A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Drummoyne on 22 January 1916. It was triggered by the death of sitting George Richards (Liberal Reform).[1]
Date | Event |
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3 January 1916 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2] |
10 January 1916 | Day of nomination |
22 January 1916 | Polling day |
29 January 1916 | Second ballot |
7 February 1916 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Alexander Graff | 3,101 | 47.32 | ||
National Progressive | Frederick Parish | 1,392 | 21.24 | ||
Independent Liberal | Frank Farnell | 1,152 | 17.58 | ||
Women's League | William Begg | 829 | 12.65 | ||
Independent Democrat | Patrick Craddock | 70 | 1.07 | ||
Independent Democrat | John Bell | 8 | 0.14 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,553 | 100.00 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Turnout | 6,553 | 47.49 |
A second ballot was necessary because Alexander Graff failed, by 176 votes, to win an absolute majority. The Sydney Morning Herald attributed the lack of majority to Frank Farnell splitting the Liberal vote.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Alexander Graff | 4,382 | 56.06 | ||
National Progressive | Frederick Parish | 3,435 | 43.94 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,817 | 99.52 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 0.48 | |||
Turnout | 7,855 | 56.92 | |||
Liberal Reform hold | Swing |