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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 (National). [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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | 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. | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Steph Cooke | 21,093 | 46.2 | −19.6 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 10,930 | 24.0 | −2.0 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Matthew Stadtmiller | 10,621 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
| Christian Democrats | Philip Langfield | 1,273 | 2.8 | +0.5 | |
| Greens | Jeffrey Passlow | 1,238 | 2.7 | −0.8 | |
| Independent | Jim Saleam | 453 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,608 | 97.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,057 | 2.3 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 46,665 | 87.2 | −4.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Steph Cooke | 24,114 | 60.5 | −10.0 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 15,769 | 39.5 | +10.0 | |
| National hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
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