Location in New South Wales

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lakemba on 18 October 2008 after former Premier Morris Iemma resigned as member for Lakemba.[1] By-elections for the seats of Cabramatta, Port Macquarie and Ryde were held on the same day.

The seat was retained by the Labor Party at the by-election.

Dates

Date Event
19 September 2008 Resignation of Morris Iemma.[2]
22 September 2008 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[3]
26 September 2008 Date of nomination
18 October 2008 Polling day
1 November 2008 Return of writ

Results

2008 Lakemba by-election
Saturday 18 October [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Furolo 23,004 58.2 −15.7
Liberal Michael Hawatt 9,354 23.66 +10.5
Greens Kristian Bolwell 4,847 12.3 +8.4
Christian Democrats Allan Lotfizadeh 1,292 3.3 [a]
Robert Aiken 564 1.4 +1.4
Christian Democrats Zarif Abdulla 479 1.2 [a]
Total formal votes 39,540 96.1 +0.3
Informal votes 1,696 3.9 −0.3
Turnout 41,236 80.4 −11.75
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robert Furolo 24,308 70.5 −13.5
Liberal Michael Hawatt 10,173 29.5 +13.5
Labor hold Swing −13.5
  1. ^ a b The combined Christian Democrats vote was 4.5 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage points.

See also

References

  1. ^ Norington, Brad (20 September 2008). "Iemma quits, bringing on by-election season". The Australian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
  2. ^ "The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Writ of election: Lakemba" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 122. 22 September 2008. p. 9391. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ^ "2008 Lakemba by-election results". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.

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By-elections of the 54th New South Wales parliament (2007–2011)
Results of New South Wales State elections
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