1983 Marrickville state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Marrickville on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the death of Tom Cahill (Labor). ^[1]

The Marrickville by-election was held the same day as the by-elections for Kogarah, Maroubra 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

Date	Event
23 June 1983	Tom Cahill died. [1]
23 September 1983	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [3]
30 September 1983	Day of nomination
22 October 1983	Polling day
11 November 1983	Return of writ

Result

1983 Marrickville by-election
Saturday 22 October  ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	13,018	61.7	−9.6
	Liberal	John Kekis	4,496	21.3	+2.0
	Democrats	Rodney Dominish	2,311	11.0	+8.0
	Socialist	David Gibson	1,072	5.1	−1.3
	Independent	Nadar Ponnuswamy	216	1.0
Total formal votes			21,113	95.6
Informal votes			965	4.4
Turnout			22,078	75.3
	Labor hold

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Marrickville
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Mr Thomas James Cahill (1924-1983)". 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: Marrickville". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 132. 23 September 1983. p. 4439. Retrieved 17 March 2021– via Trove.
4. Green, Antony. "1983 Marrickville by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 March 2021.