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Barwon - By-election (Roll: 16,265) Labor Party gain from Country Party Nominations: Friday, 25 October 1940, Polling: Saturday, 16 November 1940 Multiple party endorsement, Preferences required Candidate Party Votes % Final % Conway, Leonard Country Party 926 6.94 Heferen, Stephen Roy (Elected) Labor Party 6,246 46.80 7,325 54.88 Johnston, Harold Hubert Country Party 1,779 13.33 2,260 16.93 McArdle, William Anti-Comm Labor 1,024 7.67 Satterthwaite, Favel Thomas Country Party 3,372 25.26 3,762 28.19 Formal Votes 13,347 Informal Votes 399 2.90 Total Votes / Turnout 13,746 84.51 Cause Category: Resignation - Federal contest Notes: Caused by the resignation of Country Party MP B.M.Wade to unsuccessfully contest Gwydir at the 1940 federal election. At the time, Wade had been a thorn in the side of the Mair government and had aggravated his leader Bruxner for voting against the government in Parliament. Attempts to discipline him had been rejected by his local Party branches. Source: Country Party names taken from SMH 6 September 1940, p.9 col.4 though Satterthwaite's name has been corrected from Farel. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Conway (CP) Exclusion 2 McArdle (ACLAB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Conway (CP) -926 Heferen (ALP) 150 16.20 6396 47.92 929 89.41 7325 54.88 Johnston (CP) 427 46.11 2206 16.53 54 5.20 2260 16.93 McArdle (ACLAB) 15 1.62 1039 7.78 -1039 Satterthwaite (CP) 334 36.07 3706 27.77 56 5.39 3762 28.19