1970 Upper Hunter state by-election

Election result for Upper Hunter, New South Wales, Australia November 2019 November 2019 The 1970 Upper Hunter state by-election was held on 14 February 1970 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Upper Hunter. It was triggered by the resignation of Frank O'Keefe (Country NSW) to successfully contest the federal seat of Paterson at the 1969 election.Mr Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912–1989) 1723 Yes 13 May 2019 Dates Date Event 22 September 1969 Resignation of Frank O'Keefe. 25 October 1969 1969 Australian federal election 19 January 1970 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220054083 Writ of election: Upper Hunter Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 8 January 1970 23 October 2019 196 Trove 23 January 1970 Day of nomination 14 February 1970 Polling day 10 March 1970 Return of writ Results [[1970 Upper Hunter state by-election|1970 Upper Hunter by-election]]Saturday 14 February1970 Upper Hunter by-election 1968 Upper Hunter_1 25 November 2019 Labor NSW Roger Nott 8,501 44.1 +9.6 country nsw Col Fisher 7,092 36.8 -28.6 Liberal nsw Ivor Peebles 3,666 19.0 19,259 99.0 -0.1 196 1.0 +0.1 19,455 90.4 -5.6 country nsw Col Fisher 9,929 51.6 -13.9 Labor NSW Roger Nott 9,330 48.4 +13.9 country nsw -13.9 Frank O'Keefe (Country NSW) resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Paterson. See also Electoral results for the district of Upper Hunter List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1970 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1970 in New South Wales Category:February 1970 in Australia