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1939 Hawthorn state by-election

1939 Hawthorn state by-election
← 1937 10 June 1939 1940 →
Electoral district of Hawthorn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Registered25,459[1]
Turnout89.1% (Decrease 3.0)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Candidate Albert Nicholls Les Tyack Leslie Hollins
Party Labor United Australia Independent
Primary vote 5,986 5,769 3,428
Percentage 27.5% 26.5% 15.8%
Swing Decrease 12.0 Decrease 34.0 Increase 15.8
2PP 45.9% 54.1%
2PP swing Increase 6.4 Decrease 6.4
MP before election

John Gray
United Australia

Elected MP

Les Tyack
United Australia

The 1939 Hawthorn state by-election was held on 10 June 1939 to elect the member for Hawthorn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of United Australia Party (UAP) MP John Gray.[2][3]

Despite a 34% swing away from the UAP (two Independent UAP candidates were also contesting), Les Tyack won the seat for the UAP against Labor candidate Albert Nicholls with 54.1% of the two-party-preferred vote.[4][5]

Tyack lost the seat one year later at the 1940 state election, when he was defeated by Leslie Hollins (who unsuccessfully contested the by-election as an independent).[6][7] Tyack again won Hawthorn in 1950, but lost his seat in 1952.[8][9]

  1. ^ "SIX CANDIDATES IN FIELD". News. 10 June 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Mr. J. A. Gray (U.A.P.) Of Hawthorn". Sunraysia Daily. 8 May 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. ^ "HAWTHORN BY-ELECTION". The Argus. 6 June 1939. p. 9. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Victorian By-Election". The Mercury. 14 June 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. ^ "U.A.P. WINS IN HAWTHORN". The Argus. 14 June 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  6. ^ "HAWTHORN BY-ELECTION". Northern Standard. 12 June 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  7. ^ "U.A.P.'s Failure at Hawthorn". The Age. 29 March 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Former M.L.A. Wins Hawthorn". The Age. 5 April 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ^ "L.C.P. leader deposed at Hawthorn". The Sun News-Pictorial. 23 December 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

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