Robertson by-election, 1964

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Robertson on 5 December 1964. It was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Roger Dean.

The by-election was won by Liberal candidate William Bridges-Maxwell.

Results

Robertson by-election, 1964^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Bridges-Maxwell	27,220	50.1	-0.4
	Labor	Arthur Mollett	25,432	46.8	+2.3
	Democratic Labor	Cornelius Woodbury	1,068	2.0	-3.0
	Independent Liberal	Victor Taylor	648	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			54,368	97.0
Informal votes			1,701	3.0
Turnout			56,069	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Bridges-Maxwell		52.3	-1.8
	Labor	Arthur Mollett		47.7	+1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.8

By-elections of the 25th Australian parliament (1963–1966)

1964	Denison Parramatta Angas Robertson

1965	Riverina

1966	Dawson Kooyong

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