COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
TWELFTH PARLIAMENT
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BY-ELECTIONS
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PARKES, NSW 
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Suburban Sydney: Ashbury, Ashfield, Earlwood, Haberfield
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15 January 1931, following the resignation of Edward McTiernan
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1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.8
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Enrolled voters:                         63,552        +12.6
Votes cast:                              56,420  88.8  -04.7
Informal votes:                           1,431  02.5  -03.9
Formal votes:                            54,989  97.5  +03.9
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Richard Blake                              9 86  01.8
Joseph Martin +                 ALP      22,394  40.7  -17.1
Hon Charles MARR                Nat      31,227  56.8  +14.6
Edward Tripp                    CPA         382  00.7
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Total                                    54,989  07.8 e 15.6 to Nat
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1. Marr was member for Parkes 1919-29.
2. Martin was a NSW MLC 1931-34.
3. Tripp was the first Communist candidate to stand for a House of
Representatives seat.
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Charles William Clanan Marr (1880-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925,
1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 By
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