1938 Coogee state by-election
Election result for Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Coogee on 25 June 1938 because of the death of United Australia Party member John Dunningham.[1]
Dates
Date | Event |
---|---|
26 May 1938 | John Dunningham died.[1] |
3 June 1938 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2] |
10 June 1938 | Nominations |
25 June 1938 | Polling day |
9 July 1938 | Return of writ |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Keating | 6,752 | 32.51 | ||
United Australia | Thomas Mutch | 5,397 | 26.03 | ||
United Australia | John Burrows | 2,964 | 14.30 | ||
United Australia | Hubert O'Connell | 1,867 | 9.01 | ||
United Australia | George Walters | 1,594 | 7.69 | ||
United Australia | Clifford Collins | 1,100 | 5.31 | ||
Independent | Mark Foots | 1,056 | 5.09 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,730 | 95.00 | |||
Informal votes | 1,092 | 5.00 | |||
Turnout | 21,822 | 90.14 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Thomas Mutch | 12,034 | 58.05 | ||
Labor | Robert Keating | 8,696 | 41.95 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mr John Montgomery Dunningham (1884–1938)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Writ of election: Coogee". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 86. 3 June 1938. p. 2177. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1938 results Coogee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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