1973 Hawkesbury state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Hawkesbury on Saturday, 17 February 1973.[1] It was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party member Bernie Deane.[2]

Dates

Date	Event
24 October 1972	Resignation of Bernie Deane.[2]
19 January 1973	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[3]
26 January 1973	Nominations
17 February 1973	Polling day
16 March 1973	Return of writ

Results

1973 Hawkesbury state by-election [1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Kevin Rozzoli	11,621	45.48	-4.42
	Labor	Peter Dunn	10,495	41.08	-2.55
	Democratic Labor	John Allen	1,003	3.93
	Australia	Vivienne Berzin	703	2.75
	Independent	Charles Bannister	677	2.65
	Independent	Donald MacDonald	672	2.63
	Independent	Mervyn Crane	379	1.48
Total formal votes			25,550	96.41	-1.09
Informal votes			951	3.59	+1.09
Turnout			26,501	83.18	-8.22
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Rozzoli	13,428	52.56	-2.44
	Labor	Peter Dunn	12,122	47.44	+2.44
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.44

See also

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

References

1. Green, Antony. "1973 results Hawkesbury by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
2. "Mr Bernard Sydney Llewellyn Deane (1918-1999)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
3. "Writ of election: The Hawkesbury". New South Wales Government Gazette (10). 19 January 1973. p. 144. Retrieved 20 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.