Murray by-election, 1971
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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Murray on 20 March 1971. This was triggered by the resignation of former Country Party leader and interim Prime Minister John McEwen.
The by-election was won by Country Party candidate Bruce Lloyd.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bruce Lloyd | 19,710 | 43.0 | -10.3 | |
Labor | John Riordan | 11,670 | 25.5 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | William Hunter | 9,622 | 21.0 | +21.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Brian Lacey | 4,316 | 9.4 | -0.2 | |
Independent | Matthew Flynn | 535 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 45,853 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,116 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,969 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bruce Lloyd | 71.5 | -3.0 | ||
Labor | John Riordan | 28.5 | +3.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -3.0 |
References
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