1969 Lake Macquarie state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lake Macquarie on 19 April 1969. It was triggered by the death of sitting Labor MP Jim Simpson.[1]

Dates

Date Event
10 December 1968 Death of Jim Simpson.[1]
10 March 1969 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
24 March 1969 Day of nomination
19 April 1969 Polling day
2 May 1969 Return of writ

Results

1969 Lake Macquarie by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Merv Hunter 13,252 64.1 -0.4
Liberal Edwin Chiplin 6,071 29.3 -6.3
Independent Thomas Pendlebury 1,072 5.2
Independent Colin Fisher 296 1.4
Total formal votes 20,691 98.4 +0.7
Informal votes 335 1.6 -0.7
Turnout 21,026 89.0 -5.4
Labor hold Swing
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See also

References

  1. "Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905-1968)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Lake Macquarie". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (30). 10 March 1969. p. 907. Retrieved 23 October 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Green, Antony. "1969 Lake Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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