Bendigo by-election, 1969
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bendigo on 7 June 1969. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Noel Beaton. A by-election for the seat of Gwydir was held on the same day.
The by-election was won by Labor candidate David Kennedy.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Kennedy | 20,011 | 45.3 | −6.4 | |
Liberal | Rodney Cambridge | 15,106 | 34.2 | −1.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul Brennan | 5,710 | 12.9 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Lance Hutchinson | 2,750 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Independent | Chris Candler | 595 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 44,172 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 693 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 44,865 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Kennedy | 22,421 | 50.8 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Rodney Cambridge | 21,751 | 49.2 | +2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
References
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