1967 Bathurst state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bathurst on 6 May 1967 following the death of sitting Labor member Gus Kelly.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
25 March 1967	Death of Gus Kelly.[1]
7 April 1967	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
13 April 1967	Day of nomination
6 May 1967	Polling day
5 June 1967	Return of writ

Results

1967 Bathurst state by-election [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Clive Osborne	5,868	37.0	+8.5
	Labor	Michael Connolly	6,952	43.8	-8.3
	Liberal	John Matthews	2,967	18.7	-0.6
	Independent	Keith James	73	0.46
Total formal votes			15,860	98.8	-9.1
Informal votes			193	1.2	-1.0
Turnout			16,053	92.4	-3.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Clive Osborne	8,532	53.8	+7.5
	Labor	Michael Connolly	7,328	46.2	-7.5
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+7.5

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Bathurst
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "The Hon. Christopher Augustus Kelly (1890-1967)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Bathurst". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (35). 7 April 1967. p. 1097. Retrieved 17 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Green, Antony. "1967 Bathurst by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 September 2019.