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]

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

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

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