1935 Newcastle by-election

1935 Newcastle by-election
1 June 1935
  First party Second party
 
LAB
Candidate David Watkins James Smith
Party Labor Labor (NSW)
Popular vote 25,374 22,135
Percentage 49.0% 42.7%
Swing 8.2pp 8.2pp
TPP 53.8% 46.2%
TPP swing 4.3pp 4.3pp
MP before election

David Watkins
Labor

 Elected MP

David Watkins
Labor

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Newcastle on 1 June 1935. This was triggered by the death of long-serving Labor MP David Watkins. Following Watkins' death, only Billy Hughes and Senator George Pearce remained of those elected at the first federal election in 1901.

The by-election was won by Watkins' son, David Oliver Watkins. As Newcastle was the only remaining New South Wales seat held by the federal Labor Party, the by-election was closely fought with the breakaway New South Wales Labor Party, supporters of the controversial former premier Jack Lang.

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