COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Hamilton, Mayfield, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 June 1935, following the death of David Watkins -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP over ALP (NSW) 08.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,282 +02.2 Votes cast: 52,719 93.7 -03.4 Informal votes: 908 01.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 51,811 98.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Smith ALPN 22,135 42.7 +08.2 Hilton Sykes 4,302 08.3 David Watkins + ALP 25,374 49.0 -08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Smith was NSW MLA for Hamilton 1928-30. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 91.7%, the same as the 91.7% polled by the two parties in 1931. Again, the ALP vote was boosted by the absence of a conservative candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Sykes's 4,302 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 1,809 42.1 23,944 46.2 WATKINS 2,493 57.9 27,867 53.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,302 51,811 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 4.3% from the ALP to the ALP (NSW). -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Oliver Watkins (1896-1971): Elected 1935 By Born: 10 July 1896, Wallsend, NSW. Career: Educated public schools, Newcastle. Storeman. Military Service 1915-17. Son of Hon David Watkins MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------