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Lachlan - By-election (Roll: 12,780) Labor Party gain from Country Party Nominations: Wednesday, 8 September 1943, Polling: Saturday, 25 September 1943 Multiple party endorsement Candidate Party Votes % Final % Chanter, John Courtenay (Elected) Labor Party 5,408 56.93 McIvor, Lindsay Country Party 2,107 22.18 Somers, John Robert Country Party 1,984 20.89 Formal Votes 9,499 Informal Votes 68 0.71 Total Votes / Turnout 9,567 74.86 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of sitting Country Party MP G.P.Evans. Source: Nominations West Wyalong Advocate, 13 September 1943, p.3 col.1.