1970 Randwick state by-election

Election result for Randwick, New South Wales, Australia October 2020 October 2020 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Randwick on 14 February 1970. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member Lionel Bowen (Labor NSW) to successfully contest the federal seat of Kingsford Smith at the 1969 election.1818 Mr Lionel Frost Bowen (1922–2012) Yes 16 June 2019 Dates Date Event 18 September 1969 Resignation of Lionel Bowen. 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-article220054081 Writ of election: Randwick Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 8 January 1970 2020-10-21 195 Trove 23 January 1970 Day of nomination 14 February 1970 Polling day 10 March 1970 Return of writ Result [[1970 Randwick state by-election|1970 Randwick by-election]]Saturday 14 February1970 Randwick by-election 1968 Randwick_1 2020-10-21 Labor NSW Laurie Brereton 13,201 61.5 +8.9 liberal nsw John McLaughlin 8,252 38.5 -5.1 21,453 97.3 +0.5 581 2.6 +0.5 20,034 79.5 -13.3 labor nsw +8.1 Lionel Bowen (Labor NSW) resigned to successfully contest the 1969 election for Kingsford Smith. See also Electoral results for the district of Randwick 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