1938 Coogee state by-election

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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]

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Dates

DateEvent
26 May 1938John 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 1938Nominations
25 June 1938Polling day
9 July 1938Return of writ

Results

1938 Coogee by-election
Saturday 25 June [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Keating6,75232.51
United Australia Thomas Mutch 5,39726.03
United Australia John Burrows2,96414.30
United Australia Hubert O'Connell 1,8679.01
United Australia George Walters1,5947.69
United Australia Clifford Collins1,1005.31
Independent Mark Foots1,0565.09
Total formal votes20,73095.00
Informal votes1,0925.00
Turnout 21,82290.14
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Thomas Mutch 12,03458.05
Labor Robert Keating8,69641.95
United Australia hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr John Montgomery Dunningham (1884–1938)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Coogee". New South Wales Government Gazette (86). 3 June 1938. p. 2177. Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1938 results Coogee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 October 2019.