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
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 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 Party 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 Swing

See also

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.
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