1938 Coogee state by-election

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

1938 Coogee by-election
Saturday 25 June [3]

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

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

References

1. "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. No. 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.