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 Bernie Deane (Liberal). [2]
Date | Event |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Kevin Rozzoli | 11,621 | 45.5 | -4.4 | |
Labor | Peter Dunn | 10,495 | 41.1 | -2.5 | |
Democratic Labor | John Allen | 1,003 | 3.9 | ||
Australia | Vivienne Berzin | 703 | 2.8 | ||
Independent | Charles Bannister | 677 | 2.6 | ||
Independent | Donald MacDonald | 672 | 2.6 | ||
Independent | Mervyn Crane | 379 | 1.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 25,550 | 96.41 | -1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 951 | 3.59 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,501 | 83.18 | -8.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Kevin Rozzoli | 13,428 | 52.6 | -2.4 | |
Labor | Peter Dunn | 12,122 | 47.4 | +2.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.44 | |||
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