1902 Balmain South state by-election

Election result for Balmain South, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Balmain South on 6 December 1902 because of the resignation of Sydney Law from Labour and the parliament. Following the 1901 election, the Progressive Party had formed a government with the support of Labour. In 1902 a man named Moss Friedman had been found guilty by a jury, however the judge disagreed with the guilty verdict. The Attorney General, Bernhard Wise, remitted Friedman's sentence and Joseph Carruthers, the Leader of the Opposition, moved a motion in the Legislative Assembly to censure Wise. Law voted in support of the motion despite a Labour decision to oppose it. Law chose to resign and recontest the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.

Dates

Date	Event
30 October 1902	Vote on censure motion in Legislative Assembly/
18 November 1902	Sydney Law resigned.
19 November 1902	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
28 November 1902	Nominations
6 December 1902	Polling day
15 December 1902	Return of writ

Result

1902 Balmain South by-election
Wednesday 16 August
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Sydney Law (re-elected)	1,387	57.9
	Labour	Hugh Byers	1,006	42.1
Total formal votes			2,388	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			16	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			2,404	58.9	−10.1
	Member changed to Independent Labour from Labour

Notes

based on a roll of 4,082 at the 1901 election.

References

^ "Mr Sydney James Law (1856-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "Law and disorder". The Worker. 22 November 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1902 Balmain South by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"Writ of election: Balmain South". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 674. 19 November 1902. p. 8413. Retrieved 2 August 2020 – via Trove.
Green, Antony. "1901 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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