1928 Hamilton state by-election

Election result for Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Hamilton on 5 October 1928, triggered by the death of David Murray (Labor).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
8 May 1928	David Murray died.^[1]
14 August 1928	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
21 August 1928	Nominations
8 September 1928	Polling day
21 September 1928	Return of writ

1928 Hamilton by-election
Saturday 8 September ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Smith	5,851	48.0	-10.6
	Protestant Labor	Walter Skelton	4,851	38.8	+31.5
	Nationalist	Henry Cornish	1,468	12.0	-8.5
	Independent	James Iceton	23	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			12,193	98.9	+1.0
Informal votes			140	1.1	-1.0
Turnout			12,333	70.9	-14.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Smith	5,968	51.2
	Protestant Labor	Walter Skelton	5,684	48.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b "Mr David Murray (1885–1928)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Hamilton". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 109. 14 August 1928. p. 3811. Retrieved 23 September 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1928 Hamilton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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