A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 14 February 1976. The election was triggered by the retirement of Sir Charles Cutler (Country).[1]

Dates

DateEvent
16 December 1975 Sir Charles Cutler resigned from parliament.[1]
14 January 1976 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
23 January 1976 Nominations
14 February 1976 Polling day
8 March 1976 Return of writ

Results

1976 Orange by-election
Saturday 14 February [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Garry West 10,990 48.7 -17.1
Labor Maxwell Dunn 8,189 36.3 +7.5
Liberal Ron Thomas 3,411 15.1
Total formal votes 22,590 99.3 +0.5
Informal votes 167 0.7 -0.5
Turnout 22,757 91.2 -2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Garry West 13,894 61.5
Labor Maxwell Dunn 8,696 38.5
Country Party hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler (1918–2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: Orange". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 7. 14 January 1976. p. 179. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1976 Orange by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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