COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Eastwood, Epping, Parramatta, Rydalmere -------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 June 1964, following the resignation of Hon Sir Garfield Barwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,154 +05.5 Votes cast: 51,809 87.6 -07.9 Informal votes: 975 01.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 50,834 98.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Beck DLP 2,701 05.3 -00.2 Nigel BOWEN + Lib 26,506 52.1 -03.9 Augustus Fenwick 248 00.5 John Phillips 152 00.3 Barry Wilde ALP 21,227 41.8 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,834 06.9 e 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilde was NSW MLA for Parramatta 1976-88. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Hubert Bowen (1911-94): Elected 1964 By Born: 26 May 1911, British Columbia, Canada. Career: Migrated as child. Educated King's School, Sydney, and University of Sydney. Barrister 1936. Military Service 1941-46. Tutor and lecturer in law, University of Sydney. Editor Australian Law Journal 1946-58. President NSW Bar Council 1959-61. --------------------------------------------------------------------