1974 Goulburn state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Goulburn on 20 July 1974 because Country Party member Ron Brewer resigned to contest the 1974 federal election for Eden-Monaro. Brewer was defeated by 146 votes,[1] and re-contested Goulburn.

Dates
Date Event
11 April 1974 The Governor-General of Australia dissolved the Australian Senate and House of Representatives.[2]
13 April 1974 Ron Brewer resigned from the Legislative Assembly.[3]
18 May 1974 Polling day for the 1974 Australian federal election.[1]
21 June 1974 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[4]
27 June 1974 Nominations
20 July 1974 Polling day
2 August 1974 Return of writ

Candidates
  • Dermid McDermott, the Labor Party candidate, was the son of the Mayor of Goulburn.[5] This was the only time he would contest a Legistaive Assembly election.[6]
  • Ron Brewer, the Country Party candidate, was the former member recontesting the seat.

Results
1974 Goulburn by-election [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ron Brewer 12,600 61.86
Labor Dermid McDermott 7,770 38.14
Total formal votes 20,370 99.35
Informal votes 133 0.65
Turnout 20,503 89.93
Country hold Swing-6.04[lower-alpha 1]

See also

Notes
  1. compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1973 Goulburn election.

References
  1. "1974 legislative election: House of Representatives: New South Wales". Psephos- Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. "Proclamation to dissolve the Senate and House of Representatives". Australian Government Gazette (31B). 11 April 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2019 – via Trove.
  3. "Mr Ronald Alfred St Clair Brewer (1921-2003)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. "Writ of election: Goulburn". New South Wales Government Gazette (53). 13 May 1974. p. 1147. Retrieved 18 October 2019 – via Trove.
  5. "In brief: Candidate". The Canberra Times. 11 June 1974. p. 3. Retrieved 18 October 2019 – via Trove.
  6. Green, Antony. "Index to candidates: McCaughey to McKeever". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. Green, Antony. "1974 Goulburn by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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