1919 Petersham state by-election
{{short description|Election result for Petersham, New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Petersham on 22 March 1919 because of the resignation of John Cohen ({{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}) who had accepted an appointment as a Judge of the District Court.{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr John Jacob Cohen (1859–1939) |id=1055 |former=Yes |access-date=2021-03-30}} H. V. Evatt alleges that this was part of a deal between William Holman and the Liberals that had led to the Nationalist government in 1917.{{cite book |last1=Evatt |first1=H. V. |author1-link=H. V. Evatt |title=Australian Labour Leader: The Story of W.A. Holman and the Labour Movement |date=1954 |publisher=Angus and Robertson |isbn=0207140413 |page=354}}
Dates
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! Date !! Event |
| 30 January 1919 |
| 5 March 1919
| Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229667522 |title=Writ of election: Petersham |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=49 |date=5 March 1919 |access-date=2021-03-30 |page=1455 |via=Trove}} |
| 8 March 1919
| Nominations |
| 22 March 1919
| Polling day |
| 5 April 1919
| Return of writ |
Result
{{Election box begin
|title =
Saturday 22 March 1919{{hsp}}{{cite NSW election |title=1919 Petersham by-election |year=1917 |district=Petersham_1 |access-date=2021-03-30}}
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{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Nationalist
|candidate = Sydney Shillington
|votes = 2,633
|percentage = 51.0
|change = -10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor NSW
|candidate = Barney Olde
|votes = 2,377
|percentage = 46.1
|change = +14.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Donald Croal
|votes = 150
|percentage = 2.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 5,160
|percentage = 99.3
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 35
|percentage = 0.7
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,195
|percentage = 45.6{{hsp}}{{efn|Estimate based on a roll of 11,404 at the 1917 election.{{refn|name=Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election Green 1917 Petersham
|change = -18.0
}}
{{Election box hold AU party
|winner = Nationalist
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
The by-election was caused by resignation of John Cohen ({{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}) who had accepted an appointment as a Judge of the District Court.
See also
Notes
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References
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{{NSW by-elections 24th parl|state=expanded}}
{{Results of New South Wales state elections}}
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Category:1919 elections in Australia