COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
FOURTH PARLIAMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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BY-ELECTIONS
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NORTH SYDNEY, NSW 
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Suburban Sydney: Chatswood, Crows Nest, Manly, Mosman 
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11 March 1911, following the death of Hon George Edwards
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1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.8
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Enrolled voters:                         39,550        +02.7
Votes cast:                              16,210  41.0  -20.5
Informal votes:                              86  00.5  -00.8
Formal votes:                            16,124  99.5  +00.8
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Stephen O'Brien                 ALP       4,437  27.5  -06.1
Granville RYRIE +               Lib      11,687  72.5  +07.3
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Total                                    16,124  22.5   06.7 to Lib
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Granville de Laune Ryrie (1865-1937): Elected 1911 By 
Born: 1 July 1865, Michelago, NSW.
Career: Educated King's School, Parramatta. Station manager, 
landowner. Military service 1900-01.
State politics: NSW MLA for Queanbeyan 1906-10.
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