1931 Upper Hunter state by-election

Election result for Upper Hunter, New South Wales, Australia March 2021 March 2021 The 1931 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 13 June 1931 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter because of the death of William Cameron (Nationalist).Mr William Cameron (1877–1931) 1312 Yes 1 May 2019 The Country Party did not nominate an official candidate because the seat had been held by the Nationalist Party. Malcolm Brown was nominated as an independent country candidate,https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81188967 Upper Hunter seat Singleton Argus 22 May 1931 25 November 2019 8 Trovehttps://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16785363 Upper Hunter: Country Party candidate The Sydney Morning Herald 13 June 1931 25 November 2019 14 Trove and was supported in his campaign by the leader of the Country Party, Michael Bruxner.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81189507 Advertising Singleton Argus 8 June 1931 25 November 2019 3 Trove Dates Date Event 6 May 1939 Death of William Cameron. 18 May 1931 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219917375 Writ of election: Upper Hunter New South Wales Government Gazette 61 18 May 1931 25 November 2019 1799 Trove 26 May 1931 Nominations 13 June 1931 Polling day 27 June 1931 Return of writ Results [[1931 Upper Hunter state by-election|1931 Upper Hunter by-election]]Saturday 13 June1931 Upper Hunter by-election 1930 UpperHunter_1 25 November 2019 Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,216 45.7 -10.6 independent country nsw Malcolm Brown 3,964 34.7 Independent Labor NSW Percy Forsyth 2,173 19.0 Communist William Richards 65 0.6 11,418 96.6 -0.2 406 3.4 +0.2 11,824 89.6based on a roll of 13,202 at the 1930 election.Green 1930 Upper Hunter|1930 Upper Hunter 3 May 2020 -8.5 independent country nsw Malcolm Brown 6,078 52.5 Nationalist Alister McMullin 5,494 47.5 independent country nsw Nationalist William Cameron (Nationalist) died.Malcom Brown won the seat on Labor preferences,https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113502956 Upper Hunter: Nationalist defeated, Brown gets Labor preferences Western Champion 22 June 1931 25 November 2019 3 Trove and joined the Country Party once he entered Parliament. See also Electoral results for the district of Upper Hunter List of New South Wales state by-elections Notes References expanded Upper Hunter Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1930s in New South Wales