1911 Maitland state by-election

Election result for Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Maitland on 28 October 1911, following the death of John Gillies (Independent Liberal).^[1]^[2]

Dates

Date	Event
23 September 1911	John Gillies died.^[1]
14 October 1911	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[3]
20 October 1911	Day of nomination
28 October 1911	Polling day
14 November 1911	Return of writ

1911 Maitland by-election
Saturday 28 October ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Nicholson	3,701	56.1
	Labour	Laurence Vial	2,902	43.9	+7.8
Total formal votes			6,603	99.0	+0.8
Informal votes			147	1.0	-0.8
Turnout			6,668	78.8 ^[a]	+8.9
	Liberal Reform gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b "Mr John Gillies (1844–1911)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1911 Maitland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ "Writ of election: Maitland". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 141. 14 October 1911. p. 5543. Retrieved 1 April 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1910 Maitland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

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