1902 Sydney-Pyrmont state by-election

Election result for Sydney-Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Sydney-Pyrmont on 24 May 1902 because of the resignation of Sam Smith (Labour) to accept an appointment to the Court of Arbitration.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
26 March 1902	Sam Smith appointed to the Court of Arbitration on the recommendation of the Industrial Unions of Employees.^[2]
30 March 1902	Sam Smith resigned.^[1]
3 May 1902	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[3]
14 May 1902	Nominations
24 May 1902	Polling day
31 May 1902	Return of writ

1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election
Saturday 24 May ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McNeill (elected)	875	68.2	-24.1
	Independent Labour	Andrew Cochrane	370	28.8
	Progressive	Thomas Gollan	25	1.9
	Independent	John Behan	13	1.0
Total formal votes			1,283	98.5	−0.3
Informal votes			19	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			1,302	55.3 ^[a]	+8.4
	Labour hold

^ ^a ^b "Mr Samuel Smith (1857-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "Appointment Samuel Smith to the Court of Arbitration". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 234. 27 March 1902. p. 2470. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.
^ "Writ of election: Sydney-Pyrmont". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 301. 3 May 1902. p. 3369. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

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