1970 Upper Hunter state by-election

The 1970 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 14 February 1970 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Upper Hunter. It was triggered by the resignation of Frank O'Keefe (Country) to successfully contest the federal seat of Paterson at the 1969 election.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
22 September 1969	Resignation of Frank O'Keefe.[1]
25 October 1969	1969 Australian federal election
19 January 1970	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
23 January 1970	Day of nomination
14 February 1970	Polling day
10 March 1970	Return of writ

Results

1970 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 14 February [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Col Fisher	7,092	36.8	-28.6
	Labor	Roger Nott	8,501	44.1	+9.6
	Liberal	Ivor Peebles	3,666	19.0
Total formal votes			19,259	99.0	-0.1
Informal votes			196	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			19,455	90.4	-5.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Col Fisher	9,929	51.6	-13.9
	Labor	Roger Nott	9,330	48.4	+13.9
	Country hold		Swing	-13.9

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Upper Hunter
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Mr Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912–1989)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (8). January 1970. p. 196. Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1970 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 November 2019.