Electoral results for the district of Marrickville

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Marrickville in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to the present.

Members for Marrickville

First incarnation (1894—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Francis McLean	Free Trade	1894–1901
	Richard McCoy	Liberal Reform	1901–1910
	Thomas Crawford	Labor	1910–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1917
	Carlo Lazzarini	Labor	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Carlo Lazzarini	Labor	1927–1938
		Industrial Labor	1938–1941
		Labor	1941–1952
	Norm Ryan	Labor	1953–1973
	Tom Cahill	Labor	1973–1983
	Andrew Refshauge	Labor	1983–2005
	Carmel Tebbutt	Labor	2005–2015

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2011: Marrickville^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	17,413	38.1	-8.5
	Greens	Fiona Byrne	16,395	35.9	+3.3
	Liberal	Rosana Tyler	8,714	19.1	+6.5
	Socialist Alliance	Pip Hinman	860	1.9	+0.3
	Independent	Paul Quealy	817	1.8	+1.8
		James Cogan	572	1.3	+1.3
	Christian Democrats	Kylie Laurence	531	1.2	-0.3
	Family First	Jimmy Liem	395	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			45,697	97.1	+0.2
Informal votes			1,377	2.9	-0.2
Turnout			47,074	90.2	+0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	19,046	50.9	-6.6
	Greens	Fiona Byrne	18,370	49.1	+6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.6

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	19,683	46.6	-1.1
	Greens	Fiona Byrne	13,735	32.5	+4.1
	Liberal	Ramzy Mansour	5,305	12.6	-0.2
	Independent	Angus Wood	716	1.7	+1.7
	Democrats	Martine Eve-Macleod	688	1.6	-0.8
	Socialist Alliance	Pip Hinman	666	1.6	-1.0
	Christian Democrats	Joseph Tuiletufuga	634	1.5	+1.5
	Unity	Grace Chen	557	1.3	-0.8
		Patrick O'Connor	216	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			42,200	96.9	0.0
Informal votes			1,340	3.1	0.0
Turnout			43,540	90.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	21,073	57.5	-2.5
	Greens	Fiona Byrne	15,588	42.5	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.5

Marrickville state by-election, 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	17,428	49.79	+1.39
	Greens	Sam Byrne	13,638	38.96	+10.49
	Christian Democrats	Saidi Goldstein	1,066	3.05	+3.05
	Democrats	Michelle Bleicher	977	2.79	+0.28
	Socialist Alliance	Pip Hinman	526	1.50	-1.22
	Save Our Suburbs	Lorraine Thomson	484	1.38	+0.01
	Independent	Chris McLachlan	397	1.13	+1.13
	Independent	Malcolm Woodward	344	0.98	+0.98
		Alasdair MacDonald	144	0.41	+0.41
Total formal votes			35,004	97.32
Informal votes			1,012	2.68
Turnout			36,016	78.25
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	18,059	55.07	-5.63
	Greens	Sam Byrne	14,731	44.93	+5.63
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.63

New South Wales state election, 2003: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	18,885	48.4	-5.4
	Greens	Colin Hesse	11,109	28.5	+16.7
	Liberal	Ramzy Mansour	5,005	12.8	-0.7
	Socialist Alliance	Sue Johnson	1,061	2.7	+2.7
	Democrats	David Mendelssohn	979	2.5	-6.1
	Unity	Henson Liang	843	2.2	-0.1
	Independent	Richard Rae	600	1.5	+1.5
	Save Our Suburbs	Lorraine Thomson	533	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			39,015	96.9	+0.2
Informal votes			1,264	3.1	-0.2
Turnout			40,279	88.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	20,037	60.7	-10.8
	Greens	Colin Hesse	12,974	39.3	+10.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.8

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	21,311	53.8	+7.1
	Liberal	Jonathan Morris	5,351	13.5	-1.3
	Greens	Sean Roberts	4,662	11.8	+5.1
	Democrats	Peter Kenyon	3,425	8.6	+4.0
	One Nation	Jill Brown	1,661	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Morris Tadros	989	2.5	+2.5
	Unity	Gordon The	904	2.3	+2.3
	Christian Democrats	Christopher Hallett	607	1.5	+1.2
	Democratic Socialist	Tuntuni Bhattacharyya	443	1.1	+0.2
	Euthanasia Referendum	Ann Overend	279	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			39,632	96.7	+3.0
Informal votes			1,370	3.3	-3.0
Turnout			41,002	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	26,389	79.4	+4.6
	Liberal	Jonathan Morris	6,835	20.6	-4.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	23,524	71.5	-3.4
	Greens	Sean Roberts	9,394	28.5	+28.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

New South Wales state election, 1995: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	15,587	47.6	-7.3
	No Aircraft Noise	Kevin Butler	7,748	23.6	+23.6
	Liberal	Ken Henderson	4,346	13.3	-11.7
	Greens	Bruce Welch	2,394	7.3	-5.7
	Democrats	Keiran Passmore	1,798	5.5	-1.8
	Democratic Socialist	Karen Fletcher	450	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Meira Kurfurst	442	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			32,765	94.4	+7.9
Informal votes			1,962	5.6	-7.9
Turnout			34,727	90.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	18,022	60.5	-9.4
	No Aircraft Noise	Kevin Butler	11,790	39.5	+39.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.4

