1983 Kogarah state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Kogarah on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor MP Bill Crabtree who had been dropped as Minister for Police and Minister for Services.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
23 July 1983	Bill Crabtree resigned.[1]
23 September 1983	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
30 September 1983	Day of nomination
22 October 1983	Polling day
11 November 1983	Return of writ

Results

1983 Kogarah by-election [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Brian Langton	12,263	51.2	-11.8
	Liberal	Robert Young	11,679	48.8	+16.6
Total formal votes			23,942	98.2
Informal votes			449	1.8
Turnout			24,391	76.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-15.0 [lower-alpha 1]

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Kogarah
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes

1. compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1981 Kogarah election.

References

1. "Mr Bill Crabtree (1915-2001)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Kogarah". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (130). 23 September 1983. p. 4435. Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Green, Antony. "1983 results Kogarah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.