NSW Elections - 1978 Results (original) (raw)
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Murray - By-election (Roll: 22,848)
| Country Party gain from Liberal Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominations: Monday, 18 August 1980, Polling: Saturday, 13 September 1980 | |||||
| Three-cornered contest, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion | |||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Final | % |
| Fischer, Timothy Andrew (Re-elected) | Country Party | 8,496 | 45.35 | 12,396 | 66.95 |
| Hazelton, Nicholas William Joseph (Bill) | Liberal Party | 4,435 | 23.67 | ||
| Allen, Robert John | Labor Party | 5,804 | 30.98 | 6,119 | 33.05 |
| Formal Votes | 18,735 | ||||
| Informal / Exhausted Votes | 289 | 1.52 | 220 | 1.17 | |
| Total Votes / Turnout | 19,024 | 83.26 | |||
| Cause Category: Death | |||||
| Notes: Caused by the death of Liberal MP Mary Meillon. The Country Party MP for Sturt, Tim Fischer, resigned his seat to contest the Murray by-election, creating a further by-election in Sturt. A redistribution had marked Sturt for abolition at the 1981 election, much of the electorate being absorbed into a re-drawn electorate of Murray, the reason for Fischer's switch of seat. |
Distribution of Preferences
| Exclusion 1Hazelton (LIB) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preferences | New Totals | |||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Fischer (CP) | 3900 | 92.53 | 12396 | 66.95 |
| Hazelton (LIB) | -4435 | |||
| Allen (ALP) | 315 | 7.47 | 6119 | 33.05 |
| Votes In Count | 4215 | 18515 | ||
| Exhausted | 220 | 4.96 | 220 | 1.17 |