1980 Murray state by-election

Election result for Murray, New South Wales, Australia March 2021 March 2021 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murray on 13 September 1980. It was triggered by the death of Mary Meillon (Liberal NSW). Mrs Mary Meillon 1788 Yes 11 May 2019 The seat had not been contested by the Country party since 1973 as the Coalition agreement prohibited the party from endorsing candidates to run against sitting Liberals. The 1980 redistribution would see the district of Sturt abolished,http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1890-redistribution.html 1980 Redistribution Atlas of New South Wales NSW Land & Property Information https://web.archive.org/web/20150623040936/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1980-redistribution.html 23 June 2015 dead and much of the district included in the Murray. Tim Fischer (Country) was the member for Sturt and resigned to contest the by-election. By-elections for the seats of Bankstown and Ku-ring-gai were held on the same day. Dates Date Event 8 June 1980 Mary Meillon died. 11 August 1980 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231348524 Writ of election: Murray Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 111 11 August 1980 2021-03-17 4153 Trove 18 August 1980 Date of nomination 13 September 1980 Polling day 26 September 1980 Return of writ Result <includeonly></includeonly>1980 Murray by-electionSaturday 13 September1980 Murray by-election 1978 Murray_1 2021-03-17 country nsw Tim Fischer 8,496 45.4 Labor NSW Robert Allen 5,804 31.0 +6.3 Liberal NSW Bill Hazelton 4,435 23.7 -19.7 18,735 98.5 289 1.5 19,024 83.3 country nsw Tim Fischer 12,396 67.0 Labor NSW Robert Allen 6,119 33.1 -6.8 country nsw liberal nsw Mary Meillon (Liberal NSW) died.. See also Electoral results for the district of Murray List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1980 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1980 in New South Wales