1976 Orange state by-election
Appearance
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 14 February 1976. The election was triggered by the retirement of Country Party member Sir Charles Cutler.[1]
Dates
Date | Event |
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16 December 1975 | Sir Chares Cutler resigned from parliament.[1] |
14 January 1976 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
23 January 1976 | Nominations |
14 February 1976 | Polling day |
8 March 1976 | Return of writ |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Garry West | 10,990 | 48.7 | -17.1 | |
Labor | Maxwell Dunn | 8,189 | 36.3 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Ron Thomas | 3,411 | 15.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,590 | 99.3 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 167 | 0.7 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,757 | 91.2 | −2.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Garry West | 13,894 | 61.5 | ||
Labor | Maxwell Dunn | 8,696 | 38.5 | ||
Country Party hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler (1918–2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Writ of election: Orange". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 7. 14 January 1976. p. 179. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Orange by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.