1948 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 8 May 1948 because of the death of Lou Cunningham (Labor). The Labor candidate was his widow Catherine.

Dates

Date	Event
23 March 1948	Lou Cunningham died.
12 April 1948	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
20 April 1948	Nominations
8 May 1948	Polling day
4 June 1948	Return of writ

1948 Coogee by-election
Saturday 8 May
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	11,047	50.65	+2.35
	Labor	Catherine Cunningham	9,896	45.37	−6.33
	Communist	Wilton Brown	717	3.29
	Independent	Clare Peters	152	0.70
Total formal votes			21,812	97.37
Informal votes			589	2.63
Turnout			22,401	87.52
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.35

^ "Mr Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1948 Coogee by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
"Writ of election: Coogee". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 40. 15 April 1948. p. 889. Retrieved 18 October 2019 – via Trove.

v t e By-elections of the 35th New South Wales parliament (1947–1950)
1947	Hartley
1948	Coogee Kogarah
1949	Cobar Concord Redfern Cessnock
1950	Wollondilly Armidale Wollongong-Kembla Concord
1st (1856–1858) 2nd (1858–1859) 3rd (1859–1860) 4th (1860–1864) 5th (1864–1869) 6th (1869–1872) 7th (1872–1874) 8th (1874–1877) 9th (1877–1880) 10th (1880–1882) 11th (1882–1885) 12th (1885–1887) 13th (1887–1889) 14th (1889–1891) 15th (1891–1894) 16th (1894–1895) 17th (1895–1898) 18th (1898–1901) 19th (1901–1904) 20th (1904–1907) 21st (1907–1910) 22nd (1910–1913) 23rd (1913–1917) 24th (1917–1920) 25th (1920–1922) 26th (1922–1925) 27th (1925–1927) 28th (1927–1930) 29th (1930–1932) 30th (1932–1935) 31st (1935–1938) 32nd (1938–1941) 33rd (1941–1944) 34th (1944–1947) 35th (1947–1950) 36th (1950–1953) 37th (1953–1956) 38th (1956–1959) 39th (1959–1962) 40th (1962–1965) 41st (1965–1968) 42nd (1968–1971) 43rd (1971–1973) 44th (1973–1976) 45th (1976–1978) 46th (1978–1981) 47th (1981–1984) 48th (1984–1988) 49th (1988–1991) 50th (1991–1995) 51st (1995–1999) 52nd (1999–2003) 53rd (2003–2007) 54th (2007–2011) 55th (2011–2015) 56th (2015–2019) 57th (2019–2023) 58th (2023–2027)

Colonial	1856 1858 1859 1860 1864–65 1869–70 1872 1874–75 1877 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1895 1898
State	1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1917 1920 1922 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1973 1976 1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Colonial	1843 1848 1851
State	1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

By-elections