1969_Gwydir_by-election

1969 Gwydir by-election

1969 Gwydir by-election

Australian federal by-election in New South Wales

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gwydir on 7 June 1969. This was triggered by the resignation of Country Party MP Ian Allan, who had been appointed Secretary-General and regional director of ANZAC war graves in the Pacific Region of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1] As a by-election for the seat of Bendigo had just been called, the two were held on the same day.

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The by-election was won by Country Party candidate Ralph Hunt.

Candidates

The Country Party candidate, Ralph Hunt, was the NSW and federal chairman of the party, and a farmer and grazier from northern New South Wales.[1]

The Labor candidate, Roger Nott, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Liverpool Plains, largely located within Gwydir, from 1941 until 1961, and served as a minister in the Cahill and Heffron governments, before being appointed by the Menzies government as Administrator of the Northern Territory.[1][2]

Key dates

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Results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Member for Gwydir resigns". The Canberra Times. 1 May 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 23 September 2020 – via Trove.
  2. [2]
    "The Hon. Roger Bede Nott, CBE (1907-2000)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. [3]
    Hon. William Aston, Speaker (30 April 1969). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. p. 1524.
  4. [4]
    "The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives". Australian Government Gazette. No. 38. 1 May 1969. p. 2683. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. [5]
    Hon. William Aston, Speaker (12 August 1969). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. p. 3.
  6. [6]
    "By-Elections 1966-1969". Psephos. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
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