1969 Bendigo by-election

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.

Key dates
Date Event
9 April 1969 Noel Beaton resigned from Parliament.[1]
30 April 1969 The writ for the by-election was issued.[2]
16 May 1969 Close of nominations.
7 June 1969 Polling day.
4 July 1969 Return of the writ.
12 August 1969 David Kennedy was sworn in as the member for Bendigo.[3]

Results
Bendigo by-election, 1969[4]
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
  1. Hon William Aston, Speaker (15 April 1969). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. p. 1061.
  2. "The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives". Australian Government Gazette. No. 35. 30 April 1969. p. 2544. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. Hon William Aston, Speaker (12 August 1969). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. p. 3.
  4. "By-Elections 1966-1969". Psephos. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
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