COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== South of Sydney: Cabramatta, Cronulla, Liverpool, Sutherland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 November 1952, following the death of Hon Hubert Lazzarini -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,486 +09.4 Votes cast: 49,093 88.5 -07.1 Informal votes: 826 01.7 -00.6 Formal votes: 48,267 98.3 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Griffith Lib 15,706 32.5 -12.4 Gough WHITLAM + ALP 32,561 67.5 +12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,267 17.5 12.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Griffith was NSW MLA for Sutherland 1956-59, Cronulla 1959-78. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Gough Whitlam (1916-2014): Elected 1952 by Born: 11 July 1916, Melbourne. Career: Educated Knox Grammar School, Sydney, Canberra Grammar School, University of Sydney. Military Service 1941-45. Barrister 1947. Father of Antony Whitlam MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------