| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 14 October 2017 |
| Candidate1: | Steph Cooke |
| Party1: | National Party of Australia |
| Popular Vote1: | 21,093 |
| Percentage1: | 46.2% |
| Swing1: | 19.6pp |
| Candidate2: | Charlie Sheahan |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,930 |
| Percentage2: | 24.0% |
| Swing2: | 2.0pp |
| Party3: | SFF |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,621 |
| Percentage3: | 23.3% |
| Swing3: | 23.3pp |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 60.5% |
| 2Data1: | 10.0pp |
| 1Data2: | 39.5% |
| 2Data2: | 10.0pp |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | Katrina Hodgkinson |
| Before Party: | National Party of Australia |
| After Election: | Steph Cooke |
| After Party: | National Party of Australia |
A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cootamundra on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Katrina Hodgkinson .[1] The by-election was won by Steph Cooke for the National Party on preferences. The Nationals suffered a 20% swing on first preference votes and 10% on a two-party basis.
The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections in Blacktown and Murray.
The candidates in ballot paper order are as follows:[2]
| Candidate nominations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20% colspan=2 | Party | Candidate | width=60% | Notes (not on ballot paper) | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) | Philip Langfield | ||||
| Greens NSW | Jeffrey Passlow | Formerly chief hospital pathology scientist and then a businessman, veteran environmentalist. Retired to a farm where he now raises boar goats and Wiltshire Horn sheep. He is an advocate for marriage equality and a transition to renewable energy. | |||
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | Matthew Stadtmiller | Newspaper proprietor, former councillor and council candidate. | |||
| Independent | Jim Saleam | Veteran anti-immigration activist and president of the Australia First Party, is standing as an Independent as the party is not registered for state elections.[3] | |||
| Country Labor | Charlie Sheahan | Councillor on Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council and farm manager who will seek to capitalise on opposition to forced council mergers in New South Wales.[4] | |||
| The Nationals | Steph Cooke | Businesswoman and 2017 NSW Florist of the Year. | |||