The 1970 Georges River state by-election was held on 19 September 1970 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Georges River. It was triggered by the death of Douglas Cross (Liberal).[1]
Dates
Date | Event |
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19 July 1970 | Douglas Cross died.[1] |
21 August 1970 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2] |
28 August 1970 | Day of nomination |
19 September 1970 | Polling day |
9 October 1970 | Return of writ |
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Walker | 12,104 | 47.8 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | John Tonkin | 10,208 | 40.3 | -18.4 | |
Defence of Government Schools | Robin Alleway | 1,847 | 7.3 | ||
Democratic Labor | B Payne | 1,040 | 4.1 | ||
Independent | W L Hutchinson | 118 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 25,317 | 98.0 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 514 | 2.0 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,831 | 86.0 | −9.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,256 | 52.4 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | John Tonkin | 12,061 | 47.6 | -11.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | 11.1 |