1983 Marrickville state by-election

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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]

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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

DateEvent
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 1983Day of nomination
22 October 1983Polling day
11 November 1983Return of writ

Result

1983 Marrickville by-election
Saturday 22 October [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Andrew Refshauge 13,01861.7-9.6
Liberal John Kekis4,49621.3+2.0
Democrats Rodney Dominish2,31111.0+8.0
Socialist PartyDavid Gibson1,0725.1-1.3
Independent Nadar Ponnuswamy2161.0
Total formal votes21,11395.6
Informal votes9654.4
Turnout 22,07875.3
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 (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.