1932 East Sydney by-election

1932 East Sydney by-election

6 February 1932

First party Second party   Candidate Eddie Ward William McCall Party Labor (NSW) United Australia Popular vote 17,461 16,304 Percentage 47.0% 43.9% Swing 4.6pp 0.3pp TPP 50.2% 49.8% TPP swing 1.9pp 1.9pp

MP before election John Clasby United Australia Elected MP Eddie Ward Labor (NSW)

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of East Sydney on 6 February 1932. This was triggered by the death of United Australia Party MP John Clasby, who had been elected at the 1931 election and never taken his seat in Parliament.

The by-election was won by New South Wales Labor candidate Eddie Ward, who had previously won the seat in a by-election the previous year but lost it to Clasby at the federal election. The Labor Party had split in New South Wales with Ward adhering to the group headed by Jack Lang, the Premier of New South Wales.