1973 Armidale state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Armidale on 17 February 1973 because of the resignation of Davis Hughes (Country) who had accepted the position of Agent-General in London.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
17 January 1973	Davis Hughes resigned.^[1]
19 January 1973	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
26 January 1973	Nominations
17 February 1973	Polling day
16 March 1973	Return of writ

1973 Armidale by-election
Saturday 17 February ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Leitch	5,826	31.4	−30.5
	Labor	Justin Rowe	8,282	44.7
	Country	Philip Street	3,738	20.2
	Australia	Joan Kersey	682	3.7
Total formal votes			18,528	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			253	1.4	−0.3
Turnout			18,781	88.9	−4.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Leitch	9,612	51.9	−10.0
	Labor	Justin Rowe	8,916	48.1
	Country hold		Swing	−10.0 '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000000C−QINU`"'

^ ^a ^b "Sir Davis Hughes (1910–2003)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Armidale". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 10. 19 January 1973. p. 145. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1973 Armidale by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1971 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.