1970 Georges River state by-election

Election result for Georges River, New South Wales, Australia

The 1970 Georges River state by-election was held on 19 September 1970 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Georges River. It was triggered by the death of Douglas Cross (Liberal).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
19 July 1970	Douglas Cross died.^[1]
21 August 1970	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.^[2]
28 August 1970	Day of nomination
19 September 1970	Polling day
9 October 1970	Return of writ

1970 Georges River by-election
Saturday 19 September ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walker	12,104	47.8	+6.5
	Liberal	John Tonkin	10,208	40.3	-18.4
	Defence of Government Schools	Robin Alleway	1,847	7.3
	Democratic Labor	B Payne	1,040	4.1
	Independent	W L Hutchinson	118	0.5
Total formal votes			25,317	98.0	+0.8
Informal votes			514	2.0	-0.5
Turnout			25,831	86.0	-9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walker	13,256	52.4	+11.1
	Liberal	John Tonkin	12,061	47.6	-11.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	11.1

^ ^a ^b "Mr Albert Jaime Grassby (1926-2005)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Georges River". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 106. 21 August 1970. p. 195. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1970 Georges River by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

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