The 1970 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 14 February 1970 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Upper Hunter. It was triggered by the resignation of Frank O'Keefe (Country) to successfully contest the federal seat of Paterson at the 1969 election.[1]

Dates

DateEvent
22 September 1969 Resignation of Frank O'Keefe.[1]
25 October 1969 1969 Australian federal election
19 January 1970 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
23 January 1970 Day of nomination
14 February 1970 Polling day
10 March 1970 Return of writ

Results

1970 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 14 February [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Col Fisher 7,092 36.8 -28.6
Labor Roger Nott 8,501 44.1 +9.6
Liberal Ivor Peebles 3,666 19.0
Total formal votes 19,259 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 196 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 19,455 90.4 -5.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Col Fisher 9,929 51.6 -13.9
Labor Roger Nott 9,330 48.4 +13.9
Country hold Swing-13.9

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912–1989)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 8. January 1970. p. 196. Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1970 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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