July 1919 Paddington state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Paddington on 26 July 1919 because of the death of Lawrence O'Hara (Labor) who had been elected just 21 days previously in the May 1919 Paddington by-election.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
14 June 1919	Lawrence O'Hara died.^[1]
11 July 1919	Writ of election issued by the Governor.^[2]^[a]
18 July 1919	Nominations
26 July 1919	Polling day
2 August 1919	Return of writ

1919 Paddington by-election
Saturday 26 July ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Birt	2,678	88.1
	Socialist	Arthur Reardon	208	6.8
	Independent	James Jones	153	5.0
Total formal votes			3,039	100.0
Informal votes			0	0
Turnout			3,039	23.7 ^[b]
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

^ Ordinarily the writ for a by-election would be issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, however the position of speaker was vacant since the resignation of John Cohen on 30 January 1919 and the writ was issued by the Governor.
^ Estimate based on a roll of 12,842 at the 1917 election.^[4]

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