New South Wales state election, 1991: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	15,474	54.8	+7.3
	Liberal	Jack Cassimatis	7,040	24.9	+2.3
	Greens	Bruce Welch	3,659	13.0	+13.0
	Democrats	Peter Hennessy	2,050	7.3	-2.8
Total formal votes			28,223	86.5	-7.8
Informal votes			4,415	13.5	+7.8
Turnout			32,638	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	18,293	69.8	+2.6
	Liberal	Jack Cassimatis	7,902	30.2	-2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	13,080	47.7	-18.5
	Liberal	Jack Cassimatis	7,364	26.9	+4.4
	Democrats	Michael Walsh	3,521	12.9	+1.5
	Socialist	James Donovan	1,794	6.5	+6.5
	Independent EFF	Ray Barakat	1,639	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			27,398	93.2	-1.8
Informal votes			1,986	6.8	+1.8
Turnout			29,384	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	16,046	65.5	-7.2
	Liberal	Jack Cassimatis	8,443	34.5	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.2

New South Wales state election, 1984: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	16,890	66.3	-5.0
	Liberal	Peter Rout	5,422	21.3	+2.0
	Democrats	Michael Walsh	3,164	12.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			25,476	95.2	+1.8
Informal votes			1,297	4.8	-1.8
Turnout			26,773	90.3	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Refshauge		73.4	-4.6
	Liberal	Peter Rout		26.6	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

Marrickville By-election, 1983: Marrickville^[2]

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	David Gibson	1,072	5.1	-1.3
	Uninflated Movement[3]	Nadar Ponnuswamy	216	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			21,113	95.6
Informal votes			965	4.4
Turnout			22,078	75.31
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.6

New South Wales state election, 1981: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Cahill	17,120	71.3	-2.9
	Liberal	John Kekis	4,636	19.3	+0.4
	Socialist	Christopher Taylor	1,533	6.4	-0.5
	Democrats	Anthony Larkings	724	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			24,013	93.4
Informal votes			1,703	6.6
Turnout			25,716	87.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Cahill	17,820	78.0	-1.8
	Liberal	John Kekis	5,036	22.0	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.8

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Cahill	22,667	74.2	+2.2
	Liberal	Costa Lianos	5,769	18.9	-6.1
	Socialist	David Gibson	2,115	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			30,551	95.3	-1.3
Informal votes			1,505	4.7	+1.3
Turnout			32,056	88.2	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Cahill	24,327	79.8	+5.5
	Liberal	Costa Lianos	6,158	20.2	-5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

New South Wales state election, 1976: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Cahill	21,629	72.0	+5.2
	Liberal	Costa Lianos	7,497	25.0	-3.4
	Socialist Workers	Geoffrey Payne	899	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			30,025	96.6	+1.5
Informal votes			1,045	3.4	-1.5
Turnout			31,070	88.7	-1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Cahill	22,311	74.3	+6.6
	Liberal	Costa Lianos	7,714	25.7	-6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

New South Wales state election, 1973: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Cahill	17,972	66.8	+3.3
	Liberal	George Lamont	7,634	28.4	-8.1
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Kiely	1,315	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			26,921	95.1
Informal votes			1,379	4.9
Turnout			28,300	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Cahill	18,235	67.7	+4.2
	Liberal	George Lamont	8,686	32.3	-4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

New South Wales state election, 1971: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Norm Ryan	15,780	63.5	-0.6
	Liberal	Jonathan Fowler	9,060	36.5	+0.6
Total formal votes			24,840	96.3
Informal votes			949	3.7
Turnout			25,789	91.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Norm Ryan	15,060	64.1	+0.4
	Liberal	Jonathan Fowler	8,427	35.9	-0.4
Total formal votes			23,487	96.3
Informal votes			908	3.7
Turnout			24,395	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

New South Wales state election, 1965: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Norm Ryan	13,448	63.7	−4.2
	Liberal	Neville Glass	7,654	36.3	+6.1
Total formal votes			21,102	97.3	−1.0
Informal votes			585	2.7	+1.0
Turnout			21,687	92.5	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.4

New South Wales state election, 1962: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Norm Ryan	16,010	67.9	−1.1
	Liberal	Bruce Fry	7,117	30.2	−0.8
	Independent	William McCristal	465	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			23,592	98.3
Informal votes			418	1.7
Turnout			24,010	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Ryan	16,302	69.1	+0.1
	Liberal	Bruce Fry	7,290	30.9	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Norm Ryan	14,546	69.0
	Liberal	Michael Lazar	6,542	31.0
Total formal votes			21,088	97.7
Informal votes			501	2.3
Turnout			21,589	93.9
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Marrickville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Norm Ryan	12,093	61.4	−19.4
	Liberal	Ian Chisholm	6,352	32.2	+32.2
	Communist	Adam Ogston	652	3.3	+3.3
	Republican	William McCristal	602	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			19,699	97.7	+3.6
Informal votes			472	2.3	−3.6
Turnout			20,171	93.6	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Norm Ryan	12,981	65.9	−14.9
	Liberal	Ian Chisholm	6,718	34.1	+34.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

• Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Marrickville". Retrieved 27 June 2011.

1. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
2. "Marrickville - By-election". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
3. Thomson, Robert (20 February 1984). "Like Gandhi, Swamp let the people decide". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2015 – via Google News.