COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FOURTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Murrumburrah, Yass, Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 June 1912, following the resignation of David Hall -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,565 +06.0 Votes cast: 21,709 76.0 +00.9 Informal votes: 279 01.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 21,430 98.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin BENNETT + ALP 10,884 50.8 -03.8 Hon Alfred Conroy Lib 10,546 49.2 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,430 00.8 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Conroy was member for Werriwa 1901-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Holland Bennett (1872-1939): Elected 1912 By Born: 1872, Young, NSW. Career: Educated public schools. Manager and editor of family newspaper, Young. Bennett retired in 1913. Later career: Public servant, Sydney. Died 12 July 1939 --------------------------------------------------------------------