List of New South Wales state by-elections
This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons.

List of New South Wales state by-elections

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Table Section Text: This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons.

Fifty-sixth Legislative Assembly 2015–2019[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for by-election	Date of by-election	Winner of by-election	Party

Wagga Wagga	Daryl Maguire	Liberal	Resigned	8 September 2018	Joe McGirr	Independent

Blacktown	John Robertson	Labor	Resigned	14 October 2017	Stephen Bali	Labor

Cootamundra	Katrina Hodgkinson	National	Resigned	14 October 2017	Steph Cooke	National

Murray	Adrian Piccoli	National	Resigned	14 October 2017	Austin Evans	National

Gosford	Kathy Smith	Labor	Resigned due to ill health	8 April 2017	Liesl Tesch	Labor

Manly	Mike Baird	Liberal	Resigned	8 April 2017	James Griffin	Liberal

North Shore	Jillian Skinner	Liberal	Resigned	8 April 2017	Felicity Wilson	Liberal

Canterbury	Linda Burney	Labor	Resigned to contest federal seat of Barton	12 November 2016	Sophie Cotsis	Labor

Orange	Andrew Gee	National	Resigned to contest federal seat of Calare	12 November 2016	Philip Donato	SFF

Wollongong	Noreen Hay	Labor	Resigned	12 November 2016	Paul Scully	Labor

Fifty-fifth Legislative Assembly 2011–2015[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for by-election	Date of by-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Charlestown	Andrew Cornwell	Liberal	Resigned due to ICAC investigation	25 October 2014	Jodie Harrison	Labor

Newcastle	Tim Owen	Liberal	Resigned due to ICAC investigation	25 October 2014	Tim Crakanthorp	Labor

Miranda	Graham Annesley	Liberal	Resigned to become CEO of Gold Coast Titans rugby league team	19 October 2013	Barry Collier	Labor

Northern Tablelands	Richard Torbay	Independent	Resigned	25 May 2013	Adam Marshall	National

Sydney	Clover Moore	Independent	Resigned due to new state laws preventing dual membership of state parliament and local council	27 October 2012	Alex Greenwich	Independent

Heffron	Kristina Keneally	Labor	Resigned after being appointed CEO of Basketball Australia	25 August 2012	Ron Hoenig	Labor

Clarence	Steve Cansdell	National	Resigned after falsifying a statutory declaration regarding a speeding offence	19 November 2011	Chris Gulaptis	National

Fifty-fourth Legislative Assembly 2007–2011[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for by-election	Date of by-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Penrith	Karyn Paluzzano	Labor	Resigned after misleading ICAC	19 June 2010	Stuart Ayres	Liberal

Cabramatta	Reba Meagher	Labor	Resigned after being dismissed from cabinet	18 October 2008	Nick Lalich	Labor

Lakemba	Morris Iemma	Labor	Resigned after losing confidence of caucus	18 October 2008	Robert Furolo	Labor

Port Macquarie	Rob Oakeshott	Independent	Resigned to contest federal Lyne by-election	18 October 2008	Peter Besseling	Independent

Ryde	John Watkins	Labor	Resigned to spend time with family	18 October 2008	Victor Dominello	Liberal

Fifty-third Legislative Assembly 2003–2007[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Dubbo	Tony McGrane	Independent	Death	20 November 2004	Dawn Fardell	Independent

Maroubra	Bob Carr	Labor	Resigned as Premier	17 September 2005	Michael Daley	Labor

Marrickville	Andrew Refshauge	Labor	Resigned as Deputy Premier	17 September 2005	Carmel Tebbutt	Labor

Macquarie Fields	Craig Knowles	Labor	Resigned after it became apparent that he would not become Premier	17 September 2005	Steven Chaytor	Labor

Pittwater	John Brogden	Liberal	Ill health	26 November 2005	Alex McTaggart	Independent

Fifty-second Legislative Assembly 1999–2003[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Campbelltown	Michael Knight	Labor	Resigned after completion of term as Olympics Minister	3 February 2001	Graham West	Labor

Auburn	Peter Nagle	Labor	Ill health	8 September 2001	Barbara Perry	Labor

Tamworth	Tony Windsor	Independent	Resigned to contest federal seat of New England at 2001 election	8 December 2001	John Cull	National

Hornsby	Stephen O'Doherty	Liberal	Resigned	23 February 2002	Judy Hopwood	Liberal

Fifty-first Legislative Assembly 1995–1999[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Clarence	Ian Causley	National	Resigned to contest federal seat of Page at the 1996 election	25 May 1996	Harry Woods	Labor

Southern Highlands	John Fahey	Liberal	Resigned to contest federal seat of Macarthur at the 1996 election	25 May 1996	Peta Seaton	Liberal

Strathfield	Paul Zammit	Liberal	Resigned to contest federal seat of Lowe at the 1996 election	25 May 1996	Bruce MacCarthy	Liberal

Orange	Garry West	National	Resigned	25 May 1996	Russell Turner	National

Pittwater	Jim Longley	Liberal	Resigned	25 May 1996	John Brogden	Liberal

Port Macquarie	Wendy Machin	National	Resigned	30 November 1996	Rob Oakeshott	National

Sutherland	Chris Downy	Liberal	Resigned	12 February 1997	Lorna Stone	Liberal

Fiftieth Legislative Assembly 1991–1995[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

The Entrance	Bob Graham	Liberal	Result overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns	18 January 1992	Grant McBride	Labor

