COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Katoomba, Lithgow, Portland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 July 1951, following the death of Rt Hon Ben Chifley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,271 +00.1 Votes cast: 35,535 90.5 -06.4 Informal votes: 325 00.9 -00.6 Formal votes: 35,210 99.1 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Blanchard 3,853 10.9 Dr William Hannam Lib 12,356 35.1 -03.1 Anthony LUCHETTI + ALP 18,426 52.3 -09.5 Vernon Moffit CPA 575 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,210 11.0 e 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blanchard was an independent Labor candidate. His candidacy was a protest at Luchetti's selection as Chifley's successor. Luchetti had been the ALP (NSW) candidate in Macquarie in 1931 and 1934, his preferences defeating Chifley in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Sylvester Luchetti (1904-84): Elected 1951 by Born: 27 May 1904, Lowther, NSW. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Many jobs including mining and journalism. Lithgow City Council. NSW ALP Executive 1929-31. --------------------------------------------------------------------