1951 Neutral Bay state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Neutral Bay on 2 June 1951 because of the resignation of Ivan Black (Liberal).[1] Black wanted to contest the federal seat of Warringah as the Liberal candidate at the 1951 Australian federal election. He understood that he had to resign from the state parliament at least 14 days prior to the close of nominations, which meant he needed to resign before the Liberal party selected its candidate.[2] He was defeated for pre-selection by Francis Bland,[3] who went on to comfortably win the seat.[4] Black was selected as the Liberal candidate to retain the state seat.[5]

Dates
DateEvent
20 March 1951 Ivan Black resigned.[1]
29 March 1951 Liberal Party pre-selection for the federal seat of Warringah.
6 April 1951 Nominations closed for the Australian Federal election
28 April 1951 1951 Australian federal election
11 May 1951 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[6]
21 May 1951 Nominations
16 June 1951 Polling day
6 July 1951 Return of writ

Result
1951 Neutral Bay by-election
Monday 21 May [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivan Black (re-elected) unopposed
Liberal hold  

See also

References
  1. "Mr Ivan Carlisle Black (1913-1990)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. Black, Ivan (4 April 1951). "Letters to the editor: state member's resignation - Neutral Bay seat". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2. Retrieved 15 October 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "Black loses selection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2020 – via Trove.
  4. Carr, Adam. "1951 election: House of Representatives, New South Wales". Psephos. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. "Ivan Black to contest Neutral Bay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 May 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2020 – via Trove.
  6. "Writ of election: Neutral Bay". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 80. 7 May 1951. p. 1459. Retrieved 15 October 2020 – via Trove.
  7. Green, Antony. "1951 Neutral Bay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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