1986 Cabramatta state by-election

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cabramatta on 1 February 1986. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Eric Bedford, who had served as Minister for Education and Minister for Planning in the Wran Labor government.^[1]

By-elections for the seats of Canterbury and Kiama were held on the same day.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Newman	13,411	49.36	−15.7
	Liberal	Maria Heggie	9,020	33.20	−1.7
	Nuclear Disarmament	Virginia Rigney	1,735	6.39
	Call to Australia	Alan Byers	1,408	5.18
	Democrats	Robert Neesam	1,257	4.63
	Independent	Stephen Biscoe	276	1.02
	Small Business and Enterprise Party	Kusala Fitzroy-Mendis	65	0.24
Total formal votes			27,172	95.11
Informal votes			1,398	4.89
Turnout			28,570	76.97
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Newman		58.8
	Liberal	Maria Heggie		41.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.3

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1986 Cabramatta state by-election

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