1969 Lake Macquarie state by-election

Election result for Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia October 2019 October 2019 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lake Macquarie on 19 April 1969. It was triggered by the death of Jim Simpson (Labor NSW).Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905-1968) 1658 Yes 30 April 2019 Dates Date Event 10 December 1968 Death of Jim Simpson. 10 March 1969 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220065384 Writ of election: Lake Macquarie Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 30 10 March 1969 23 October 2019 907 Trove 24 March 1969 Day of nomination 19 April 1969 Polling day 2 May 1969 Return of writ Results [[1969 Lake Macquarie state by-election|1969 Lake Macquarie by-election]]Saturday 14 February1969 Lake Macquarie by-election 1968 LakeMacquarie_1 23 October 2019 Labor NSW Merv Hunter 13,252 64.1 -0.4 Liberal NSW Edwin Chiplin 6,071 29.3 -6.3 Independent Thomas Pendlebury 1,072 5.2 Independent Colin Fisher 296 1.4 20,691 98.4 +0.7 335 1.6 -0.7 21,026 89.0 -5.4 Labor NSW Jim Simpson (Labor NSW) died. See also Electoral results for the district of Lake Macquarie List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1969 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1969 in New South Wales Category:April 1969 in Australia