Davidson	Terry Metherell	Independent	Accepted an appointment in the public service (see Metherell affair)	2 May 1992	Andrew Humpherson	Liberal

Ku-ring-gai	Nick Greiner	Liberal	Resigned after losing Premiership (see Metherell affair)	22 August 1992	Stephen O'Doherty	Liberal

Gordon	Tim Moore	Liberal	Resigned (see Metherell affair)	22 August 1992	Jeremy Kinross	Liberal

The Hills	Tony Packard	Liberal	Resigned after involvement in a business scandal	28 August 1993	Michael Richardson	Liberal

North Shore	Phillip Smiles	Liberal	Resigned	5 February 1994	Jillian Skinner	Liberal

Vaucluse	Michael Yabsley	Liberal	Resigned	9 April 1994	Peter Debnam	Liberal

Parramatta	Andrew Ziolkowski	Labor	Death	27 August 1994	Gabrielle Harrison	Labor

Cabramatta	John Newman	Labor	Assassinated by Phuong Ngo	22 October 1994	Reba Meagher	Labor

Forty-ninth Legislative Assembly 1988–1991[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Vaucluse	Ray Aston	Liberal	Death	(6 June 1988)*	Michael Yabsley	Liberal

North Shore	Ted Mack	Independent	Resigned	5 November 1988	Robyn Read	Independent

Port Stephens	Bob Martin	Labor	Result voided by the Court of Disputed Returns	5 November 1988	Bob Martin	Labor

Wallsend	Ken Booth	Labor	Death	17 December 1988	John Mills	Labor

Liverpool	George Paciullo	Labor	Resigned after being passed over as leader of the party	29 April 1989	Peter Anderson	Labor

Heffron	Laurie Brereton	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Kingsford-Smith at the 1990 election	23 June 1990	Deirdre Grusovin	Labor

Smithfield	Janice Crosio	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Prospect at the 1990 election	23 June 1990	Carl Scully	Labor

Granville	Laurie Ferguson	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Reid at the 1990 election	23 June 1990	Kim Yeadon	Labor

The Hills	Fred Caterson	Liberal	Resigned	1 September 1990	Tony Packard	Liberal

Coffs Harbour	Matt Singleton	National	Resigned	3 November 1990	Andrew Fraser	National

Macquarie Fields	Stan Knowles	Labor	Resigned	3 November 1990	Craig Knowles	Labor

Although the Vaucluse by-election was set for 18 June 1988, Michael Yabsley was declared elected unopposed on the close of nominations on 6 June.

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Murray	Tim Fischer	National	Successfully contested the seat of Farrer at the 1984 federal election	2 February 1985	Jim Small	National

Peats	Paul Landa	Labor	Death	2 February 1985	Tony Doyle	Labor

Gloucester	Leon Punch	National	Resigned	12 October 1985	Wendy Machin	National

Cabramatta	Eric Bedford	Labor	Resigned	1 February 1986	John Newman	Labor

Canterbury	Kevin Stewart	Labor	Accepted position as Agent-General in London	1 February 1986	Kevin Moss	Labor

Kiama	Bill Knott	Labor	Resigned	1 February 1986	Bob Harrison	Labor

Vaucluse	Rosemary Foot	Liberal	Resigned	31 May 1986	Ray Aston	Liberal

Pittwater	Max Smith	Independent	Resigned	31 May 1986	Jim Longley	Liberal

Bass Hill	Neville Wran	Labor	Resigned	2 August 1986	Michael Owen	Liberal

Rockdale	Brian Bannon	Labor	Accepted a government position and created a seat for the Premier	2 August 1986	Barrie Unsworth	Labor

Heathcote	Rex Jackson	Labor	Resigned amidst a corruption scandal that ultimately led to his imprisonment	31 January 1987	Ian McManus	Labor

Bankstown	Ric Mochalski	Labor	Resigned after being charged with fraud	31 January 1987	Doug Shedden	Labor

Northern Tablelands	Bill McCarthy	Labor	Death	23 May 1987	Ray Chappell	National

Forty-seventh Legislative Assembly 1981–1984[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Drummoyne	Michael Maher	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Lowe at the 1982 Lowe by-election	17 April 1982	John Murray	Labor

Marrickville	Tom Cahill	Labor	Death	22 October 1983	Andrew Refshauge	Labor

Riverstone	Tony Johnson	Labor	Resigned	22 October 1983	Richard Amery	Labor

Kogarah	Bill Crabtree	Labor	Resigned after losing cabinet position	22 October 1983	Brian Langton	Labor

Maroubra	Bill Haigh	Labor	Resigned after losing cabinet position	22 October 1983	Bob Carr	Labor

Forty-sixth Legislative Assembly 1978–1981[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Castlereagh	Jack Renshaw	Labor	Resigned	23 February 1980	Jim Curran	Labor

Murray	Mary Meillon	Liberal	Death	13 September 1980	Tim Fischer	National Country

Ku-ring-gai	John Maddison	Liberal	Resigned	13 September 1980	Nick Greiner	Liberal

Bankstown	Nick Kearns	Labor	Death	13 September 1980	Ric Mochalski	Labor

Sturt	Tim Fischer	National Country	Successfully contested the federal seat of Farrer at the 1980 election	21 February 1981	John Sullivan	National Country

Cessnock	Bob Brown	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Hunter at the 1980 election	21 February 1981	Stan Neilly	Labor

