1970 Georges River state by-election

The 1970 Georges River state by-election was held on 19 September 1970 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Georges River. It was triggered by the death of Douglas Cross (Liberal).

Dates

Date	Event
19 July 1970	Douglas Cross died.
21 August 1970	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.
28 August 1970	Day of nomination
19 September 1970	Polling day
9 October 1970	Return of writ

Result

1970 Georges River by-election
Saturday 19 September 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walker	12,104	47.8	+6.5
	Liberal	John Tonkin	10,208	40.3	−18.4
	Defence of Government Schools	Robin Alleway	1,847	7.3
	Democratic Labor	B Payne	1,040	4.1
	Independent	W L Hutchinson	118	0.5
Total formal votes			25,317	98.0	+0.8
Informal votes			514	2.0	−0.5
Turnout			25,831	86.0	−9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walker	13,256	52.4	+11.1
	Liberal	John Tonkin	12,061	47.6	−11.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	11.1

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Georges River
• List of New South Wales state by-elections