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 .[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]
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 March 1951 | Ivan Black resigned. | |
| 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 |