1918 Monaro state by-election

A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Monaro on 23 November 1918.^[1] The by-election was triggered by the death of Gus Miller (Labor).^[2]

Result

1918 Monaro by-election
Saturday 23 November ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bailey	3,683	63.51	+0.89
	Nationalist	Patrick Sullivan	2,005	34.57	-2.81
	Independent	Henry Hungerford	96	1.66
	Independent Labor	Claude Miller ^[a]	15	0.26
Total formal votes			5,799	98.81
Informal votes			70	1.19
Turnout			5,869	62.64
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.89

^ Claude Miller was the son of Gus Miller, the former member,^[3] and withdrew from the campaign after nominating.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Green, Antony. "1918 Monaro by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ "Mr Gustave Thomas Carlisle Miller (1852–1918)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "Monaro by-election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019 – via Trove.

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