Andrew Gee National Philip Donato Shooters, Fishers, Farmers A by-election for the seat of Orange in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 12 November 2016.

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Nationals MP Andrew Gee on 6 May to contest the division of Calare at the 2016 federal election.

On 30 April 2016, state member for Orange Andrew Gee contested and won a Nationals preselection ballot against three other candidates.

[2] The eight candidates in ballot paper order are as follows:[5] On election night, a notional two-party-preferred count was conducted between the Nationals and Labor, which was abandoned when it became apparent that the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party would be in second place.

When the official distribution of preferences took place on 17 November, the count ended with the Nationals in front by 66 votes.