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
edit| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Result
edit| 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 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1961 Liverpool Plains by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b "The Hon. Roger Bede Nott (1908–2000)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "NSW Minister to be NT Administrator". The Canberra Times. 14 February 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Writ of election: Liverpool Plains". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 30. 7 March 1961. p. 671. Retrieved 9 October 2020 – via Trove.