1969 Gwydir by-election

Australian federal by-election in New South Wales April 2024 April 2022 1969 Gwydir by-election Australia Parliamentary no 1966 Australian federal election 1966 7 June 1969 1969 Australian federal election 1969 39,800 (88.2%) The Gwydir seat in the House of Representatives Ralph Hunt 100px Country Party of Australia 21,113 53.6% 7.7 Roger Nott 100px Australian Labor Party 18,293 46.4% 7.7 MP Ian Allan Country Ralph Hunt Country A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gwydir on 7 June 1969. This was triggered by the resignation of Country Party MP Ian Allan, who had been appointed Secretary-General and regional director of ANZAC war graves in the Pacific Region of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131781810 Member for Gwydir resigns The Canberra Times 1 May 1969 23 September 2020 1 Trove As a by-election for the seat of Bendigo had just been called, the two were held on the same day. The by-election was won by Country Party candidate Ralph Hunt. This remains the most recent federal by-election to be contested by only two candidates. Candidates The Country Party candidate, Ralph Hunt, was the NSW and federal chairman of the party, and a farmer and grazier from northern New South Wales. The Labor candidate, Roger Nott, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Liverpool Plains, largely located within Gwydir, from 1941 until 1961, and served as a minister in the Cahill and Heffron governments, before being appointed by the Menzies government as Administrator of the Northern Territory.1692 The Hon. Roger Bede Nott, CBE (1907-2000) Yes 23 September 2020 Key dates Date Event 30 April 1969 The Speaker announced that Ian Allan had resigned from Parliament.Commonwealth of Australia House of Representatives 30 April 1969 1524 Hon. William Aston Speaker 1 May 1969 The writ for the by-election was issued.https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1969GN38 The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives Australian Government Gazette 38 1 May 1969 23 September 2020 2683 16 May 1969 Close of nominations. 7 June 1969 Polling day. 4 July 1969 Return of the writ. 12 August 1969 Ralph Hunt was sworn in as the member for Gwydir.Commonwealth of Australia House of Representatives 12 August 1969 3 Hon. William Aston Speaker Results Gwydir by-election, 1969By-Elections 1966-1969 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1966/1966repsby.txt 2012-05-19 2012-05-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529205051/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1966/1966repsby.txt dead Ralph Hunt Country 21,113 53.6 −7.7 Roger Nott Labor 18,293 46.4 +7.7 39,406 99.0 394 1.0 39,800 88.2 Country −7.7 References Category:1969 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales federal by-elections Category:June 1969 in Australia