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 Wal Fife (Liberal) who had been pre-selected as the Liberal candidate for the next federal election for the division of Farrer.[1] Fife subsequently won the election for Farrer on 13 December 1975.[2]
Dates[]
Date | Event |
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15 October 1975 | Wal Fife resigned from parliament.[2] |
7 November 1975 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3] |
13 November 1975 | Nominations |
6 December 1975 | Polling day |
23 December 1975 | Return of writ |
Results[]
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[]
References[]
- ^ "Minister for pre-selection". The Canberra Times. 13 August 1975. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.
"Endorsed". The Canberra Times. 11 September 1975. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove. - ^ a b "The Hon. Wallace Clyde Fife (1929–2017)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Writ of election: Wagga Wagga (142)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 7 November 1975. p. 4603. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Libs win despite 7pc Labor swing". The Canberra Times. 8 December 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1975 Wagga Wagga by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
Categories:
- 1975 elections in Australia
- New South Wales state by-elections
- 1970s in New South Wales
- December 1975 events in Australia