A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cabramatta on 1 February 1986. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Eric Bedford, who had served as Minister for Education and Minister for Planning in the Wran Labor government. [1]
By-elections for the seats of Canterbury and Kiama were held on the same day.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Newman | 13,411 | 49.36 | -15.7 | |
Liberal | Maria Heggie | 9,020 | 33.20 | -1.7 | |
Nuclear Disarmament | Virginia Rigney | 1,735 | 6.39 | ||
Call to Australia | Alan Byers | 1,408 | 5.18 | ||
Democrats | Robert Neesam | 1,257 | 4.63 | ||
Independent | Stephen Biscoe | 276 | 1.02 | ||
Small Business and Enterprise Party | Kusala Fitzroy-Mendis | 65 | 0.24 | ||
Total formal votes | 27,172 | 95.11 | |||
Informal votes | 1,398 | 4.89 | |||
Turnout | 28,570 | 76.97 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Newman | 58.8 | |||
Liberal | Maria Heggie | 41.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
Labor MP Eric Bedford resigned. [2]
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