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

1974 Coogee by-election[3]
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]

See also

Notes

  1. compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1971 Coogee election.

References

  1. "Poll for Coogee 'absolutely void'". The Canberra Times. 24 May 1974. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019 via Trove.
  2. "Writ of election: Coogee". New South Wales Government Gazette (72). 21 June 1974. p. 2200. Retrieved 18 October 2019 via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1974 Coogee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.