1980 Murray state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murray on 13 September 1980. It was triggered by the death of Mary Meillon (Liberal).[1] The seat had not been contested by the Country party since 1973 as the Coalition agreement prohibited the party from endorsing candidates to run against sitting Liberals. The 1980 redistribution would see the district of Sturt abolished,[2] and much of the district included in the Murray. Tim Fischer (Country) was the member for Sturt and resigned to contest the by-election.[3]

By-elections for the seats of Bankstown and Ku-ring-gai were held on the same day.

  1. ^ "Mrs Mary Meillon". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ^ "1980 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Green was invoked but never defined (see the help page).