COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Kyogle, Lismore, Muwillumbah, Tweed -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 September 1957, following the death of Hon Larry Anthony. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,425 Votes cast: 38,254 92.3 Informal votes: 487 01.3 Formal votes: 37,767 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Anthony + CP 18,819 49.8 Raymond Gordon + CP 4,678 12.4 Oswald Jackson + CP 1,696 04.5 Raymond O'Neill + CP 1,241 03.3 William Smith + ALP 10,276 27.2 Cynthia Wilson 1,057 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,767 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined Country Party vote was 70.0%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wilson's 1,057 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHONY + 419 39.6 19,238 50.9 Gordon + 100 09.5 4,778 12.7 Jackson + 79 07.5 1,775 04.7 O'Neill + 71 06.7 1,312 03.5 Smith 388 36.7 10,664 28.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,057 37,767 19.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Douglas Anthony (born 1929): Elected 1957 By Born: 31 December 1929, Murwillumbah, NSW. Career: Educated King's School Parramatta and Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland. Dairy farmer at Sunny Meadows, NSW. Son of Hon Larry Anthony MP, father of Hon Larry Anthony MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------