1975 Wagga Wagga state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wagga Wagga on 6 December 1975. The election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party member Wal Fife to successfully contest the 1975 federal election for Farrer.[1]

Dates
Date Event
15 October 1975 Wal Fife resigned from parliament.[1]
7 November 1975 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
13 November 1975 Nominations
6 December 1975 Polling day
23 December 1975 Return of writ

Results
1975 Wagga Wagga by-election [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Schipp 9,731 45.4 −18.2
Labor Richard Gorman 7,990 37.2 +10.9
Country Ronald Hunter 2,904 13.5 +13.5
Workers Roger Kendall 569 2.7 +2.7
Australia June Sutherland 195 0.9 −0.9
Independent William Cooper 67 0.3 +3.0
Total formal votes 21,456 98.7
Informal votes 282 1.3 −0.2
Turnout 21,738 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Schipp 13,087 61.0
Labor Richard Gorman 8,369 39.0
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "The Hon. Wallace Clyde Fife (1929–2017)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Wagga Wagga". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (142). 7 November 1975. p. 4603. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via Trove.
  3. "Libs win despite 7pc Labor swing". The Canberra Times. 8 December 1975. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. Green, Antony. "1975 Wagga Wagga by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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