1952 BY-ELECTION WERRIWA, NSW 55,486 enrolled, 49,093 (88.5%) voted ==================================================================== South of Sydney: Cabramatta, Cronulla, Liverpool, Sutherland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 November 1952, following the death of Hon Hubert Lazzarini -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Griffith Lib 15,706 32.5 (-12.4) Gough WHITLAM ALP 32,561 67.5 (+12.4) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 826 (01.7%) informal 48,267 17.5 12.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Griffith was NSW MLA for Sutherland 1956-59, Cronulla 1959-78. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Gough Whitlam (born 1916): Elected 1952 by Born: 11 July 1916, Melbourne. Career: Educated Knox Grammar School, Sydney, Canberra Grammar School, University of Sydney. Military Service 1941-45. Barrister 1947. Father of Antony Whitlam MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------