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Election result for Riverstone, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Riverstone on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the resignation of Tony Johnson (Labor).[1]
The Riverstone by-election was held the same day as the by-elections for Kogarah, Maroubra and Marrickville. 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]
Date | Event |
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20 July 1983 | Tony Johnson resigned.[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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Amery | 12,541 | 59.7 | -11.4 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Jessup | 7,583 | 36.1 | +11.5 | |
Independent | Winston Brass | 897 | 4.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,021 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 609 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 21,630 | 69.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |