1939 Hawthorn state by-election
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Electoral district of Hawthorn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 25,459 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 89.1% ( 3.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1939 Hawthorn state by-election was held on 10 June 1939 to elect the member for Hawthorn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of United Australia Party (UAP) MP John Gray.
Despite a 34% swing away from the UAP (two Independent UAP candidates were also contesting), Les Tyack won the seat for the UAP against Labor candidate Albert Nicholls with 54.1% of the two-party-preferred vote.
Tyack lost the seat one year later at the 1940 state election, when he was defeated by Leslie Hollins (who unsuccessfully contested the by-election as an independent). Tyack again won Hawthorn in 1950, but lost his seat in 1952.