1952 Bradfield by-election

Australian parliamentary by-election April 2024 April 2022 A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bradfield on 20 December 1952. This was triggered by the death of Liberal Party MP and former Prime Minister Billy Hughes. The election was won by Liberal Party candidate Harry Turner on a severely reduced margin, but against an Independent candidate rather than one from the Labor Party, which did not field a candidate in the safe Liberal seat. Results Bradfield by-election, 1952By-Elections 1951-1954 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1951/1951repsby.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20110316054150/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1951/1951repsby.txt dead 16 March 2011 Harry Turner Liberal 22,912 57.0 -21.7 Martin Hardie Independent 15,336 38.2 +38.2 John Somerville Smith Independent Labor 1,070 2.7 +2.7 Colin Potts Independent 569 1.4 +1.4 Edward Wright Independent 225 0.6 +0.6 Samuel Simons Independent 84 0.2 +0.2 40,196 98.1 -0.1 784 1.9 +0.1 40,980 90.2 -5.6 Liberal Harry Turner 58.4 -20.3 Independent Martin Hardie 41.6 +41.6 Liberal -20.3 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1952 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales federal by-elections