1975 Pittwater state by-election

none December 2025 December 2025 1975 Pittwater state by-election New South Wales parliamentary Primary no 1973 New South Wales state election 1973 8 February 1975 1976 New South Wales state election 1976 Electoral district of Pittwater in theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg 120 120 160 0 0 Bruce Webster New South Wales Liberal Party 13,701 63.0% 1.0 Australia Party Richard Jones Australia Party 5,009 26.0% 26.0 MP Robert Askin New South Wales Liberal Party Bruce Webster New South Wales Liberal Party A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Pittwater on 8 February 1975. The election was triggered by the retirement of the Premier Sir Robert Askin (Liberal NSW).Sir Robert (Robin William) Askin (1907–1981) 1683 Yes 3 May 2019 The Lane Cove by-election was held on the same day. Dates Date Event 3 January 1975 Sir Robert Askin resigned from parliament. 7 January 1975 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220165458 Writ of election: Pittwater Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 8 7 January 1975 15 November 2019 55 Trove 20 January 1975 Nominations 8 February 1975 Polling day 28 February 1975 Return of writ Results [[1975 Pittwater state by-election|1975 Pittwater state by-election]]1975 Pittwater by-election 1973 Pittwater_1 15 November 2019 Liberal NSW Bruce Webster 13,701 63.0 -1.0 Australia Richard Jones 5,009 26.0 Independent Geoff Woodhouse 3,026 13.9 21,736 98.1 +0.5 414 1.9 -0.5 22,150 77.1 13.5 Liberal NSW No Sir Robert Askin (Liberal NSW) resigned.The Labor Party did not contest the election. See also Electoral results for the district of Pittwater List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1975 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1975 in New South Wales Category:February 1975 in Australia