1974 Coogee state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Coogee on 20 July 1974 because the Court of Disputed Returns overturned the result of the 1973 Coogee election. Ross Freeman (Liberal) had been declared elected by 8 votes over Michael Cleary (Labor). Justice Slattery in the Court of Disputed Returns held that 25 electors had been improperly deprived of a vote and declared that the election was void.[1]
Dates
Date | Event |
---|---|
21 June 1974 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2] |
27 June 1974 | Nominations |
20 July 1974 | Polling day |
2 August 1974 | Return of writ |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Cleary | 12,521 | 46.87 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Ross Freeman | 12,823 | 48.00 | +1.4 | |
Australia | Ann Sutherland | 1,111 | 4.16 | ||
Independent | F C Keep | 161 | 0.60 | ||
Independent | Bernard Forshaw | 89 | 0.33 | ||
National Socialist | Ross May | 11 | 0.04 | ||
Total formal votes | 29,716 | 97.82 | |||
Informal votes | 596 | 2.18 | |||
Turnout | 27,312 | 81.17 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Cleary | 13,385 | 50.10 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Ross Freeman | 12,823 | 49.90 | -3.0 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.00[lower-alpha 1] |
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Notes
- compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1971 Coogee election.
References
- "Poll for Coogee 'absolutely void'". The Canberra Times. 24 May 1974. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Writ of election: Coogee". New South Wales Government Gazette (72). 21 June 1974. p. 2200. Retrieved 18 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- Green, Antony. "1974 Coogee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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