A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Ashfield on 28 June 1952 because of the resignation of Athol Richardson (Liberal) who had accepted an appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court.[1]

Dates

Date Event
29 April 1952 Athol Richardson resigned.[1]
23 May 1952 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
2 June 1952 Nominations
28 June 1952 Polling day
21 July 1952 Return of writ

Result

1952 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 28 June [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Richardson 10,566 52.1 +10.3
Liberal Ray Watson 9,697 47.9 -10.3
Total formal votes 20,263 98.5 -0.3
Informal votes 308 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 20,571 90.8 -2.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+10.3

The retiring member Athol Richardson (Liberal) was not related to Jack Richardson (Labor) who capitalised on their surnames, campaigning on the slogan “Judge Richardson on his merits”.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Hon. Athol Railton Richardson (1897-1982)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: Ashfield". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 111. 23 May 1952. p. 1775. Retrieved 31 July 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1952 Ashfield by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Hughes, Tom (2 February 2006). "Address: Supreme Court judges' dinner". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011.
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