A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Lismore on 11 March 1933 because of the death of William Missingham, Country.[1] William Frith of the National Party of Australia – NSW won the election with 33.4% of the vote.
Date | Event |
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1 February 1933 | William Missingham died.[1] |
14 February 1933 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
21 February 1933 | Day of nomination |
11 March 1933 | Polling day |
25 March 1933 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | William Frith | 4,039 | 33.4 | ||
Labor (NSW) | Jim Fredericks | 3,634 | 30.1 | +6.1 | |
Country | Robert Gibson | 2,456 | 20.3 | ||
Country | Percy Tighe | 931 | 7.7 | ||
Independent | Phillip Wilkins | 924 | 7.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,079 | 97.8 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 277 | 2.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,356 | 90.6 | -6.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | William Frith | 7,730 | 64.0 | -12.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | Jim Fredericks | 4,349 | 36.0 | +12.0 | |
Country hold | Swing | -12.0 |