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Balmain - By-election (Roll: 17,444) Retained by Labor Party Nominations: Thursday, 5 January 1939, Polling: Saturday, 14 January 1939 Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % O'Carroll, John Ind Labor 2,957 19.78 Quirk, Mary Lily May (Elected) Labor Party 7,656 51.21 Weston, Sidney Ind Labor 4,336 29.01 Formal Votes 14,949 Informal Votes 772 4.91 Total Votes / Turnout 15,721 90.12 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of Labor MP John Quirk. He was succeeded by his wife Mary. Source: Nominations SMH 6 January 1939, p.10 col.5. Both the Independent Labor candidates were listed as hairdressers.