Oxley	Bruce Cowan	National Country	Successfully contested the federal seat of Lyne at the 1980 election	21 February 1981	Peter King	National Country

Maitland	Milton Morris	Liberal	Unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Lyne at the 1980 election	21 February 1981	Peter Toms	Liberal

Forty-fifth Legislative Assembly 1976–1978[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

The Hills	Max Ruddock	Liberal	Resigned	9 October 1976	Fred Caterson	Liberal

Earlwood	Eric Willis	Liberal	Resigned	15 July 1978	Ken Gabb	Labor

Forty-fourth Legislative Assembly 1973–1976[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Goulburn	Ron Brewer	National Country	Unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Eden-Monaro at the 1974 federal election	20 July 1974	Ron Brewer	National Country

Coogee	Ross Freeman	Liberal	Result voided by the Court of Disputed Returns	20 July 1974	Michael Cleary	Labor

Pittwater	Robert Askin	Liberal	Resigned	8 February 1975	Bruce Webster	Liberal

Lane Cove	Ken McCaw	Liberal	Resigned	8 February 1975	John Dowd	Liberal

Wagga Wagga	Wal Fife	Liberal	Successfully contested the seat of Farrer at the 1975 federal election	6 December 1975	Joe Schipp	Liberal

Orange	Charles Cutler	National Country	Resigned	14 February 1976	Garry West	National Country

Forty-third Legislative Assembly 1971–1973[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Mosman	Pat Morton	Liberal	Resigned	29 July 1972	David Arblaster	Liberal

Charlestown	Jack Stewart	Labor	Death	18 November 1972.	Richard Face	Labor

Hawkesbury	Bernie Deane	Liberal	Resigned	17 February 1973	Kevin Rozzoli	Liberal

Armidale	Davis Hughes	Country	Accepted position as Agent-General in London	17 February 1973	David Leitch	Country

Byron	Stanley Stephens	Country	Resigned	17 February 1973	Jack Boyd	Country

Murray	Joe Lawson	Independent	Death	6 October 1973	Mary Meillon	Liberal

Forty-second Legislative Assembly 1968–1971[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Lake Macquarie	Jim Simpson	Labor	Death	9 April 1969	Merv Hunter	Labor

Upper Hunter	Frank O'Keefe	Country	Successfully contested the federal seat of Paterson at the 1969 federal election	14 February 1970	Col Fisher	Country

Randwick	Lionel Bowen	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Kingsford Smith at the 1969 federal election	14 February 1970	Laurie Brereton	Labor

Murrumbidgee	Al Grassby	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Riverina at the 1969 federal election	14 February 1970	Lin Gordon	Labor

Georges River	Douglas Cross	Liberal	Death	19 September	Frank Walker	Labor

Forty-first Legislative Assembly 1965–1968[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Bondi	Abe Landa	Labor	Accepted the position of state Agent-General in London	6 November 1965	Syd Einfeld	Labor

Oxley	Les Jordan	Liberal	Death	6 November 1965	Bruce Cowan	Country

Bathurst	Gus Kelly	Labor	Death	6 May 1967	Clive Osborne	Country

Fortieth Legislative Assembly 1962–1965[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Casino	Ian Robinson	Country	Successfully contested the federal seat of Cowper at the 1963 election	29 February 1964	Richmond Manyweathers	Country

Wollongong-Kembla	Rex Connor	Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Cunningham at the 1963 election	29 February 1964	Doug Porter	Labor

Waratah	Edward Greaves	Labor	Death	8 August 1964	Frank Purdue	Independent

Lakemba	Stan Wyatt	Labor	Death	19 September 1964	Vince Durick	Labor

Thirty-ninth Legislative Assembly 1959–1962[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Lismore	Jack Easter	Country	Result voided by the Court of Disputed Returns	12 September 1959.	Keith Compton	Labor

Cook's River	Joseph Cahill	Labor	Death	12 December 1959	Tom Cahill	Labor

Kurri Kurri	George Booth	Labor	Death	8 October 1960	Ken Booth	Labor

Temora	Doug Dickson	Country	Death	8 October 1960	Jim Taylor	Country

Paddington-Waverley	William Ferguson	Labor	Death	25 February 1961	Keith Anderson	Labor

Liverpool Plains	Roger Nott	Labor	Accepted an appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory	25 March 1961	Frank O'Keefe	Country

Thirty-eighth Legislative Assembly 1956–1959[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Burwood	Leslie Parr	Liberal	Death	16 February 1957	Ben Doig	Liberal

Kahibah	Tom Armstrong	Independent Labor	Death	13 April 1957	Jack Stewart	Labor

Vaucluse	Murray Robson	Liberal	Resigned	24 August 1957	Geoffrey Cox	Liberal

Wollondilly	Blake Pelly	Liberal	Resigned	26 October 1957	Tom Lewis	Liberal

Wagga Wagga	Eddie Graham	Labor	Death	14 December 1957	Wal Fife	Liberal

Thirty-seventh Legislative Assembly 1953–1956[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Dulwich Hill	George Weir	Labor	Appointed to the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales	20 June 1953	Cliff Mallam	Labor

Waverley	Clarrie Martin	Labor	Death	31 October 1953	William Ferguson	Labor

Kahibah	Joshua Arthur	Labor	Resigned after being expelled from the Labor Party, following adverse findings into his conduct by a Royal Commission	31 October 1953	Tom Armstrong	Independent Labor

