1957 Vaucluse state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Vaucluse on Saturday, 24 August 1957.

Vaucluse being a blue-ribbon Liberal seat, the Labor Party chose not to field a candidate.

In August 1954, after the long-serving leader, Vernon Treatt, announced his intention to resign, and Deputy-Leader Robert Askin and Pat Morton had tied in a vote to succeed him, Robson was persuaded by Askin to accept the Leadership of the Liberal Party as a compromise candidate.

Robson then moved a motion to prevent Pat Morton, who was the only person nominated for leader, from taking the leadership.

[5] Robson, however, did not stay long afterward; on 26 July 1957, he resigned his seat,[2] and returned to his legal practice until he retired.