2008 Lakemba state by-election

Election result for Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia March 2021 March 2021 thumb|Location in New South Wales A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lakemba on 18 October 2008 after former Premier Morris Iemma resigned as member for Lakemba.Norington Brad Iemma quits, bringing on by-election season The Australian 20 September 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24373785-5013945,00.html 2008-10-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080922004327/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24373785-5013945,00.html 22 September 2008 dead By-elections for the seats of Cabramatta, Port Macquarie and Ryde were held on the same day. The seat was retained by the Labor Party at the by-election. Dates Date Event 19 September 2008 Resignation of Morris Iemma.The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-) 2126 Yes 30 April 2019 22 September 2008 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202008_2008-122.pdf Writ of election: Lakemba Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 122 22 September 2008 23 October 2019 9391 26 September 2008 Date of nomination 18 October 2008 Polling day 1 November 2008 Return of writ Results [[2008 Lakemba state by-election|2008 Lakemba by-election]]Saturday 18 Octoberhttps://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/legislative_assembly_results/2008_lakemba_by-election_results 2008 Lakemba by-election results NSW Electoral Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20090519052947/https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/legislative_assembly_results/2008_lakemba_by-election_results 19 May 2009 dead Labor NSW Robert Furolo 23,004 58.2 −15.7 Liberal NSW Michael Hawatt 9,354 23.66 +10.5 Greens NSW Kristian Bolwell 4,847 12.3 +8.4 Christian Democrats Allan Lotfizadeh 1,292 3.3 Christian Democrats The combined Christian Democrats vote was 4.5 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage points. Robert Aiken 564 1.4 +1.4 Christian Democrats Zarif Abdulla 479 1.2 Christian Democrats 39,540 96.1 +0.3 1,696 3.9 −0.3 41,236 80.4 −11.75 Labor NSW Robert Furolo 24,308 70.5 −13.5 Liberal NSW Michael Hawatt 10,173 29.5 +13.5 Labor NSW −13.5 See also Electoral results for the district of Lakemba List of New South Wales state by-elections References External links ABC District Profile & Election Coverage expanded Category:2008 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:2008 in New South Wales Category:October 2008 in Australia