1939 Hurstville state by-election

The 1939 Hurstville state by-election was held on 18 March 1939 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Hurstville because of the death of James Webb (United Australia).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
14 February 1939	Death of James Webb.^[1]
24 February 1939	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
3 March 1939	Nominations
18 March 1939	Polling day
31 March 1939	Return of writ

1939 Hurstville by-election
Saturday 18 March ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Industrial Labor	Clive Evatt	7,017	33.8
	United Australia	Alfred Thomas	7,925	38.1	−18.0
	Labor	John McGrath	5,852	28.1	−15.8
Total formal votes			20,794	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			309	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			21,103	93.9	−3.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Industrial Labor	Clive Evatt	12,168	58.5
	United Australia	Alfred Thomas	8,626	41.5	−14.6
	Industrial Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b "Captain James Eli Webb (1887-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Hurstville". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 34. 24 February 1939. p. 1001. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1939 Hurstville by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2021.