1976 Orange state by-election

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
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

1976 Orange by-election [3]

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

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

References

1. "Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler (1918–2006)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Orange". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (7). 14 January 1976. p. 179. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Green, Antony. "1976 Orange by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.