1969 Lake Macquarie state by-election

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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 Jim Simpson (Labor). [1]

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Dates

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

Results

1969 Lake Macquarie by-election
Saturday 14 February [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Merv Hunter 13,25264.1-0.4
Liberal Edwin Chiplin6,07129.3-6.3
Independent Thomas Pendlebury1,0725.2
Independent Colin Fisher2961.4
Total formal votes20,69198.4+0.7
Informal votes3351.6-0.7
Turnout 21,02689.0-5.4
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1969 Lake Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 October 2019.