Leichhardt	Claude Matthews	Labor	Committed suicide	20 March 1954	Reg Coady	Labor

Phillip	Tom Shannon	Labor	Death	14 August 1954	Pat Hills	Labor

Clarence	Cecil Wingfield	Country	Death	26 March 1955	Bill Weiley	Country

Bulli	Laurie Kelly Sr.	Labor	Death	9 July 1955	Rex Jackson	Labor

Thirty-sixth Legislative Assembly 1950–1953[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Burwood	Gordon Jackett	Liberal	Death	2 June 1951	Leslie Parr	Liberal

Neutral Bay	Ivan Black	Liberal	Unsuccessfully contested preselection for the federal seat of Warringah at the 1951 election	(21 May 1951)	Ivan Black	Liberal

Liverpool	James McGirr	Labor	Appointed chair of the Maritime Services Board	24 May 1952	Jack Mannix	Labor

Ashfield	Athol Richardson	Liberal	Appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales	28 June 1952	Jack Richardson	Labor

Thirty-fifth Legislative Assembly 1947–1950[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Hartley	Hamilton Knight	Labor	Accepted an appointment to the Commonwealth Industrial Commission	13 December 1947	Jim Chalmers	Labor

Coogee	Lou Cunningham	Labor	Death	8 May 1948	Kevin Ellis	Liberal

Kogarah	William Currey	Labor	Death	17 July 1948	Douglas Cross	Liberal

Cobar	Mat Davidson	Labor	Death	12 March 1949	Ernest Wetherell	Labor

Concord	Bill Carlton	Labor	Death	12 March 1949	Brice Mutton	Liberal

Redfern	George Noble	Labor	Death	8 October 1949	Kevin Dwyer	Labor

Cessnock	Jack Baddeley	Labor	Accepted an appointment as Chairman of the State Coal Mine Authority	8 October 1949	John Crook	Labor

Wollondilly	Jeff Bate	Liberal	Successfully contested the seat of Macarthur at the 1949 federal election	(23 January 1950)	Blake Pelly	Liberal

Armidale	David Drummond	Country	Successfully contested the seat of New England at the 1949 federal election	11 February 1950	Davis Hughes	Country

Wollongong-Kembla	Billy Davies	Labor	Successfully contested the seat of Cunningham at the 1949 federal election	11 February 1950	Baden Powell	Labor

Concord	Brice Mutton	Liberal	Death	11 February 1950	John Adamson	Liberal

Thirty-fourth Legislative Assembly 1944–1947[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Ryde	James Shand	Independent Democrat	Death	3 February 1945	Eric Hearnshaw	Liberal

Blacktown	Frank Hill	Labor	Death	18 August 1945	John Freeman	Labor

Manly	Alfred Reid	Liberal	Death	15 September 1945	Douglas Darby	Liberal

Neutral Bay	Reginald Weaver	Liberal	Death	15 December 1945	Ivan Black	Liberal

Goulburn	Jack Tully	Labor	Resigned	1 June 1946	Laurie Tully	Labor

Albury	Alexander Mair	Liberal	Unsuccessfully contested a seat in the Australian Senate at the 1946 federal election	9 November 1946	John Hurley	Labor

Auburn	Jack Lang	Lang Labor	Successfully contested the federal seat of Reid at the 1946 federal election	9 November 1946	James Lang	Lang Labor

Ashfield	Athol Richardson	Liberal	Unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Parkes at the 1946 federal election	9 November 1946	Athol Richardson	Liberal

Corowa	Christopher Lethbridge	Liberal	Unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Riverina at the 1946 federal election	9 November 1946	Ebenezer Kendell	Country

Thirty-third Legislative Assembly 1941–1944[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Dubbo	George Wilson	Country	Death	6 June 1942	Clarrie Robertson	Labor

South Coast	Rupert Beale	Independent	Death	14 November 1942	Jack Beale	Independent

Willoughby	Edward Sanders	UAP	Death	25 September 1943	George Brain	UAP

Lachlan	Griffith Evans	Country	Death	25 September 1943	John Chanter	Labor

Auburn	Jack Lang	Lang Labor	Unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Reid at the 1943 election	2 October 1943	Jack Lang	Lang Labor

Thirty-second Legislative Assembly 1938–1941[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Coogee	John Dunningham	UAP	Death	25 June 1938	Thomas Mutch	UAP

Gordon	Harry Turner	UAP	Result voided by Court of Disputed Returns	24 September 1938	Harry Turner	UAP

Wollondilly	Mark Morton	UAP	Death	12 November 1938	Jeff Bate	UAP

Balmain	John Quirk	Labor	Death	14 January 1939	Mary Quirk	Labor

Hurstville	James Webb	UAP	Death	18 March 1939	Clive Evatt	Industrial Labor

Waverley	John Waddell	UAP	Death	22 April 1939	Clarrie Martin	Industrial Labor

Upper Hunter	Malcolm Brown	Country	Death	7 October 1939	D'Arcy Rose	Country

Tamworth	Frank Chaffey	UAP	Death	10 August 1940	Bill Chaffey	UAP

Croydon	Bertram Stevens	UAP	Unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Lang at the 1940 election	7 September 1940	David Hunter	UAP

Ryde	Eric Spooner	UAP	Successfully contested the federal seat of Robertson at the 1940 election	14 September 1940	Arthur Williams	Labor

Barwon	Ben Wade	Country	Unsuccessfully contest the federal seat of Gwydir at the 1940 election	25 October 1940	Roy Heferen	Labor

