2013 Northern Tablelands state by-election

Election result for Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia March 2021 March 2021 New South Wales parliamentary no 25 May 2013 150x150px Adam Marshall National Party of Australia – NSW 27,276 63.3% 35.0 150x150px Herman Beyersdorf Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 4,190 9.7% 6.3 IND Jim Maher Independent politician 5,814 13.5% 13.5 TPP TPP swing 81.0% 4.9 19.0% 4.9 Northern tablelands NSW State Electoral District.png The location of the seat of Northern Tablelands in New South Wales MP Richard Torbay Independent politician Adam Marshall National Party of Australia – NSW A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Northern Tablelands on 25 May 2013. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent member Richard Torbay, which was announced on 20 March 2013. Adam Marshall was declared elected on 28 May 2013.http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/results/by-elections/state/2013_northern_tablelands_by-election_results 2013 Northern Tablelands By-election Results Results: By-Elections: State New South Wales Electoral Commission 30 May 2013 17 June 2013 14 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130614185241/http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/results/by-elections/state/2013_northern_tablelands_by-election_results dead Dates Date Eventhttp://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/northern_tablelands_state_by-election_25_may_2013 Northern Tablelands State By-Election New South Wales Electoral Commission 20 May 2013 22 April 2013 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202013_2013-50.pdf Writ of election: Northern Tablelands Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 50 22 April 2013 12 October 2019 22 April 2013 Close of electoral rolls 8 May 2013 Close of party nominations 9 May 2013 Close of independent nominations 13 May 2013 Early voting began 25 May 2013 Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm 7 June 2013 Return of the Writ of election was due Background The seat became vacant when the former Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Member for Northern Tablelands, Richard Torbay, who was the endorsed candidate for the Nationals for the federal seat of New England, suddenly resigned from State Parliament. Immediately prior to his resignation, the National disendorsed Torbay as preselected candidate for New England. It was claimed that his resignation was due to the controversy surrounding his ownership of more than twenty Centrelink buildings dating back to the era when John Howard was Prime Minister.http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/19/northern-tablelands-voters-look-set-to-elect-local-mayor-as-next-state-mp Northern Tablelands voters look set to elect local mayor as next state MP 19 May 2013 Independent Media Centre Australia 25 May 2013 10 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710164646/http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/19/northern-tablelands-voters-look-set-to-elect-local-mayor-as-next-state-mp dead Former mayor of Gunnedah Shire, Adam Marshall, won preselection as the Nationals nominee ahead of Jock Laurie and Claire Coulton.http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/surprise-challenger-for-torbays-seat-20130405-2hbvg.html Surprise challenger for Torbay's seat 5 April 2013 20 May 2013 The Sydney Morning Herald Nicholls, Sean Controversies During the campaign it was reported in the Armidale Express that Marshall had been a financial member of both the Labor NSW and the National parties between 2001 and 2003; by the time his membership of the former expired in 2004, he was employed as a staff member for the then Independent Member for Tamworth, Peter Draper.http://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/1506636/adams-labor-past/?cs=469 Adam's Labor past Jeffrey, Stephen 17 May 2013 Armidale Express 25 May 2013 One week prior to the by-election, Mal Peters, a councillor of Inverell Shire Council referred a matter of an undisclosed nature relating to Marshall to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Marshall claimed that Peters' actions were spurious and questioned the timing of the complaint.http://www.inverelltimes.com.au/story/1439431/candidate-referred-to-icac-one-week-before-pre-selection-battle Candidate referred to ICAC one week before pre-selection battle Green, Steve Inverell Times 17 April 2013 25 May 2013 Candidates The seven candidates in ballot paper order were: Candidate nominationshttp://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/northern_tablelands_state_by-election_25_may_2013/candidates Northern Tablelands State By-Election Electoral Commission of New South Wales 20 May 2013   Independent Bill Bush   Nationals Adam Marshall Former mayor of Gunnedah Shire  Australian Greens Dora Koops   Labor Party Herman Beyersdorf Deputy Mayor of Armidale Dumaresq Shire  Independent Katherine Nicholson   Independent Jim Maher Mayor of the Armidale Dumaresq Shire  Christian Democratic Party Silvana Nero Results 2013 Northern Tablelands state by-election|Northern Tablelands by-election Saturday 25 Mayhttp://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2013/northerntablelands/result.htm 2013 Northern Tablelands by-election results Antony Green Green, Antony ABC News 31 May 2013 Adam Marshall Nationals NSW 27,276 63.3 +35.0 Jim Maher Independent 5,814 13.5 +13.5 Herman Beyersdorf Labor NSW 4,190 9.7 +6.3 Katherine Nicholson Independent 1,845 4.3 +4.3 Dora Koops Greens NSW 1,782 4.1 +0.8 Bill Bush Independent 1,270 2.9 +2.9 Silvana Nero Christian Democrats 912 2.1 +0.5 43,089 97.1 -1.7 1,304 2.9 +1.8 44,393 85.7 +7.5 Nationals NSW Adam Marshall 29,817 81.0 +4.9 Labor NSW Herman Beyersdorf 7,014 19.0 -4.9 Nationals NSW Independent +4.9 Richard Torbay (Independent) resigned. See also Electoral results for the district of Northern Tablelands List of New South Wales state by-elections References External links 2013 Northern Tablelands by-election, Tally Room expanded Category:2013 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:2013 in New South Wales Category:May 2013 in Australia