COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Harcourt -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 August 1953, following the death of Daniel Mulcahy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,912 +02.7 Votes cast: 40,858 91.0 -06.4 Informal votes: 584 01.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 40,274 98.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Boyd CPA 1,082 02.7 -02.0 Thomas Brosnan 275 00.7 Frank STEWART * ALP 21,699 53.9 +03.9 Herbert Thorncraft Lib 17,218 42.8 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,274 06.7 e 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 by Born: 20 February 1923, Sydney. Career: Educated Catholic schools. State public servant. Military Service 1941-45. --------------------------------------------------------------------