1952 Ashfield state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Ashfield on 28 June 1952 because of the resignation of Athol Richardson (Liberal) who had accepted an appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
29 April 1952	Athol Richardson resigned.[1]
23 May 1952	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
2 June 1952	Nominations
28 June 1952	Polling day
21 July 1952	Return of writ

Result

1952 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 28 June ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Richardson	10,566	52.1	+10.3
	Liberal	Ray Watson	9,697	47.9	−10.3
Total formal votes			20,263	98.5	−0.3
Informal votes			308	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			20,571	90.8	−2.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.3

The retiring member Athol Richardson (Liberal) was not related to Jack Richardson (Labor) who capitalised on their surnames, campaigning on the slogan “Judge Richardson on his merits”.^[4]

See also

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

References

1. "The Hon. Athol Railton Richardson (1897-1982)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Ashfield". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 111. 23 May 1952. p. 1775. Retrieved 31 July 2020 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1952 Ashfield by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
4. Hughes, Tom (2 February 2006). "Address: Supreme Court judges' dinner". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011.