1930 Lane Cove state by-election

none October 2019 September 2020 1930 Lane Cove state by-election New South Wales parliamentary Primary no 1927 New South Wales state election 1927 26 July 1930 1930 New South Wales state election Oct. 1930 18,396 72.8% ( 9.3) Electoral district of Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Herbert_FitzSimons.png 125 120 160 0 0 Herbert FitzSimons Nationalist Party (Australia) 5,775 43.5% 14.3 Frederick Hutt.png 130 120 160 10 0 Frederick Hutt New South Wales Labor Party 4,080 30.7% 8.0 Frederick Dunn.png 145 120 160 0 8 Frederick Dunn Australian Party 3,399 25.6% 6.0dunn 2CP 2CP swing 58.9% 58.9 41.1% 41.1 MP Bryce Walmsley Nationalist Herbert FitzSimons Nationalist The 1930 Lane Cove state by-election was held on 26 July 1930 to elect the member for Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, following the death of Nationalist Party MP Bryce Walmsley.DEATH OF MR. WALMSLEY https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104426980 Goulburn Evening Penny Post 29 January 2025 3 23 June 1930LANE COVE ELECTION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137855117 Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate 29 January 2025 4 3 July 1930 The seat was retained for the Nationalists by Herbert FitzSimons, although the party lost 14.3% of its primary vote.LANE COVE BY-ELECTION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236201466 The Corowa Free Press 29 January 2025 3 29 July 1930LANE COVE BY-ELECTION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/159626076 The Gloucester Advocate 29 January 2025 2 29 July 1930 FitzSimons was not sworn in as an MP before parliament was dissolved for the state election on 25 October 1930, where he retained the seat.COUNT STILL LEAVES SIX SEATS DOUBTFUL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247185520 Daily Pictorial 29 January 2025 9 28 October 1930 This was the first election contested by the Australian Party, which had been formed in December 1929, and it has been suggested that the party would have won the by-election if Labor did not run a candidate.LANE COVE https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145978729 The Australian Worker 29 January 2025 11 30 July 1930Michael Hogan David Clune The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in Twentieth Century New South Wales / Volume Two: 1930 to 1965 Federation Press 2001 21 Key events 21 June 1930 − Bryce Walmsley dies 7 July 1930 − Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative AssemblyWRIT OF ELECTION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223075072 Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 29 January 2025 2701 7 July 1930 14 July 1930 − Candidate nominations 26 July 1930 − Polling day 28 July 1930 − Result declaredLANE COVE BY-ELECTION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16662982 Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 2025 12 29 July 1930 9 August 1930 − Return of writ Candidates Party Candidate Background   australian Frederick Dunn Lane Cove alderman, former mayor, and Independent Nationalist candidate in 1927MR. F. W DUNN https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16696663 Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 2025 10 15 July 1930LANE COVE MAYORS: A RETROSPECTIVE 1895 – 2021 https://aurorashore.com.au/NSHOR/LANECOVE/DOCUMENTS/JPEG/Lane%20Cove%20Mayors%20A%20Retrospective%20updated%202021.pdf aurorashore.com.au Lane Cove Council 29 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250129003236/https://aurorashore.com.au/NSHOR/LANECOVE/DOCUMENTS/JPEG/Lane%20Cove%20Mayors%20A%20Retrospective%20updated%202021.pdf 29 January 2025 2021   nationalist Herbert FitzSimons Printer and son of former MP William FitzSimonsA Plethora of Nationalists https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202452847 The Age 29 January 2025 9 2 July 1930Surprise Nomination For Seat https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115686476 Evening News 29 January 2025 9 14 July 1930McCarthy John Herbert Paton Fitzsimons (1898–1970) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fitzsimons-herbert-paton-6363 Australian Dictionary of Biography 29 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240803040607/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fitzsimons-herbert-paton-6363 3 August 2024   labor nsw Frederick Hutt Federal president of the Meat Employees UnionLane Cove Vacancy https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16687378 Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 2025 13 25 June 1930LANE COVE BY-ELECTION. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16661403 Sydney Morning Herald 29 January 2025 10 3 July 1930   Unlimited Revolutionary Theodore McLennan "Corn killer" and founder of the Australian Unlimited Social and Economic Revolutionary PartyLANE COVE BY-ELECTION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182514033 Glen Innes Examiner 29 January 2025 4 15 July 1930Four Candidates https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145975069 The Australian Worker 29 January 2025 18 16 July 1930 Results [[1930 Lane Cove state by-election|1930 Lane Cove state by-election]]Green Antony Lane Cove - By-election 1930 https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/electionresults18562007/1927/LaneCove_1.htm Parliament of New South Wales 29 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250121152623/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/electionresults18562007/1927/LaneCove_1.htm 21 January 2025 Nationalist Herbert FitzSimons 5,775 43.5 -14.3 Labor NSW Frederick Hutt 4,080 30.7 +8.0 Australian Frederick Dunn 3,399 25.6 +6.0dunn Compared to results as an Independent Nationalist candidate at the 1927 election.Green Antony Lane Cove - 1927 https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/electionresults18562007/1927/LaneCove.htm Parliament of New South Wales 29 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250121151711/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/electionresults18562007/1927/LaneCove.htm 21 January 2025 Unlimited Revolutionary Theodore McLennan 30 0.2 +0.2 13,284 99.2 +0.6 113 0.8 -0.6 13,397 72.8 -9.3 Nationalist Herbert FitzSimons 7,160 58.9 +58.9 Labor NSW Frederick Hutt 4,990 41.1 +41.1 Nationalist N/A See also Electoral results for the district of Lane Cove List of New South Wales state by-elections Notes References expanded Category:1930 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections