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74:, a NSW member of federal parliament, aired allegations concerning Arthur's associations with Reginald Doyle, a Newcastle-based conman who was wanted on fraud charges. Arthur voluntarily stood down as a minister while declaring he would fight to clear his name, and the state government set up a Royal Commission into the allegations, to be conducted by Judge
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The Labor candidate for the by-election was Joshua Arthur Sr., the 71-year-old father of the outgoing member. His nomination and eventual victory in the preselection ballot was widely considered a surprise. There was reported concern within the Labor Party about his electability in the wake of the
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Commission's findings, Arthur announced on 20 August that he would resign as member for Kahibah, but would contest the resulting by-election. The matter of his continued membership of the Labor was initially undecided, but when it became clear that the state
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councillor, former mayor, and prominent union official, contested the seat as an independent Labor candidate. Inglis
Alexander, the Liberal candidate from the 1952 election, also contested the election as independent Labor after losing Liberal preselection.
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The by-election was a disastrous defeat for Labor in one of their safest seats. Arthur suffered a 40% swing against, finishing third behind independent candidate
Armstrong and Liberal candidate Quinlan, with Armstrong being elected on Arthur's preferences.
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executive would not support him, Arthur announced that he would resign from the party and not contest the by-election. This was insufficient for the executive, who rejected his resignation and formally expelled him from the party on 22 August.
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Doyle scandal, but a rumored move to overturn the result did not eventuate. The campaign was heavily tied to the former member; not only was his father the Labor candidate, but his wife served as campaign manager.
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Armstrong had never been a member of the Labor Party, but generally supported the Labor government throughout his term. He was re-elected at the
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The endorsed
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found his dealings with
Reginald Doyle were improper. and was won by independent candidate
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Joshua Arthur had been the Labor member for
Kahibah and its predecessor seat of
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on 31 October 1953. It was triggered by the forced resignation of Labor MLA
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572:"Labor Party refuses Arthur's resignation, insists on expulsion"
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Election result for
Kahibah, New South Wales, Australia
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94:Five candidates nominated for the by-election.
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402:Electoral results for the district of Kahibah
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407:List of New South Wales state by-elections
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51:since 1935. He had been a minister in the
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516:"M.L.A. swears charge on Doyle's car"
427:"Mr Joshua George Arthur (1906-1974)"
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552:. 12 February 1953. p. 2
495:Parliament of New South Wales
433:Parliament of New South Wales
524:. 9 February 1953. p. 1
1565:1953 elections in Australia
580:. 22 August 1953. p. 1
123:Saturday 31 October
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55:government, serving as
431:Former members of the
1533:Legislative Assembly
1087:Legislative Assembly
70:On 9 February 1953,
1538:Legislative Council
1412:Legislative Council
254:Total formal votes
198:Joshua Arthur, Sr.
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61:Secretary for Mines
588:– via Trove.
577:The Canberra Times
560:– via Trove.
532:– via Trove.
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660:By-elections
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1077:Results of
666:(1953–1956)
349:Independent
305:Independent
215:Independent
150:Independent
1554:Categories
1540:(historic)
705:Leichhardt
584:2 December
556:2 December
528:2 December
413:References
131:Candidate
90:Candidates
43:Background
31:, after a
380:Aftermath
236:Communist
106:Newcastle
1420:Colonial
1095:Colonial
726:Clarence
684:Waverley
439:30 April
396:See also
49:Hamilton
23:seat of
1137:1874–75
1127:1869–70
1122:1864–65
710:Phillip
689:Kahibah
662:of the
328:Liberal
320:+64.70
314:10,647
297:result
284:16,884
280:Turnout
257:16,456
207:-40.00
173:Liberal
165:+34.67
78:of the
25:Kahibah
341:-0.03
338:35.30
335:5,809
317:64.70
287:88.82
249:+2.71
228:+6.69
222:1,101
204:24.67
201:4,059
186:-4.07
183:31.26
180:5,144
162:34.67
159:5,706
134:Votes
128:Party
116:Result
53:McGirr
1446:State
1196:State
731:Bulli
362:Swing
356:Labor
354:from
272:2.53
246:2.71
225:6.69
194:Labor
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1508:2019
1503:2015
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1488:2003
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1478:1995
1473:1991
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