1952 Lyne by-election

April 2024 April 2022 The 1952 by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Lyne was called on 22 March after the death of the incumbent Country Party of Australia member Jim Eggins who died in office on 28 January. Candidates Contesting the seat for the Country Party were Donald Lancaster and Philip Lucock, who had stood as one of multiple Country Party candidates for the seat at the 1949 election. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1949/1949repsnsw.txt Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 10 December 1949 2008-08-02 Adam Carr psephos Adam Carr Their main opponent was Edward Hayes of the Australian Labor Party. He had been the Labor candidate at several previous polls. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1951/1951repsnsw.txt Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 1951 2008-08-02 Adam Carr psephos Adam Carr Two independents, Edward Spensley and Joe Cordner, also stood for the seat. Results [[1952 Lyne by-election]]http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1951/lyne1951.txt 1952 Lyne By-election Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 2022-05-29 Edward Hayes Labor 13,588 37.3 +7.4 Philip Lucock Country 10,994 30.2 -3.1 Donald Lancaster Country 10,631 29.2 -3.1 Edward Spensley Independent Liberal 775 2.1 +2.1 Joe Cordner Independent 421 1.2 -3.4 36,409 98.5 565 1.5 36,974 92.1 Country Philip Lucock 21,484 59.0 -9.8 Labor Edward Hayes 14,925 41.0 +9.8 Country -9.8 Jim Eggins (Country) died.The presence of two Country Party candidates split the vote and Hayes took three thousand votes more than either Lucock or Lancaster, but with preferences from Lancaster, Lucock easily won the seat. Aftermath When Philip Lucock was sworn in as the member for Lyne on 22 March 1952, he became the first member of the House of Representatives to swear allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II who had ascended to the throne on 6 February. http://wopared.parl.net/Hansard/reps/dailys/dr200896.pdf Condolence Motions 2008-08-02 20 August 1996 House of Representatives Official Hansard pdf 26–32 Commonwealth of Australia dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080724032322/http://wopared.parl.net/hansard/reps/dailys/dr200896.pdf 24 July 2008 At the following Federal election in 1954 Lancaster stood as an independent candidate against his former Country Party colleague.http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1954/1954-lyne.txt Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 1954 2006-10-08 Adam Carr psephos Adam Carr https://web.archive.org/web/20060902050556/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1954/1954-lyne.txt 2006-09-02 dead See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1952 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales federal by-elections