2008 Lakemba state by-election

(Redirected from Lakemba by-election, 2008) Election result for Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia

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. 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.
22 September 2008	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.
26 September 2008	Date of nomination
18 October 2008	Polling day
1 November 2008	Return of writ

2008 Lakemba by-election
Saturday 18 October
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
		Robert Aiken	564	1.4	+1.4
	Christian Democrats	Zarif Abdulla	479	1.2
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

^ The combined Christian Democrats vote was 4.5 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage points.

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.
"The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
"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.
"2008 Lakemba by-election results". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.

v t e By-elections of the 54th New South Wales parliament (2007–2011)
2008	Cabramatta Lakemba Port Macquarie Ryde
2010	Penrith
1st (1856–1858) 2nd (1858–1859) 3rd (1859–1860) 4th (1860–1864) 5th (1864–1869) 6th (1869–1872) 7th (1872–1874) 8th (1874–1877) 9th (1877–1880) 10th (1880–1882) 11th (1882–1885) 12th (1885–1887) 13th (1887–1889) 14th (1889–1891) 15th (1891–1894) 16th (1894–1895) 17th (1895–1898) 18th (1898–1901) 19th (1901–1904) 20th (1904–1907) 21st (1907–1910) 22nd (1910–1913) 23rd (1913–1917) 24th (1917–1920) 25th (1920–1922) 26th (1922–1925) 27th (1925–1927) 28th (1927–1930) 29th (1930–1932) 30th (1932–1935) 31st (1935–1938) 32nd (1938–1941) 33rd (1941–1944) 34th (1944–1947) 35th (1947–1950) 36th (1950–1953) 37th (1953–1956) 38th (1956–1959) 39th (1959–1962) 40th (1962–1965) 41st (1965–1968) 42nd (1968–1971) 43rd (1971–1973) 44th (1973–1976) 45th (1976–1978) 46th (1978–1981) 47th (1981–1984) 48th (1984–1988) 49th (1988–1991) 50th (1991–1995) 51st (1995–1999) 52nd (1999–2003) 53rd (2003–2007) 54th (2007–2011) 55th (2011–2015) 56th (2015–2019) 57th (2019–2023) 58th (2023–2027)

Colonial	1856 1858 1859 1860 1864–65 1869–70 1872 1874–75 1877 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1895 1898
State	1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1917 1920 1922 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1973 1976 1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Colonial	1843 1848 1851
State	1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

By-elections