COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BRADFIELD, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Chatswood, Gordon, Roseville, Turramurra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 December 1952, following the death of Rt Hon Billy Hughes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 28.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,442 +04.6 Votes cast: 40,980 90.2 -05.6 Informal votes: 784 01.9 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,196 98.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Hardie 15,336 38.2 Colin Potts 569 01.4 Samuel Simons 84 00.2 John Smith 1,070 02.7 Henry TURNER + Lib 22,912 57.0 -21.7 Edward Wright 225 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,196 08.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hardie campaigned as a supporter of Liberal principles but against the influence of the Country Party in the Menzies Government (Sydney Morning Herals, 16 December 1952). 2. Smith was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Basil Turner (1905-88): Elected 1952 by Born: 8 July 1905, Sydney. Career: Educated Malvern School, Sydney, University of Sydney, Cambridge University, England. Barrister 1930. Military Service 1940-44. State politics: NSW MLA for Gordon 1937-52. --------------------------------------------------------------------