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Wagga Wagga - By-election (Roll: 23,701)
Retained by Liberal Party
Nominations: Thursday, 13 November 1975, Polling: Saturday, 6 December 1975
Three-cornered contest, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Cooper, William Henry Independents 67 0.31
Gorman, Richard Labor Party 7,990 37.24 8,369 39.01
Hunter, Ronald George Country Party 2,904 13.53
Kendall, Roger Norman Workers Party 569 2.65
Schipp, Joseph John (Elected) Liberal Party 9,731 45.35 13,087 60.99
Sutherland, June Australia Party 195 0.91
Formal Votes 21,456
Informal Votes 282 1.30
Total Votes / Turnout 21,738 91.72
Cause Category: Resignation - Federal contest
Notes: Wal Fife resigned as Liberal MP to contest the federal seat of Farrar at the 1975 federal election. At the time of his resignation, it was not known that the Whitlam government would be dismissed and the election held in December 1975.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Cooper (IND)
Exclusion 2
Sutherland (AP)
Exclusion 3
Kendall (WP)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Cooper (IND) -67
Gorman (ALP) 34 50.75 8024 37.40 93 46.04 8117 37.83 78 12.85 8195 38.19
Hunter (CP) 17 25.37 2921 13.61 32 15.84 2953 13.76 359 59.14 3312 15.44
Kendall (WP) 5 7.46 574 2.68 33 16.34 607 2.83 -607
Schipp (LIB) 4 5.97 9735 45.37 44 21.78 9779 45.58 170 28.01 9949 46.37
Sutherland (AP) 7 10.45 202 0.94 -202

Distribution of Preferences - part 2
Exclusion 4
Hunter (CP)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Gorman (ALP) 174 5.25 8369 39.01
Hunter (CP) -3312
Schipp (LIB) 3138 94.75 13087 60.99