1980 Murray state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murray on 13 September 1980. It was triggered by the death of Mary Meillon (Liberal).[1] The seat had not been contested by the Country party since 1973 as the Coalition agreement prohibited the party from endorsing candidates to run against sitting Liberals. The 1980 redistribution would see the district of Sturt abolished,[2] and much of the district included in the Murray. Tim Fischer (Country) was the member for Sturt and resigned to contest the by-election.[3]

By-elections for the seats of Bankstown and Ku-ring-gai were held on the same day.

Dates

Date Event
8 June 1980 Mary Meillon died.[1]
11 August 1980 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[4]
18 August 1980 Date of nomination
13 September 1980 Polling day
26 September 1980 Return of writ

Result

1980 Murray by-election
Saturday 13 September [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
country nsw Tim Fischer 8,496 45.4
Labor NSW Robert Allen 5,804 31.0 +6.3
Liberal NSW Bill Hazelton 4,435 23.7 -19.7
Total formal votes 18,735 98.5
Informal votes 289 1.5
Turnout 19,024 83.3
Two-party-preferred result
country nsw Tim Fischer 12,396 67.0
Labor NSW Robert Allen 6,119 33.1 -6.8
Template:Australian politics/name/country nsw gain from Template:Australian politics/name/liberal nsw Swing

See also

References

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