1965 Oxley state by-election

Election result for Oxley, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Oxley on 6 May 1965 following the death of Les Jordan (Liberal).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
29 September 1965	Death of Les Jordan.^[1]
19 October 1965	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
22 October 1965	Day of nomination
6 November 1965	Polling day
7 December 1965	Return of writ

1965 Oxley by-election
Saturday 6 November ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Cowan	6,286	32.9	+32.9
	Labor	Joseph Andrews	7,059	37.0	+0.9
	Liberal	Alfred Dennis	5,047	26.5
	Independent	John Martin	584	3.1
	Independent	Joe Cordner	106	0.6
Total formal votes			19,082	97.9	-0.9
Informal votes			410	2.1	+0.9
Turnout			19,492	90.7	-3.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Cowan	11,402	59.8
	Labor	Joseph Andrews	7,680	40.3
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b "Mr Leslie Charles Jordan (1896–1965)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Oxley". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 136. 19 October 1965. p. 3443. Retrieved 17 November 2019 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1965 Oxley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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