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1983 Maroubra state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Maroubra on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the resignation of Bill Haigh (Labor) who had been dropped as Minister for Corrective Services in October 1981.

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The Maroubra by-election was held the same day as the by-elections for Kogarah, Marrickville 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.

Date	Event
9 August 1983	Bill Haigh resigned.
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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labor	Bob Carr	15,852	61.6	−7.2
	Liberal	Phillp Abadee	9,868	38.4	+7.2
25,720	97.5	+2.0
660	2.5	−2.0
26,380	79.0	−11.9
	Labor hold	Swing	−7.2

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

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