1975 Wagga Wagga state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wagga Wagga on 6 December 1975. The election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party member Wal Fife to successfully contest contest the 1975 federal election for Farrer.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
15 October 1975	Wal Fife resigned from parliament.[1]
7 November 1975	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
13 November 1975	Nominations
6 December 1975	Polling day
23 December 1975	Return of writ

Results

1975 Wagga Wagga by-election [3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	9,731	45.4	−18.2
	Labor	Richard Gorman	7,990	37.2	+10.9
	Country	Ronald Hunter	2,904	13.5	+13.5
	Workers	Roger Kendall	569	2.7	+2.7
	Australia	June Sutherland	195	0.9	−0.9
	Independent	William Cooper	67	0.3	+3.0
Total formal votes			21,456	98.7
Informal votes			282	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			21,738	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	13,087	61.0
	Labor	Richard Gorman	8,369	39.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "The Hon. Wallace Clyde Fife (1929–2017)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Wagga Wagga". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (142). 7 November 1975. p. 4603. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Libs win despite 7pc Labor swing". The Canberra Times. 8 December 1975. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
4. Green, Antony. "1975 Wagga Wagga by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2019.