1973 Parramatta by-election
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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Parramatta on 22 September 1973. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Liberal Party long-serving Attorney General and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Honourable (and later Sir) Nigel Bowen who accepted an appointment to the NSW Court of Appeal.
The seat was retained by the Liberal Party, with Philip Ruddock defeating Michael Whelan, who contested the seat for the Labor Party.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110742444?searchTerm=parramatta%20by-election&searchLimits=l-decade=197|title=ALP in by-election}} Ten other candidates from minor parties contested the seat.
This was the first federal election in which eighteen-year-olds were eligible to vote, the voting age having been lowered from twenty-one earlier in the year.House of Representatives Practice, 6th Edition, [http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/Practice6/Practice6HTML?file=Chapter3§ion=03 Ch. 3. Elections and the electoral system.] Retrieved 23 July 2015.
Results
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{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Philip Ruddock
|party = Liberal
|votes = 33,506
|percentage = 52.6
|change = +6.6
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{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Michael Whelan
|party = Labor
|votes = 24,623
|percentage = 38.7
|change = -7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = John Butterworth
|party = Australia
|votes = 3,522
|percentage = 5.5
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Marilyn Pye
|party = Independent
|votes = 575
|percentage = 0.9
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Michael Hourihan
|party = Defence of Government Schools
|votes = 528
|percentage = 0.8
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Marcus Aussie-Stone
|party = Independent
|votes = 363
|percentage = 0.6
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Sidney McGarrity
|party = Independent
|votes = 325
|percentage = 0.6
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Gwenda Lister
|party = Independent
|votes = 65
|percentage = 0.1
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Charles Bellchambers
|party = Independent
|votes = 53
|percentage = 0.1
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Ross May
|party = National Socialist
|votes = 37
|percentage = 0.1
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Leonard Kiernan
|party = Independent
|votes = 30
|percentage = 0.0
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Kevin Meares
|party = Independent
|votes = 25
|percentage = 0.0
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 63,652
|percentage = 97.7
|change = -0.1
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{{Election box informal|
|votes = 1,493
|percentage = 2.3
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 65,145
|percentage = 88.4
|change = -7.3
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{{Election box hold AU party|
|winner = Liberal
|swing = +2.3
}}
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See also
References
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Category:1973 elections in Australia
Category:New South Wales federal by-elections