title: 1983 Marrickville state by-election
text: # 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 | | |
  