COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== MURRAY, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 March 1971, following the resignation of Rt Hon Sir John McEwen -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 24.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,856 +02.0 Votes cast: 46,969 94.2 -02.7 Informal votes: 1,116 02.4 -00.6 Formal votes: 45,853 97.6 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Flynn 535 01.2 William Hunter Lib 9,622 21.0 Brian Lacey DLP 4,316 09.4 -00.2 Bruce Lloyd + CP 19,710 43.0 -10.3 John Riordan ALP 11,670 25.5 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,853 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Flynn's 535 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunter 314 58.7 9,936 21.7 Lacey 83 15.5 4,399 09.6 Lloyd + 66 12.3 19,776 43.1 Riordan 72 13.5 11,742 25.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 535 45,853 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lacey's 4,399 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunter 906 20.6 10,842 23.6 LLOYD + 3,232 73.5 23,008 50.2 Riordan 261 05.9 12,003 26.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,399 45,853 21.5 e 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Lloyd (born 1937): Elected 1971 By Born: 24 February 1937, Melbourne Career: Educated Geelong College, University of New England, Armidale, NSW. Farmer at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, then Rochester, Victoria. President Victorian Country Party 1969-71. --------------------------------------------------------------------