1932 East Sydney by-election explained

Country:New South Wales
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Election Date:6 February 1932
Vote Type:Popular
Image1:Eddie Ward 1941 (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:Eddie Ward
Party1:Labor (NSW)
Popular Vote1:17,461
Percentage1:47.0%
Swing1:4.6pp
Candidate2:William McCall
Party2:United Australia Party
Popular Vote2:16,304
Percentage2:43.9%
Swing2:0.3pp
MP
Before Election:John Clasby
Before Party:United Australia Party
After Election:Eddie Ward
After Party:Labor (NSW)
Election Name:1932 East Sydney by-election
1Data2:49.8%
2Blank:TPP swing
2Data1:1.9pp
2Data2:1.9pp
1Data1:50.2%
1Blank:TPP

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of East Sydney on 6 February 1932. This was triggered by the death of United Australia Party MP John Clasby, who had been elected at the 1931 election and never taken his seat in Parliament.

The by-election was won by New South Wales Labor candidate Eddie Ward, who had previously won the seat in a by-election the previous year but lost it to Clasby at the federal election. The Labor Party had split in New South Wales with Ward adhering to the group headed by Jack Lang, the Premier of New South Wales.