1960 Temora state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Temora on Saturday 8 October 1960 and was triggered by the death of Doug Dickson (Country),^[1]^[2] who had been Deputy Leader of the party until 1958.

The Kurri Kurri by-election was held on the same day.

Dates

Date	Event
27 July 1960	Doug Dickson died.^[2]
12 September 1960	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[3]
19 September 1960	Nominations
8 October 1960	Polling day
28 October 1960	Return of writ

1960 Temora by-election
Saturday 8 October ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Jim Taylor	8,210	58.9
	Labor	Lyle Hoad	5,737	41.1
Total formal votes			13,947	98.4
Informal votes			89	0.6
Turnout			14,036	88.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1960 Temora by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Mr Samuel Douglas Dickson (1894-1960)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Temora". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 108. 12 September 1960. p. 2925. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via Trove.

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