Thirty-first Legislative Assembly 1935–1938[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Gordon	Thomas Bavin	UAP	Accepted an appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales	(23 November 1935)	Philip Goldfinch	UAP

Vaucluse	William Foster	UAP	Death	29 August 1936	Murray Robson	Independent UAP

Woollahra	Daniel Levy	UAP	Death	26 June 1937	Harold Mason	Independent UAP

Gordon	Philip Goldfinch	UAP	Resigned (Increased commitment to business interests)	7 August 1937	Harry Turner	UAP

Corowa	Richard Ball	Country	Death	11 December 1937	Christopher Lethbridge	Independent

Thirtieth Legislative Assembly 1932–1935[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Leichhardt	Barney Olde	Labor (NSW)	Death	10 December 1932	Joe Lamaro	Labor (NSW)

Lismore	William Missingham	Country	Death	11 March 1933	William Frith	Country

Bulli	Andrew Lysaght, junior	Labor (NSW)	Death	3 June 1933	John Sweeney	Labor (NSW)

Annandale	Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor (NSW)	Death	24 June 1933	Bob Gorman	Labor (NSW)

Hamilton	Hugh Connell	Labor (NSW)	Death	24 February 1934	William Brennan	Labor (NSW)

Gloucester	Walter Bennett	UAP	Death	25 August 1934	Charles Bennett	UAP

Leichhardt	Joe Lamaro	Labor (NSW)	Unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Watson at the 1934 election	20 October 1934	Claude Matthews	Labor (NSW)

Twenty-ninth Legislative Assembly 1930–1932[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Clarence	Alfred Pollack	Country	Death	7 March 1931	Alfred Henry	Country

Annandale	Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor (NSW)	Insolvency	25 April 1931	Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor (NSW)

Upper Hunter	William Cameron	Nationalist	Death	13 June 1931	Malcolm Brown	Country

Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly 1927–1930[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Wollondilly	George Fuller	Nationalist	Accepted position as Agent-General in London in February 1928	3 March 1928	Mark Morton	Nationalist

Hamilton	David Murray	Labor	Death	8 September 1928	James Smith	Labor

Coogee	Hyman Goldstein	Nationalist	Death – probably murdered by ex-MLA Tom Ley	22 September 1928	John Dunningham	Nationalist

Parramatta	Albert Bruntnell	Nationalist	Death	23 February 1929	Herbert Lloyd	Nationalist

Ashfield	Milton Jarvie	Nationalist	Resigned after being implicated in a bribery scandal	5 October 1929	Milton Jarvie	Nationalist

Lane Cove	Bryce Walmsley	Nationalist	Death	26 July 1930	Herbert FitzSimons	Nationalist

Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly 1925–1927[edit] The 25th, 26th and 27th Legislative Assemblies were elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark).

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Sydney	John Birt	Labor	Death	(24 June 1925)	Patrick Minahan	Labor

St George	Thomas Ley	Nationalist	Resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Barton at the 1925 election	(30 September 1925)	William Bagnall	Nationalist

Goulburn	John Perkins	Nationalist	Resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Eden-Monaro at the 1926 Eden-Monaro by-election.	(21 January 1926)	Henry Bate	Nationalist

Cumberland	William FitzSimons	Nationalist	Death	(22 September 1926)	James Shand	Nationalist

North Shore	Alick Kay ¶	Independent	Accepted a position on the Metropolitan Meat Board.	(22 September 1926)	Arthur Tonge	Labor

¶ Kay had supported the Lang Government in votes of confidence in the Assembly, the Clerk of the Parliament therefore named the first unsuccessful Labor candidate in the North Shore electrorate as his replacement.

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Wammerawa	William Ashford	Independent	Result overturned (Change of member without by-election)	(1 August 1922)	Joseph Clark	Labor

Stuart	Jabez Wright	Labor	Death	(30 September 1922)	Ted Horsington	Labor

Namoi	Patrick Scully	Labor	Resigned	(20 September 1923)	William Scully	Labor

North Shore	Arthur Cocks	Nationalist	Accepted position of Agent-General in London	(24 March 1925)	Alfred Reid	Nationalist

Twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly 1920–1922[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Eastern Suburbs	James Fingleton	Labor	Death	(15 December 1920)	Daniel Dwyer	Labor

Goulburn	Augustus James	Nationalist	Accepted an appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.	(15 December 1920)	William Millard	Nationalist

Murray	George Beeby	Progressive	Accepted a judicial appointment	(15 December 1920)	Matthew Kilpatrick	Progressive

Oxley	George Briner	Progressive	Death	(15 December 1920)	Theodore Hill	Progressive

Newcastle	William Kearsley	Labor	Death	(30 August 1921)	David Murray	Labor

Stuart ¶	Percy Brookfield	Industrial Socialist	Murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton	(30 August 1921)	Jabez Wright	Labor

Balmain	John Storey	Labor	Death	(18 October 1921)	Tom Keegan	Labor

Goulburn ‡	William Millard	Nationalist	Death	(22 November 1921)	John Perkins	Nationalist

¶ The Speaker had received correspondence nominating two Independents from the 1920 election. However, the terms of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies ) Act stated that a nomination to fill the vacancy had to come from a recognised party leader.

