1994 Cabramatta state by-election

1994 Cabramatta state by-election

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Electoral district of Cabramatta in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   IND Candidate Reba Meagher Nghiep Nguyen Party Labor Independent Primary  vote 22,701 3,646 Percentage 72.65% 11.67% Swing 21.00 11.67 TCP 83.94% 16.06% TCP swing 17.94 16.06
MP before election John Newman Labor Elected MP Reba Meagher Labor

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cabramatta on 22 October 1994. The by-election was triggered by the murder of anti-drugs and anti-crime campaigner John Newman (Labor). ^[1] The election was held only five months before the 1995 election.

Dates

Date	Event
5 September 1994	Death of John Newman. [1]
19 September 1994	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [2]
28 September 1994	Day of nomination
22 October 1994	Polling day
11 November 1994	Return of writ

Results

1994 Cabramatta by-election
Saturday 22 October  ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reba Meagher	22,701	72.65	+21.00
	Independent	Nghiep Nguyen	3,646	11.67
	Call to Australia	Brian Grigg	1,498	4.79
	Independent	Chris Moore	1,361	4.36
	Daylight Saving Extension	Tony de Govrik	865	2.77
	Independent	Mark Stevens	680	2.18
	No Party Affiliation	Ted Oldfield	497	1.59
Total formal votes			27,172	95.11
Informal votes			1,398	4.89
Turnout			28,570	76.97
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Reba Meagher	24,367	83.94	+17.94
	Independent	Nghiep Nguyen	4,663	16.06	+16.06
	Labor hold

The Liberal Party did not nominate a candidate.

See also

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

References

1. "Mr John Paul Newman (1946–1994)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Cabramatta". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 123. 19 September 1994. p. 5847. Retrieved 23 October 2019– via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1994 Cabramatta by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 September 2019.