Marrickville by-election, 2005

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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 Labor Party) on 10 August 2005, in the wake of the resignation of Premier Bob Carr.

The main contenders were the ALP's Carmel Tebbutt, who had been a member of the Legislative Council since 1998 and is the wife of Anthony Albanese, the member for the local federal electorate of Grayndler, and Greens 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 September 2, 2005.

[edit] Results

Carmel Tebbutt was elected with 49.79% of the primary vote and 55.07% of 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.

Marrickville by-election 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile group)	Saidi Goldstein	1,066	3.05
	Independent	Malcolm Woodward	344	0.98
	Independent	Chris McLachlan	397	1.13
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	17,428	49.79	+1.39
	The Greens	Sam Byrne	13,638	38.96	+10.49
	Democrats	Michelle Bleicher	977	2.79	+0.28
		Alasdair MacDonald	144	0.41
	Save Our Suburbs	Lorraine Thompson	484	1.38	+0.01
	Socialist Alliance	Pip Hinman	526	1.50	-1.22
Total formal votes			35,004	100.00
Informal votes			1,012	2.68
Total votes			36,016	78.25
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Carmel Tebbutt	18,059	55.07	-5.63
	The Greens	Sam Byrne	14,731	44.93	+5.63

[edit] External links

• Marrickville By-Election 2005 (State Electoral Office)