A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Hartley on 13 December 1947 because of the resignation of Hamilton Knight (Labor) to accept an appointment as a Commissioner in the Commonwealth Industrial Commission.[1]
Date | Event |
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29 October 1947 | Hamilton Knight resigned.[1] |
14 November 1947 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
28 November 1947 | Nominations |
13 December 1947 | Polling day |
2 January 1948 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jim Chalmers | 7,489 | 53.26 | ||
Liberal | Harold Coates | 5,071 | 36.07 | ||
Industrial Labor | William Alexander | 1,500 | 10.67 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,060 | 98.38 | |||
Informal votes | 231 | 1.62 | |||
Turnout | 14,291 | 88.10 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |