COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Glenmore, Paddington, Surry Hills, Waverley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 September 1963, following the death of Hon Eddie Ward -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,736 -02.5 Votes cast: 25,711 71.9 -20.0 Informal votes: 1,305 05.1 +01.4 Formal votes: 24,406 94.9 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Bond 1,224 05.0 Hazen Cook 699 02.9 Leonard DEVINE + ALP 19,704 80.7 +12.9 Vernon Luckman 2,233 09.1 John Phillips 546 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,406 35.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cook was a Property Owners' Rights candidate. 2. Phillips was a Republican candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Thomas Devine (1923-2008): Elected 1963 By Born: 14 October 1923. Career: Educated state schools. Health Inspector, Sydney City Council. Military Service 1942-45. Taxi proprietor. Alderman, Sydney City Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------