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Hartley - By-election (Roll: 16,222)
Retained by Labor Party
Nominations: Friday, 28 November 1947, Polling: Saturday, 13 December 1947
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Alexander, William Percy Ind Labor 1,500 10.67
Chalmers, James (Elected) Labor Party 7,489 53.26
Coates, Harold George Liberal Party 5,071 36.07
Formal Votes 14,060
Informal Votes 231 1.62
Total Votes / Turnout 14,291 88.10
Cause Category: Resignation - Government Job
Notes: Sitting Labor MP Hamilton Knight resigned to accept a post on the Commonwealth Industrial Commission.
Source: Nominations Lithgow Mercury, 28 November 1947, p.1.
Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) list Alexander as Lang Labor, but there is no mention of Lang in the Lithgow Mercury.