1983 Kogarah state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Kogarah on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor MP Bill Crabtree who had been dropped as Minister for Police and Minister for Services. [1]

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The Kogarah by-election was held the same day as the by-elections for Maroubra, Marrickville and Riverstone. All were safe Labor seats and while there was a swing against Labor in each seat (7.2% to 11.8%), all were retained by Labor. [2]

Dates

DateEvent
23 July 1983 Bill Crabtree resigned. [1]
23 September 1983 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [3]
30 September 1983Day of nomination
22 October 1983Polling day
11 November 1983Return of writ

Results

1983 Kogarah by-election
Saturday 22 October  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brian Langton 12,26351.2−11.8
Liberal Robert Young11,67948.8+16.6
Total formal votes23,94298.2
Informal votes4491.8
Turnout 24,39176.7
Labor hold Swing −15.0 '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000010−QINU`"'

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    References

    1. 1 2 "Mr Bill Crabtree (1915-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
    2. ↑ Green, Antony. "NSW by-election background". ABC elections. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
    3. ↑ "Writ of election: Kogarah". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 130. 23 September 1983. p. 4435. Retrieved 23 October 2019– via Trove.
    4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1983 Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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