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Macquarie	Thomas Thrower	Labor	Death	12 July 1917	Patrick McGirr	Labor

Murray	Robert Scobie	Nationalist	Death	22 September 1917	Brian Doe	Nationalist

Gloucester	Richard Price	Independent Liberal	Expelled after a Royal Commission found he had made "wanton lies" in an attack on the Lands Minister William Ashford	10 November 1917	Richard Price	Independent Liberal

Cobar	Charles Fern	Labor	Death	(1 June 1918)	Mat Davidson	Labor

Upper Hunter	Mac Abbott	Nationalist	Resigned	8 June 1918	William Cameron	Nationalist

Monaro	Gus Miller	Labor	Death	23 November 1918	John Bailey	Labor

Petersham	John Cohen	Nationalist	Accepted an appointment as a District Court Judge	22 March 1919	Sydney Shillington	Nationalist

Paddington	John Osborne	Labor	Accepted as appointment to the Metropolitan Meat Board	24 May 1919	Lawrence O'Hara	Labor

Paddington	Lawrence O'Hara	Labor	Death	26 July 1919	John Birt	Labor

Twenty-third Legislative Assembly 1913–1917[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Canterbury	Henry Peters	Labor	Bankrupt	10 October 1914	George Cann	Labor

Castlereagh	John Treflé	Labor	Death	20 February 1915	Guy Arkins	Labor

Clarence	John McFarlane	Liberal Reform	Death	14 August 1915	William Zuill	Farmers and Settlers

Armidale	George Braund	Liberal Reform	Died on active service	(18 September 1915)	Herbert Lane	Liberal Reform

Wollondilly	Frank Badgery	Liberal Reform	Death	(2 October 1915)	George Fuller	Liberal Reform

Willoughby	Edward Larkin	Labor	Died on active service on 25 April 1915	25 September 1915	John Haynes	Independent

Drummoyne	George Richards	Liberal Reform	Death	22 January 1916	Alexander Graff	Liberal Reform

Parramatta	Tom Moxham	Liberal Reform	Death	12 February 1916	Albert Bruntnell	Liberal Reform

Bingara	George McDonald	Labor	Resigned from Labor after the 1916 NSW Labor Conference passed a motion of no confidence in the Holman government	10 June 1916	George McDonald	Independent Labor

Sturt	John Cann	Labor	Accepted the position of Commissioner of Railways	3 February 1917	Percy Brookfield	Labor

Twenty-second Legislative Assembly 1910–1913[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Mudgee	Bill Dunn	Labor	¶	16 August 1911	Bill Dunn	Labor

Liverpool Plains	Henry Hoyle	Labor	¶	16 August 1911	John Perry	Liberal Reform

Liverpool Plains	John Perry	Liberal Reform	¶	28 October 1911	William Ashford	Labor

Cobar	Donald Macdonell	Labor	¶	(7 October 1911)	Donald Macdonell	Labor

Cobar	Donald Macdonell	Labor	¶	(16 December 1911)	Charles Fern	Labor

Yass	Niels Nielson	Labor	¶	19 July 1913	Greg McGirr	Labor

Maitland	John Gillies	Independent Liberal	Death	28 October 1911	Charles Edward Nicholson	Liberal Reform

Alexandria	John Dacey	Labor	Death	18 May 1912	Simon Hickey	Labor

Blayney	George Beeby	Labor	Resigned from the ministry, parliament and party in protest at the power of the extra-parliamentary Labor Party executive	23 January 1913	George Beeby	Independent

Wollondilly	William McCourt	Liberal Reform	Death	19 July 1913	Frank Badgery	Liberal Reform

¶ Mudgee Labor MLA Bill Dunn and Liverpool Plains Labor MLA Henry Hoyle resigned from the Labor Party and Parliament on 25 July 1911 in protest at legislation on land ownership introduced by Lands Minister, Niels Nielson.

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

St George	Joseph Carruthers	Liberal Reform	Resigned	20 May 1908	William Taylor	Liberal Reform

Sturt	Arthur Hill Griffith	Labor	Resigned from parliament after a dispute with the Speaker	(21 November 1908)	Arthur Hill Griffith	Labor

Northumberland	Matthew Charlton	Labor	Resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Hunter at the 1910 election	(23 March 1910)	William Kearsley	Labor

Darling Harbour	John Norton	Independent	Resigned to unsuccessfully contest a Senate seat at the 1910 election	23 March 1910	John Cochran	Labor

Queanbeyan	Granville Ryrie	Liberal Reform	Resigned to unsuccessfully contest the federal seat of Werriwa at the 1910 election	23 March 1910	John Cusack	Labor

Upper Hunter	William Fleming	Liberal Reform	Resigned to unsuccessfully contest the federal seat of New England at the 1910 election	23 March 1910	William Ashford	Labor

Belmore	Edward O'Sullivan	Labor	Death	21 May 1910	Patrick Minahan	Labor

Twentieth Legislative Assembly 1904–1907[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Rous	John Coleman	Liberal Reform	Death	11 February1905	George Hindmarsh	Liberal Reform

Ashfield	Frederick Winchcombe	Liberal Reform	Extended Absence visiting England	16 August 1905	William Robson	Liberal Reform

Queanbeyan	Alan Millard	Liberal Reform	Criminal conviction: Fraud	7 April 1906	Granville Ryrie	Liberal Reform

Surry Hills	John Norton	Independent	Challenged William Holman to face a by-election	21 July 1906	Albert Bruntnell	Liberal Reform

Cootamundra	William Holman	Labor	Challenged to a by-election by John Norton	17 July 1906	William Holman	Labor

