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Croydon - By-election (Roll: 18,989) Retained by United Australia Nominations: Tuesday, 27 August 1940, Polling: Saturday, 7 September 1940 Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % Hunt, H R Ind UAP 1,091 6.80 Hunter, David Benjamin (Elected) United Australia 4,693 29.24 9,003 56.10 Reed, F H Ind UAP 3,955 24.64 Weir, George Labor Party 6,249 38.94 7,045 43.90 Woolston, R G Independent 60 0.37 Formal Votes 16,048 Informal Votes 707 4.22 Total Votes / Turnout 16,755 88.24 Cause Category: Resignation - Federal contest Notes: Caused by the resignation of former Premier Bertram Stevens. Stevens had been forced to resign as Premier a year earlier after an uprising on the UAP backbench had resulted in Stevens being defeated in Parliament on a vote of confidence. Stevens resigned to unsuccessfully contest the seat of Lang at the 1940 federal election. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Woolston (IND) Exclusion 2 Hunt (IUAP) Exclusion 3 Reed (IUAP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Hunt (IUAP) 10 16.67 1101 6.86 -1101 Hunter (UAP) 9 15.00 4702 29.30 556 50.50 5258 32.76 3745 85.72 9003 56.10 Reed (IUAP) 16 26.67 3971 24.74 398 36.15 4369 27.22 -4369 Weir (ALP) 25 41.67 6274 39.10 147 13.35 6421 40.01 624 14.28 7045 43.90 Woolston (IND) -60