COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-SIXTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 June 1969, following the resignation of Noel Beaton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,943 +01.1 Votes cast: 44,865 93.6 -02.6 Informal votes: 693 01.5 00.0 Formal votes: 44,172 98.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Brennan DLP 5,710 12.9 +00.3 Rodney Cambridge Lib 15,106 34.2 -01.6 Chris Candler 595 01.3 Lancelot Hutchinson 2,750 06.2 David Kennedy + ALP 20,011 45.3 -06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Candler's 595 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan 74 12.4 5,784 13.1 Cambridge 126 21.2 15,232 34.5 Hutchinson 196 32.9 2,946 06.7 Kennedy + 199 33.4 20,210 45.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 595 44,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hutchinson's 2,946 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan 152 05.2 5,936 13.4 Cambridge 1,225 41.6 16,457 37.3 Kennedy + 1,569 53.3 21,779 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,946 44,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Brennan's 5,936 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambridge 5,294 89.2 21,751 49.2 KENNEDY + 642 10.8 22,421 50.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,936 44,172 00.8 02.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew David Kennedy (born 1940): Elected 1969 By Born: 20 March 1940, Ulverstone, Tasmania Career: Educated University High School, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Teacher in Victorian state schools. Brother of Cyril Kennedy MLC. --------------------------------------------------------------------