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Election result for Peats, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Peats on 2 February 1985 because of the death of Paul Landa (Labor).[1]
The Peats by-election was held the same day as the Murray by-election.
Date | Event |
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24 November 1984 | Paul Landa died.[1] |
3 January 1985 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2] |
10 January 1985 | Nominations |
2 February 1985 | Polling day |
22 February 1985 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tony Doyle | 14,382 | 48.9 | -10.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Walsh | 12,068 | 41.1 | +7.7 | |
Independent | Keith Whitfield | 1,533 | 5.2 | ||
Democrats | John Aitken | 1,411 | 4.8 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 29,394 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 315 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 29,709 | 88.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |