1928 Hamilton state by-election

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The 1928 Hamilton state by-election was held on 8 September 1928 to fill the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Hamilton after the death of Labor MP David Murray.

In the 1927 election, Labor had won Hamilton with 58.6% of the vote. In the by-election, Labor’s support fell by more than 10 percentage points.

James Smith (Labor) won the seat with 51.2% of the two-candidate-preferred vote, beating Walter Skelton (Protestant Independent Labour Party), who had 48.8%.

Primary votes were:
- James Smith (Labor): 5,851 votes (48.0%)
- Walter Skelton (Protestant Independent Labour Party): 4,851 votes (38.8%)

Turnout was 70.9%, down 14.1 points from the previous election.

Note: Skelton likely would have won if all Nationalist voters had given second preferences, but under optional preferential voting they were not required to. James Smith succeeded David Murray as the Labor MP.