1983 Marrickville state by-election

Election result for Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia March 2021 March 2021 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 NSW).Mr Thomas James Cahill (1924-1983) 1833 Yes 13 May 2019 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.Antony Green Antony Green NSW by-election background Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2005/guide/background.htm 2021-03-17 ABC elections Dates Date Event 23 June 1983 Tom Cahill died. 23 September 1983 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231380686 Writ of election: Marrickville Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 132 23 September 1983 2021-03-17 4439 Trove 30 September 1983 Day of nomination 22 October 1983 Polling day 11 November 1983 Return of writ Result [[1983 Marrickville state by-election|1983 Marrickville by-election]]Saturday 22 October1983 Marrickville by-election 1981 Marrickville_1 2021-03-17 Labor NSW Andrew Refshauge 13,018 61.7 -9.6 Liberal NSW John Kekis 4,496 21.3 +2.0 Democrats Rodney Dominish 2,311 11.0 +8.0 Socialist (1971) David Gibson 1,072 5.1 -1.3 Independent Nadar Ponnuswamy 216 1.0 21,113 95.6 965 4.4 22,078 75.3 Labor NSW No See also Electoral results for the district of Marrickville List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1983 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1983 in New South Wales Category:October 1983 in Australia