1953 Waverley state by-election

Election result for Waverley, New South Wales, Australia August 2020 August 2020 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Waverley on 31 October 1953 because of the death of Clarrie Martin (Labor NSW).Major (Clarrie) Clarence Edward Martin, QC (1900-1953) 1616 Yes 30 April 2019 Dates Date Event 5 September 1953 Clarrie Martin died. 30 September 1953 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220069114 Writ of election: Waverley Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 171 30 September 1953 2021-03-22 3145 Trove 13 October 1953 Day of nomination 31 October 1953 Polling day 20 November 1953 Return of writ Result [[1953 Waverley state by-election|1953 Waverley by-election]]Saturday 31 October1953 Waverley by-election 1953 Waverley_1 2021-03-22 Labor NSW William Ferguson 11,284 61.0 -7.5 Liberal NSW Ben Doig 6,678 36.1 +4.6 Independent Edward Maher 539 2.9 18,501 98.2 +0.3 338 1.8 -0.3 18,839 81.7 -9.3 Labor NSW Preferences were not distributed.Clarrie Martin (Labor NSW) died. See also Electoral results for the district of Waverley List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1953 elections in Australia Category:1950s in New South Wales