COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-SIXTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 June 1969, following the resignation of Ian Allan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 11.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,104 +02.1 Votes cast: 39,800 88.2 -06.5 Informal votes: 394 01.0 -00.8 Formal votes: 39,406 99.0 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph HUNT + CP 21,113 53.6 -07.7 Roger Nott ALP 18,293 46.4 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,406 03.6 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nott was NSW MLA for Liverpool Plains 1941-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 by Born: 31 March 1928, Narrabri, NSW Career: Educated Scots College, Sydney. Farmer, grazier and stud breeder at Rowena, NSW. Boomi Shire Council. Chairman NSW Country Party 1964-69, Chairman Federal Executive Country Party 1969. --------------------------------------------------------------------