1976 Orange state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 14 February 1976. The election was triggered by the retirement of Sir Charles Cutler (Country).

Dates

Date	Event
16 December 1975	Sir Charles Cutler resigned from parliament.
14 January 1976	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
23 January 1976	Nominations
14 February 1976	Polling day
8 March 1976	Return of writ

Results

1976 Orange by-election
Saturday 14 February 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Garry West	10,990	48.7	−17.1
	Labor	Maxwell Dunn	8,189	36.3	+7.5
	Liberal	Ron Thomas	3,411	15.1
Total formal votes			22,590	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			167	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			22,757	91.2	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Garry West	13,894	61.5
	Labor	Maxwell Dunn	8,696	38.5
	Country Party hold		Swing

See also

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