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Lane Cove - By-election (Roll: 18,396) Retained by Nationalist Nominations: Monday, 14 July 1930, Polling: Saturday, 26 July 1930 Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Dunn, Frederick William Australian 3,399 25.59 Fitzsimons, Herbert Paton (Elected) Nationalist 5,775 43.47 7,160 58.93 Hutt, Frederick Charles Labor Party 4,080 30.71 4,990 41.07 McLennan, Theodore Alexander John Independent 30 0.23 Formal Votes 13,284 Informal / Exhausted Votes 113 0.84 1,134 8.54 Total Votes / Turnout 13,397 72.83 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of sitting Nationalist MP Bryce Crawford Walmsley. New MP Herbert Paton Fitsimons was not sworn in before the Parliament was disolved for the 25 October 1930 general election. Source: Nominations from SMH 15 July 1930, p.10 col.6. McLennan was listed as a membero of his own party grandly titled the Australian Unlimited Social and Economic Revolutionary Party. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 McLennan (IND) Exclusion 2 Dunn (AP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Dunn (AP) 9 39.13 3408 25.67 -3408 Fitzsimons (NAT) 3 13.04 5778 43.52 1382 60.59 7160 58.93 Hutt (ALP) 11 47.83 4091 30.81 899 39.41 4990 41.07 McLennan (IND) -30 Votes In Count 23 13277 2281 12150 Exhausted 7 23.33 7 0.05 1127 33.07 1134 8.54