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Election result for Cabramatta, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cabramatta on 22 October 1994. The by-election was triggered by the murder of anti-drugs and anti-crime campaigner John Newman (Labor).[1] The election was held only five months before the 1995 election.
Date | Event |
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5 September 1994 | Death of John Newman.[1] |
19 September 1994 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2] |
28 September 1994 | Day of nomination |
22 October 1994 | Polling day |
11 November 1994 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Reba Meagher | 22,701 | 72.65 | +21.0 | |
Independent | Nghiep Nguyen | 3,646 | 11.67 | ||
Call to Australia | Brian Grigg | 1,498 | 4.79 | ||
Independent | Chris Moore | 1,361 | 4.36 | ||
Daylight Saving Extension | Tony de Govrik | 865 | 2.77 | ||
Independent | Mark Stevens | 680 | 2.18 | ||
No Party Affiliation | Ted Oldfield | 497 | 1.59 | ||
Total formal votes | 27,172 | 95.11 | |||
Informal votes | 1,398 | 4.89 | |||
Turnout | 28,570 | 76.97 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Reba Meagher | 24,367 | 83.94 | +17.94 | |
Independent | Nghiep Nguyen | 4,663 | 16.06 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
The Liberal Party did not nominate a candidate.
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