Riverina

By-election (February 27, 1965)

A.A.Armstrong (CP)		21371 (56.3%)
J.T.A.Ward (ALP)		16561 (43.7%)
Informal			455

1966

A.A.Armstrong (Lib)		24570 (59.1%)
L.M.Kennedy (DLP)		3373 (8.1%)
P.Newman (ALP)			9803 (23.6%)
A.R.Solly (Ind ALP?)		3851 (9.3%)
Informal			972

Estimated 2-party vote: Lib 66.4%, ALP 33.6%

1969

A.A.Armstrong (CP)		19351 (44.3%)
P.M.Barry (DLP)			1802 (4.1%)
A.J.Grassby (ALP)		22499 (51.5%)
Informal			485

Estimated 2-party vote: ALP 51.8%, Lib 48.2%

1972

P.M.Barry (DLP)			1694 (3.7%)
A.J.Grassby (ALP)		24705 (54.7%)
E.H.Kronborg (CP)		16003 (35.4%)
P.M.Long (Lib)			2753 (6.1%)
Informal			491

Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 55.6%, CP 44.4%

1974

A.J.Grassby (ALP)		23233 (47.8%)
D.B.Mackay (Lib)		8868 (18.2%)
J.W.Sullivan (CP)		16128 (33.2%)
J.D.Thomson (AP)		357 (0.7%)
Informal			572

After preferences:

A.J.Grassby (ALP)		23897 (49.2%)
J.W.Sullivan (CP)		24689 (50.8%)

1975

J.B.Pollard (ALP)		19053 (38.2%)
J.W.Sullivan (CP)		30851 (61.8%)
Informal			901

1977

J.Fitzpatrick (ALP)		31237 (48.8%)
R.B.Lawrence (Ind)		1580 (2.5%)
J.W.Sullivan (NCP)		31134 (48.7%)
Informal			1159

After preferences:

J.Fitzpatrick (ALP)		32049 (50.1%)
J.W.Sullivan (NCP)		31902 (49.9%)

1980

N.J.Hicks (NCP)			21663 (33.1%)
F.E.Martin (Ind)		549 (0.8%)
J.C.Newman (Dem)		1414 (2.2%)
F.R.Smith (ALP)			30698 (46.9%)
B.N.Thornton (Lib)		11072 (16.9%)
Informal			1628

After preferences:

N.J.Hicks (NCP)			33055 (50.5%)
F.R.Smith (ALP)			32341 (49.5%)

1983

Ronald Adams (ALP)		32587 (48.6%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		32976 (49.2%)
Lesley Holschier (Dem)		1495 (2.2%)
Informal			1014

After preferences:

Ronald Adams (ALP)		33238 (49.6%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		33820 (50.4%)

1984

(Redistribution: ALP -1.2%)

J.W.Sullivan (Lib)		3936 (6.6%)
N.J.Hicks (Nat)			28316 (47.4%)
F.E.Martin (Ind)		276 (0.5%)
R.A.Adams (ALP)			26304 (44.0%)
P.A.Hains (Dem)			969 (1.6%)
Informal			3228

After preferences:

N.J.Hicks (Nat)			32642 (54.6%)
R.A.Adams (ALP)			27146 (45.4%)
 
1987

Peter Black (ALP)		28017 (46.5%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		32238 (53.5%)
Informal			2002

1990

Gordon Dansie (Ind)		2181 (3.6%)
Peter Black (ALP)		26216 (43.5%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		31940 (52.9%)
Informal			1818

After preferences:

Peter Black (ALP)		27442 (45.5%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		32889 (54.5%)

1993

(Redistribution: ALP -7.5%)

Pat Brassil (ALP)		24606 (33.6%)
Bill Heffernan (Lib)		17386 (23.7%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		28177 (38.5%)
Paul Meredith (Ind)		2233 (3.0%)
Margaret Ter Haar (NL)		847 (1.2%)
Informal			1755

After preferences:

Pat Brassil (ALP)		27147 (37.1%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		46078 (62.9%)

1996

Alistair Jones (Ind)		2837 (3.8%)
John Collins (Dem)		2977 (4.0%)
Noel Hicks (Nat)		48994 (66.0%)
Rob Colligan (ALP)		19454 (26.2%)
Informal			2476

After preferences:

Noel Hicks (Nat)		52614 (71.0%)
Rob Colligan (ALP)		21484 (29.0%)

1998

David Kibbey (Lib)		15942 (21.4%)
Rosemary Gillies (Dem)		1770 (2.4%)
Denis Collins (Ind)		1218 (1.6%)
David Barton (ON)		9129 (12.3%)
Peter Hargreaves (ALP)		19234 (25.9%)
Kay Hull (Nat)			27060 (36.4%)
Informal			2257

After preferences:

Peter Hargreaves (ALP)		25801 (34.7%)
Kay Hull (Nat)			48552 (65.3%)

(Redistribution: ALP +0.6%)

1998

David Kibbey (Lib)		15942 (21.4%)
Rosemary Gillies (Dem)		1770 (2.4%)
Denis Collins (Ind)		1218 (1.6%)
David Barton (ON)		9129 (12.3%)
Peter Hargreaves (ALP)		19234 (25.9%)
Kay Hull (Nat)			27060 (36.4%)
Informal			2257

After preferences:

Peter Hargreaves (ALP)		25801 (34.7%)
Kay Hull (Nat)			48552 (65.3%)

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