1975 Lane Cove state by-election

none December 2025 December 2025 1975 Lane Cove state by-election New South Wales parliamentary Primary no 1973 New South Wales state election 1973 8 February 1975 1976 New South Wales state election 1976 Electoral district of Lane Cove in theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg 120 120 160 0 0 John Dowd New South Wales Liberal Party 15,709 70.8% 9.8 Australia Party Brian Johnson Australia Party 5,870 26.4% 26.4 MP Ken McCaw New South Wales Liberal Party John Dowd New South Wales Liberal Party A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Lane Cove on 8 February 1975 because of the resignation of Attorney General Ken McCaw (Liberal NSW).Sir Kenneth Malcolm McCaw (1907-1989) 1687 Yes 1 May 2019 The Pittwater by-election was held on the same day. Dates Date Event 3 January 1975 Resignation of Ken McCaw. 7 January 1975 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223075072 Writ of election: Lane Cove Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 87 7 July 1930 24 October 2019 2701 Trove 20 January 1975 Nominations 8 February 1975 Polling day 28 February 1975 Return of writ Results [[1975 Lane Cove state by-election|1975 Lane Cove by-election]]Saturday 8 February1976 Lane Cove by-election 1973 LaneCove_1 24 October 2019 Liberal NSW John Dowd 15,709 70.8 +9.8 Australia Brian Johnson 5,870 26.4 +13.5 British Australia Harry Marsh 622 2.8 22,201 97.7 +0.2 521 2.3 -0.2 22,722 73.0 -17.3 Liberal NSW -69.3 Ken McCaw (Liberal NSW) resigned.The Labor Party did not contest the election. See also Electoral results for the district of Lane Cove List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1975 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1975 in New South Wales Category:February 1975 in Australia