1938 Wollondilly state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wollondilly on 12 November 1938 because of the death of Mark Morton (United Australia).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
28 September 1938	Mark Morton died.[1]
17 October 1938	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
24 October 1938	Nominations
12 November 1938	Polling day
25 November 1938	Return of writ

Result

1938 Wollondilly by-election
Saturday 12 November ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Jeff Bate	2,255	19.0
	Independent	Thomas Gilmore	2,326	19.6
	Independent	Tom Mack	1,918	16.2
	United Australia	Henry Morton	1,509	12.7
	United Australia	Peter Loughlin	1,379	11.6
	United Australia	Herbert Venables	1,312	11.1
	United Australia	William Pickles	603	5.1
	Ind. United Australia	Walter Moss	503	4.2
	Independent	James Graham	56	0.5
Total formal votes			11,861	93.7
Informal votes			804	6.4
Turnout			12,665	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Jeff Bate	6,821	57.5
	Independent	Thomas Gilmore	5,040	42.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Wollondilly
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Mr Mark Fairlies Morton (1865–1938)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Wollondilly". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 149. 17 October 1938. p. 3979. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1938 Wollondilly by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2021.