A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Marrickville on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the death of Tom Cahill ().
The Marrickville by-election was held the same day as the by-elections for Kogarah, Maroubra and Riverstone. All were safe Labor seats and while there was a swing against Labor in each seat (7.2% to 11.8%), all were retained by Labor.
Dates Date Event 23 June 1983 Tom Cahill died. 23 September 1983 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. 30 September 1983 Day of nomination 22 October 1983 Polling day 11 November 1983 Return of writ
Result
See also Electoral results for the district of Marrickville List of New South Wales state by-elections
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