1976 Orange state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 14 February 1976. The election was triggered by the retirement of Sir Charles Cutler (Country).^[1]

Date	Event
16 December 1975	Sir Charles Cutler resigned from parliament.^[1]
14 January 1976	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
23 January 1976	Nominations
14 February 1976	Polling day
8 March 1976	Return of writ

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Garry West	10,990	48.7	−17.1
	Labor	Maxwell Dunn	8,189	36.3	+7.5
	Liberal	Ron Thomas	3,411	15.1
Total formal votes			22,590	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			167	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			22,757	91.2	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Garry West	13,894	61.5
	Labor	Maxwell Dunn	8,696	38.5
	Country hold		Swing

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