The by-election was narrowly won by Liberal Party candidate Les Bury. His final opponent on the two-party-preferred vote, after overtaking the Labor candidate on preferences, was Reg Robson, brother of recently deposed state Liberal leader Murray Robson. Murray Robson supported his brother during the campaign, and it was reported that there was "some talk of expelling" Robson from the party for his role.[1]
1956, wentworth, election, election, held, australian, house, representatives, seat, wentworth, december, 1956, this, triggered, resignation, liberal, party, eric, harrison, election, narrowly, liberal, party, candidate, bury, final, opponent, party, preferred. A by election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wentworth on 8 December 1956 This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP Eric Harrison The by election was narrowly won by Liberal Party candidate Les Bury His final opponent on the two party preferred vote after overtaking the Labor candidate on preferences was Reg Robson brother of recently deposed state Liberal leader Murray Robson Murray Robson supported his brother during the campaign and it was reported that there was some talk of expelling Robson from the party for his role 1 Results editWentworth by election 1956 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Les Bury 13 956 41 3 30 7Labor Kevin Starr 6 455 19 1 19 1Independent Liberal Reg Robson 6 414 19 0 19 0Independent Liberal Reg Bartley 4 109 12 2 12 2Independent Cecil Sindel 1 470 4 3 4 3Independent Liberal Alan Laing 1 414 4 2 4 2Total formal votes 33 818 97 7 0 1Informal votes 1 167 3 3 0 1Turnout 34 985 81 5 10 8Two party preferred resultLiberal Les Bury 17 460 51 6 20 4Independent Liberal Reg Robson 16 358 48 4 N ALiberal hold Swing N ASee also editList of Australian federal by electionsReferences edit Australian Political Chronicle July December 1956 Australian Journal of Politics and History 2 2 232 1957 By Elections 1955 1958 Psephos Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 Wentworth by election amp oldid 1084788244, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
