1975 Lane Cove state by-election

1975 Lane Cove state by-election

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Electoral district of Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   AUS Candidate John Dowd Brian Johnson Party Liberal Australia Primary  vote 15,709 5,870 Percentage 70.8% 26.4% Swing 9.8 26.4
MP before election Ken McCaw Liberal Elected MP John Dowd Liberal

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Lane Cove on 8 February 1975 because of the resignation of Attorney General Ken McCaw (Liberal). ^[1]

The Pittwater by-election was held on the same day.

Dates

Date	Event
3 January 1975	Resignation of Ken McCaw. [1]
7 January 1975	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2]
20 January 1975	Nominations
8 February 1975	Polling day
28 February 1975	Return of writ

Results

1975 Lane Cove by-election
Saturday 8 February  ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	15,709	70.8	+9.8
	Australia	Brian Johnson	5,870	26.4	+13.5
	British Australia	Harry Marsh	622	2.8
Total formal votes			22,201	97.7	+0.2
Informal votes			521	2.3	−0.2
Turnout			22,722	73.0	−17.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−69.3

The Labor Party did not contest the election. ^[3]

See also

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

References

1. "Sir Kenneth Malcolm McCaw (1907-1989)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Lane Cove". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 87. 7 July 1930. p. 2701. Retrieved 24 October 2019– via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1976 Lane Cove by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 October 2019.