1961 Liverpool Plains state by-election

Election result for Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Liverpool Plains on 26 March 1961 and was triggered by the resignation of Roger Nott (Labor),[1][2] who was the Minister for Agriculture in the Heffron Labor government and accepted an appointment by the Menzies coalition government to be the Administrator of the Northern Territory.[3]

Dates

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3 March 1961 Roger Nott resigned.[2]
7 March 1961 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
10 March 1961 Nominations
25 March 1961 Polling day
28 April 1961 Return of writ
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Result

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1961 Liverpool Plains by-election
Saturday 25 March[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank O'Keefe 7,312 50.21 +3.05
Labor Robert Johnson 7,252 49.79 −1.89
Total formal votes 14,564 98.89 −0.05
Informal votes 163 1.11 +0.05
Turnout 14,727 82.30 −12.43
Country gain from Labor Swing+2.5
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