1952 Bradfield by-election
# 1952 Bradfield by-election

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bradfield on 20 December 1952. This was triggered by the death of Liberal Party MP and former Prime Minister Billy Hughes.

The election was won by Liberal Party candidate Harry Turner on a severely reduced margin, but against an Independent candidate rather than one from the Labor Party, which did not field a candidate in the safe Liberal seat.

## Results

Bradfield by-election, 1952 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Harry Turner | 22,912 | 57.0 | -21.7 |
| | Independent | Martin Hardie | 15,336 | 38.2 | +38.2 |
| | Independent Labor | John Somerville Smith | 1,070 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Independent | Colin Potts | 569 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Independent | Edward Wright | 225 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Samuel Simons | 84 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 40,196 | 98.1 | -0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 784 | 1.9 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,980 | 90.2 | -5.6 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Harry Turner | | 58.4 | -20.3 |
| | Independent | Martin Hardie | | 41.6 | +41.6 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -20.3 | |
