Country: | New South Wales |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 1 June 1935 |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Image1: | David Oliver Watkins.jpg |
Candidate1: | David Watkins |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
Popular Vote1: | 25,374 |
Percentage1: | 49.0% |
Swing1: | 8.2pp |
Candidate2: | James Smith |
Party2: | Labor (NSW) |
Popular Vote2: | 22,135 |
Percentage2: | 42.7% |
Swing2: | 8.2pp |
MP | |
Before Election: | David Watkins |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party |
After Election: | David Watkins |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party |
Election Name: | 1935 Newcastle by-election |
1Data2: | 46.2% |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
2Data1: | 4.3pp |
2Data2: | 4.3pp |
1Data1: | 53.8% |
1Blank: | TPP |
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Newcastle on 1 June 1935. This was triggered by the death of long-serving Labor MP David Watkins. Following Watkins' death, only Billy Hughes and Senator George Pearce remained of those elected at the first federal election in 1901.
The by-election was won by Watkins' son, David Oliver Watkins. As Newcastle was the only remaining New South Wales seat held by the federal Labor Party, the by-election was closely fought with the breakaway New South Wales Labor Party, supporters of the controversial former Premier Jack Lang.