1973 Parramatta by-election

Australian federal by-election April 2024 April 2022 A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Parramatta on 22 September 1973. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Liberal Party long-serving Attorney General and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Honourable (and later Sir) Nigel Bowen who accepted an appointment to the NSW Court of Appeal. The seat was retained by the Liberal Party, with Philip Ruddock defeating Michael Whelan, who contested the seat for the Labor Party.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110742444?searchTerm=parramatta%20by-election&searchLimits=l-decade=197 ALP in by-election Ten other candidates from minor parties contested the seat. This was the first federal election in which eighteen-year-olds were eligible to vote, the voting age having been lowered from twenty-one earlier in the year.House of Representatives Practice, 6th Edition, Ch. 3. Elections and the electoral system. Retrieved 23 July 2015. Results Parramatta by-election, 1973By-Elections 1972-1974 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1972/1972repsby.txt 2010-07-04 2011-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110316054812/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1972/1972repsby.txt dead Philip Ruddock Liberal 33,506 52.6 +6.6 Michael Whelan Labor 24,623 38.7 -7.3 John Butterworth Australia 3,522 5.5 +2.0 Marilyn Pye Independent 575 0.9 n/a Michael Hourihan Defence of Government Schools 528 0.8 n/a Marcus Aussie-Stone Independent 363 0.6 n/a Sidney McGarrity Independent 325 0.6 n/a Gwenda Lister Independent 65 0.1 n/a Charles Bellchambers Independent 53 0.1 n/a Ross May National Socialist 37 0.1 n/a Leonard Kiernan Independent 30 0.0 n/a Kevin Meares Independent 25 0.0 n/a 63,652 97.7 -0.1 1,493 2.3 +0.1 65,145 88.4 -7.3 Liberal +2.3 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1973 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales federal by-elections Category:September 1973 in Australia Category:1973 in New South Wales