| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 14 October 2017 |
| Candidate1: | Austin Evans |
| Party1: | National Party of Australia – NSW |
| Popular Vote1: | 18,548 |
| Percentage1: | 40.7% |
| Swing1: | 14.8pp |
| Candidate2: | Helen Dalton |
| Party2: | SFF |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,332 |
| Percentage2: | 31.5% |
| Swing2: | 31.5pp |
| Candidate3: | Michael Kidd |
| Party3: | Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,324 |
| Percentage3: | 20.5% |
| Swing3: | 4.3pp |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 53.3% |
| 2Data1: | 19.3pp |
| 1Data2: | 46.7% |
| 2Data2: | 46.7pp |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | Adrian Piccoli |
| Before Party: | National Party of Australia – NSW |
| After Election: | Austin Evans |
| After Party: | National Party of Australia – NSW |
A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Murray on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Adrian Piccoli, former deputy leader of the National Party.[1] The National Party barely retained the seat and, after distribution of preferences, Austin Evans was elected. Helen Dalton, candidate for the Shooters, Fishers & Farmers Party seen a swing of more than 13% on her personal vote building on the 2015 result.
The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections in Blacktown and Cootamundra. The conduct of all three by-elections was administered by the NSW Electoral Commission.
The candidates in ballot paper order are as follows:[2]
| Candidate nominations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | width=70% | Notes (not on ballot paper) | ||
| Independent | Brian Mills | ||||
| Independent | Peter Robinson | ||||
| Nationals | Austin Evans | Former Mayor of the abolished Murrumbidgee Shire, former Administrator of Murrumbidgee Council and current councillor on Murrumbidgee Council. Evans is Senior Operations Engineer at Coleambally Irrigation Co-operative Limited.[3] | |||
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | Helen Dalton | Independent candidate and runner-up for Murray in the 2015 election. | |||
| Country Labor | Michael Kidd | Councillor on Leeton Shire. Kidd works as a radiographer for Leeton Health Service and cites cuts by the Murrumbidgee Local Health District as his main campaign issue.[4] | |||
| Greens | Ray Goodlass | ||||