1983 Marrickville state by-election
# 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).

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.

## 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. |
| 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 :

| Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,113 | 95.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 965 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,078 | 75.3 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
