1955 Bulli state by-election

Election result for Bulli, New South Wales, Australia August 2020 August 2020 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bulli on 9 July 1955 because of the death of Laurie Kelly (Labor NSW).Mr Lawrence Borthwick Kelly (1) (1883-1955) 1387 Yes 1 September 2019 Dates Date Event 5 May 1955 Laurie Kelly died. 14 June 1955 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220302049 Writ of election: Bulli Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 59 14 June 1955 16 August 2020 1639 Trove 22 June 1955 Day of nomination 9 July 1955 Polling day 5 August 1955 Return of writ Result [[1955 Bulli state by-election|1955 Bulli by-election]]Saturday 9 July1955 Bulli by-election 1953 Bulli_1 18 August 2020 Labor NSW Rex Jackson 8,726 51.1 -36.8 Liberal NSW Lewis Jaratt 3,811 22.3 Independent Labor NSW Leslie Strachan 3,359 19.7 Communist Leonard Boardman 1,187 7.0 -5.2 17,083 98.4 276 1.6 17,359 85.5 Labor NSW N/A Laurie Kelly (Labor NSW) died. Preferences were not distributed. See also Electoral results for the district of Bulli List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1955 elections in Australia Category:1950s in New South Wales