The 1952 by-election for the
Australian House of Representatives seat of
Lyne
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Places
* Division of Lyne, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
* Lyne, Denmark, a town in southwest Denmark
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was called on 22 March after the death of the incumbent
Country Party of Australia member
Jim Eggins who died in office on 28 January.
Candidates
Contesting the seat for the Country Party were Donald Lancaster and
Philip Lucock
Philip Ernest Lucock, Order of the British Empire, CBE (16 January 1916 – 8 August 1996) was an Australian politician and Presbyterian Church of Australia, Presbysterian minister. He served in the Australian House of Representatives, House ...
, who had stood as one of multiple Country Party candidates for the seat at the 1949 election.
Their main opponent was Edward Hayes of the
Australian Labor Party. He had been the Labor party candidate at several previous polls.
Two independents, Edward Spensley and Joe Cordner, also stood for the seat.
Results
Jim Eggins () died.
The presence of two Country Party candidates split the vote and Hayes took three thousand votes more than either Lucock or Lancaster, but with preferences from Lancaster, Lucock easily won the seat.
Aftermath
When Philip Lucock was sworn in as the member for Lyne on 22 March 1952, he became the first member of the House of Representatives to swear allegiance to
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
who had ascended to the throne on 6 February.
At the following
Federal election in 1954 Lancaster stood as an
independent candidate against his former Country Party colleague.
See also
*
List of Australian federal by-elections
References
{{Aus by-elections 20th parl
1952 elections in Australia
New South Wales federal by-elections