COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== North-Western NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 December 1953, following the death of Thomas Treloar -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,618 +02.2 Votes cast: 35,320 89.2 -06.3 Informal votes: 480 01.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 34,840 98.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Allan + CP 9,823 28.2 Arthur Howard Lib 3,584 10.3 Thelma Kirkby + CP 5,649 16.2 Michael Quinn ALP 15,784 45.3 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,840 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Quinn was a NSW MLC 1960-65. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 44.4%, a decline of 8.8% from the 53.2% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1951. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Howard's 3,584 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan + 1,837 51.3 11,660 33.5 Kirkby + 1,554 43.4 7,203 20.7 Quinn 193 05.4 15,977 45.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,584 34,840 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kirkby's 7,203 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLAN + 6,749 93.7 18,409 52.8 Quinn 454 06.3 16,431 47.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,203 34,840 02.8 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 by Born: 3 January 1916, Newcastle, NSW. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School. Overseer, CSR Co. Military Service 1939-46. ABC announcer, Tamworth, NSW. --------------------------------------------------------------------