889 77.6 -12.9 Liberal NSW N/A Reginald Weaver (Liberal NSW) died. See also Electoral results for the district of Neutral Bay List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1945 elections in Australia Category:1940s in New South Wales Category:December 1945 in Australia