1969 Lake Macquarie state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lake Macquarie on 19 April 1969. It was triggered by the death of Jim Simpson (Labor).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
10 December 1968	Death of Jim Simpson.[1]
10 March 1969	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
24 March 1969	Day of nomination
19 April 1969	Polling day
2 May 1969	Return of writ

Results

1969 Lake Macquarie by-election
Saturday 14 February ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Merv Hunter	13,252	64.1	-0.4
	Liberal	Edwin Chiplin	6,071	29.3	-6.3
	Independent	Thomas Pendlebury	1,072	5.2
	Independent	Colin Fisher	296	1.4
Total formal votes			20,691	98.4	+0.7
Informal votes			335	1.6	−0.7
Turnout			21,026	89.0	−5.4
	Labor hold		Swing

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Lake Macquarie
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905-1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Lake Macquarie". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 30. 10 March 1969. p. 907. Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1969 Lake Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.