Castlereagh	Hugh Macdonald	Labor	Death	24 November 1906	John Treflé	Labor

Blayney	Paddy Crick	Progressive	Expelled after being accused of bribery	12 January 1907	John Withington	Liberal Reform

Nineteenth Legislative Assembly 1901–1904[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Condobolin	Patrick Clara	Labor	Election overturned on appeal	4 November 1901	Patrick Clara	Labor

Sydney-Pyrmont	Samuel Smith	Labor	Appointment to Arbitration Court	24 May 1902	John McNeill	Labor

Inverell	William McIntyre	Progressive	Death	31 May 1902	George Jones	Labor

Balmain South	Sydney Law	Labor	Refused Caucus solidarity pledge	6 December 1902	Sydney Law	Independent Labor

Tamworth	Raymond Walsh	Progressive	Bankruptcy	4 April 1903	John Garland	Liberal Reform

Willoughby	George Howarth	Liberal Reform	Bankruptcy	9 September 1903	Charles Wade	Liberal Reform

Glen Innes	Francis Wright	Progressive	Death	28 October 1903	Follett Thomas	Liberal Reform

Waratah	Arthur Hill Griffith	Labor	Unsuccessful candidate for Senate at federal election	5 December 1903	Matthew Charlton	Labor

Armidale	Edmund Lonsdale	Liberal Reform	Successful candidate for New England at federal election	12 December 1903	Sydney Kearney	Liberal Reform

Moree	William Webster	Labor	Successful candidate for Gwydir at federal election	12 December 1903	Percy Stirton	Liberal Reform

Illawarra	Archibald Campbell	Liberal Reform	Death	9 January 1904	Edward Allen	Liberal Reform

Ryde	Frank Farnell	Independent Liberal	Appointment to Fisheries Board	23 January 1904	Edward Terry	Independent Liberal

Eighteenth Legislative Assembly 1898–1901[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Hastings and Macleay	Francis Clarke	National Federal	Resigned to give Barton a seat	23 September 1898	Edmund Barton	National Federal

Parramatta	William Ferris	Independent Federalist	Election declared void on appeal	26 October 1898	William Ferris	Independent Federalist

Northumberland	Richard Stevenson	National Federal	Death	20 July 1899	John Norton	Independent

Boorowa	James Mackay	Protectionist	Appointed to Legislative Council	23 September 1899	Niels Nielsen	Labor

Hastings and Macleay	Edmund Barton	Protectionist	Resigned to take Constitution to London	1 March 1900	Francis Clarke	Protectionist

Sydney-Phillip	Henry Copeland	Protectionist	accepted post as Agent-General in London	7 April 1900	Daniel O'Connor	Protectionist

Canterbury	Varney Parkes	Free Trade	Resignation	9 June 1900	Sydney Smith	Free Trade

Uralla-Walcha	William Henry Piddington	Protectionist	Resignation	9 June 1900	William Henry Piddington	Protectionist

Bathurst	Francis Bathurst Suttor	Protectionist	Appointed to Legislative Council	25 June 1900	William Young	Protectionist

Canterbury	Sydney Smith	Free Trade	By-election result voided on appeal	28 July 1900	Thomas Taylor	Independent

Bourke	William Davis	Protectionist	Resignation	15 September 1900	William Davis	Protectionist

Uralla-Walcha	William Henry Piddington	Protectionist	Death	27 October 1900	Michael MacMahon	Protectionist

Ashfield	Bernhard Wise	Protectionist	Appointed to Legislative Council	10 November 1900	Frederick Winchcombe	Free Trade

Hume	William Lyne	Protectionist	Successfully contested Hume at 1901 Federal election	17 April 1901	Gordon McLaurin	Protectionist

Seventeenth Legislative Assembly 1895–1898[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Rylstone	John Fitzpatrick	Free Trade	Election result voided on appeal	14 October 1895	John Fitzpatrick	Free Trade

Sydney-Phillip	Richard Meagher	Protectionist	Disgraced during Dean Affair	17 October 1895	Henry Copeland	Protectionist

Waverley	Angus Cameron	Free Trade	Death	18 February 1896	Thomas Jessep	Free Trade

Cowra	Denis Donnelly	Protectionist	Death	27 March 1896	Michael Phillips	Protectionist

Lachlan	James Carroll	Protectionist	Financial difficulties	(11 September 1896)	James Carroll	Protectionist

Narrabri	Charles Collins	Free Trade	Death	3 June 1898	Hugh Ross	Labor

Sydney-Fitzroy	John McElhone	Independent Free Trade	Death	3 June 1898	John Norton	Protectionist

Sixteenth Legislative Assembly 1894–1895[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Grenfell	George Greene	Free Trade	Election result overturned on appeal (no by-election)	(25 October 1894)	Michael Loughnane	Labor

Willoughby	Joseph Cullen	Free Trade	Financial difficulty	30 November 1894	Edward Clark	Free Trade

Tweed	John Willard	Labor	Not a resident of NSW	29 November 1894	Joseph Kelly	Protectionist

Boorowa	Thomas Slattery	Protectionist	Resigned	15 January 1895	James Mackay	Protectionist

Bowral	William McCourt	Protectionist	Resigned	(19 February 1895)	William McCourt	Protectionist

Canterbury	Varney Parkes	Free Trade	Resigned	(14 June 1895)	Varney Parkes	Free Trade

Fifteenth Legislative Assembly 1891–1894[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Central Cumberland	Robert Ritchie	Free Trade	Death	29 August 1891	Jacob Garrard	Free Trade

Canterbury	John Wheeler	Free Trade	Election result overturned on appeal (no by-election)	(2 September 1891)	James Eve	Free Trade

Illawarra	John Nicholson	Labor	Previous result voided on appeal	3 October 1891	John Nicholson	Labor

Illawarra	Andrew Lysaght	Protectionist	Previous result voided on appeal	3 October 1891	Archibald Campbell	Protectionist

Bourke	James Howe	Protectionist	Resigned	4 December 1891	Thomas Waddell	Protectionist

Bogan	George Cass	Protectionist	Death	31 May 1892	William A'Beckett	Free Trade

Hawkesbury	Alexander Bowman	Free Trade	Death	23 July 1892	Sydney Burdekin	Free Trade

East Macquarie	James Tonkin	Free Trade	Financial Difficulty	13 August 1892	James Tonkin	Free Trade

South Sydney	James Toohey	Protectionist	Resigned	13 February 1893	William Manning	Protectionist

Murrumbidgee	George Dibbs	Protectionist	Financial Difficulty	(6 April 1893)	George Dibbs	Protectionist

Central Cumberland	John Nobbs	Free Trade	Financial Difficulty	6 May 1893	George McCredie	Free Trade

Macleay	Otho Dangar	Protectionist	Financial Difficulty	29 May 1893	Francis Clarke	Protectionist

Fourteenth Legislative Assembly 1889–1891[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Tamworth	Robert Levien	Protectionist	Sought a new mandate after being involved in a legal scandal	(18 June 1889)	Robert Levien	Protectionist

Central Cumberland	John Linsley	Free Trade	Death	22 July 1889	David Dale	Free Trade

Redfern	John Sutherland	Protectionist	Death	8 July 1889	William Schey	Protectionist

Central Cumberland	Frank Farnell	Free Trade	Financial difficulty	(5 October 1889)	Frank Farnell	Free Trade

Newcastle	William Grahame	Protectionist	Financial Difficulty	12 October 1889	James Curley	Free Trade

Monaro	Harold Stephen	Protectionist	Death	17 December 1889	Gus Miller	Protectionist

Hastings and Manning	Charles Roberts	Free Trade	Resigned	5 April 1890	Walter Vivian	Free Trade

Balmain	John Hawthorn	Free Trade	Financial Difficulty	(12 July 1890)	John Hawthorn	Free Trade

Hartley	John Hurley (b.1844)	Free Trade	Financial Difficulty	22 July 1890	John Hurley (b.1844)	Free Trade

Namoi	Thomas Dangar Jr.	Free Trade	Death	31 July 1890	Charles Collins	Protectionist

Goulburn	William Teece Jr|	Free Trade	Death	16 August 1890	Cecil Teece	Independent

West Sydney	Alfred Lamb	Free Trade	Death	25 October 1890	Adolphus Taylor	Independent

West Macquarie	Paddy Crick	Protectionist	Expelled for outrageous behaviour in the chamber	6 December 1890	Paddy Crick	Protectionist

Newcastle	James Fletcher	Protectionist	Death	14 April 1891	William Grahame	Protectionist

East Sydney	John Street	Free Trade	Death	14 April 1891	Walter Bradley	Protectionist

Wellington	David Ferguson	Protectionist	Death	29 May 1891	Thomas York	Protectionist

Thirteenth Legislative Assembly 1887–1889[edit]

By-election	Incumbent	Party	Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party

Mudgee	Adolphus Taylor	Free Trade	Accepted position as Examiner of Patents	11 May 1887	John Haynes	Free Trade

Wentworth	William MacGregor	Independent Free Trade	Resigned	28 September 1887	Thomas Browne	Protectionist

St Leonards	Henry Parkes	Free Trade	Financial Difficulty	(25 October 1887)	Henry Parkes	Free Trade

Central Cumberland	Andrew McCulloch	Free Trade	Financial difficulty	28 December 1887	Andrew McCulloch	Free Trade

Paddington	William Trickett	Free Trade	Appointed to Legislative Council	12 January 1888	William Allen	Protectionist

Newtown	Frederick Gibbes	Protectionist	Death	3 February 1888	Joseph Abbott	Free Trade

Newtown	William Foster	Free Trade	Appointed Supreme Court Judge	25 February 1888	Joseph Mitchell	Free Trade

Central Cumberland	Varney Parkes	Free Trade	Business Commitments	14 March 1888	John Nobbs	Free Trade

Central Cumberland	Andrew McCulloch	Free Trade	Financial Difficulty	15 May 1888	David Buchanan	Protectionist

Redfern	James Farnell	Free Trade	Death	8 September 1888	James Howe	Protectionist

Gunnedah	Thomas Goodwin	Protectionist	Resigned	12 September 1888	Edwin Turner	Free Trade

Sentence(s)

Labor candidate Greg McGirr won the Yass by-election on 19 July 1913.
Nielsen resigned from the seat of Yass and Labor candidate Greg McGirr won the resultant by-election on 19 July 1913.
Labor candidate Greg McGirr won the resultant by-election for the seat of Yass on July 19, 1913.

final_sentence: Labor candidate Greg McGirr won the Yass by-election on 19 July 1913.
final_sentence: Nielsen resigned from the seat of Yass and Labor candidate Greg McGirr won the resultant by-election on 19 July 1913.
final_sentence: Labor candidate Greg McGirr won the resultant by-election for the seat of Yass on July 19, 1913.