2005 Marrickville state by-election

{{Short description|Election result for Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia}}

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A by-election was held in the State Electoral District of Marrickville in New South Wales, Australia on 17 September 2005. The by-election was prompted by the resignation of the sitting member Deputy Premier Andrew Refshauge ({{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}) on 10 August 2005, in the wake of the resignation of Premier Bob Carr. The by-election was timed to coincide with two other state by-elections in Macquarie Fields and Maroubra.

The main contenders were the ALP's Carmel Tebbutt, who had been a member of the Legislative Council since 1998 and was the wife of Anthony Albanese, the member for the local federal electorate of Grayndler, and {{Australian politics/name|Greens NSW}} candidate Sam Byrne, who at that time was the deputy mayor of Marrickville. The Liberal Party did not stand a candidate.

Nominations for the by-election closed on 2 September 2005.

Results

Carmel Tebbutt was elected with 49.79% of the primary vote and 55.07% of the two-candidate preferred vote after preferences were distributed. However, this was a 5.63% swing to the Greens, and Sam Byrne's 38.96% primary vote was the highest for a Greens candidate in New South Wales electoral history.{{Failed verification|date=March 2021|talk=Greens result|reason=Source does not mention other results by the Greens}}

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{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor NSW

|candidate = Carmel Tebbutt

|votes = 17,428

|percentage = 49.79

|change = +1.39

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Greens NSW

|candidate = Sam Byrne

|votes = 13,638

|percentage = 38.96

|change = +10.49

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|candidate = Saidi Goldstein

|party = Christian Democrats

|votes = 1,066

|percentage = 3.05

|change = +3.05

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = Michelle Bleicher

|votes = 977

|percentage = 2.79

|change = +0.28

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Socialist Alliance

|candidate = Pip Hinman

|votes = 526

|percentage = 1.50

|change = -1.22

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Save Our Suburbs

|candidate = Lorraine Thompson

|votes = 484

|percentage = 1.38

|change = +0.01

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Chris McLachlan

|votes = 397

|percentage = 1.13

|change = +1.13

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Malcolm Woodward

|votes = 344

|percentage = 0.98

|change = +0.98

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party =

|candidate = Alasdair MacDonald

|votes = 144

|percentage = 0.41

|change = +0.41

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 35,004

|percentage = 97.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 1,012

|percentage = 2.68

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 36,016

|percentage = 78.25

|change =

}}

{{Election box 2cp}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor NSW

|candidate = Carmel Tebbutt

|votes = 18,059

|percentage = 55.07

|change = -5.63

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Greens NSW

|candidate = Sam Byrne

|votes = 14,731

|percentage = 44.93

|change = +5.63

}}

{{Election box hold AU party

|winner = Labor NSW

|swing = -5.63

}}

{{Election box end}}

Andrew Refshauge ({{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}) resigned.

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{NSW by-elections 53rd parl|state=expanded}}

{{Results of New South Wales state elections}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marrickville 2005}}

Category:2005 elections in Australia

Category:New South Wales state by-elections

Category:2005 in New South Wales