Electoral results for the district of Coogee

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Coogee, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1927.[1][2]

Members for Coogee

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

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2023 New South Wales state election: Coogee[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Marjorie O'Neill 22,153 45.2 +10.7
Liberal Kylie von Muenster 16,121 32.9 −7.5
Greens Rafaela Pandolfini 7,927 16.2 +1.2
Sustainable Australia Lluisa Murray 1,058 2.2 +0.8
Informed Medical Options Alicia Mosquera 924 1.9 +1.9
Animal Justice Simon Garrod 821 1.7 −0.2
Total formal votes 49,004 98.1 +0.1
Informal votes 930 1.9 −0.1
Turnout 49,934 83.9 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Marjorie O'Neill 28,440 62.3 +10.0
Liberal Kylie von Muenster 17,221 37.7 −10.0
Labor hold Swing+10.0
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Elections in the 2010s

2019

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2019 New South Wales state election: Coogee[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Notley-Smith 18,937 41.14 −5.42
Labor Marjorie O'Neill 15,819 34.36 +1.82
Greens Lindsay Shurey 6,687 14.53 −4.06
Keep Sydney Open Joseph O'Donoghue 2,232 4.85 +4.85
Animal Justice Simon Garrod 804 1.75 +1.75
Sustainable Australia Lluisa Murray 650 1.41 +1.41
Small Business Ciaran O'Brien 473 1.03 +1.03
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Joshua Turnbull 433 0.94 +0.94
Total formal votes 46,035 98.13 +0.48
Informal votes 879 1.87 −0.48
Turnout 46,914 85.24 −2.09
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Marjorie O'Neill 21,510 51.64 +4.56
Liberal Bruce Notley-Smith 20,141 48.36 −4.56
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+4.56
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2015

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2015 New South Wales state election: Coogee[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Notley-Smith 21,564 46.6 −1.1
Labor Paul Pearce 15,073 32.5 +6.8
Greens Lindsay Shurey 8,609 18.6 −2.8
No Land Tax Victoria Gervay-Ruben 612 1.3 +1.3
Christian Democrats Linda Dinkha 464 1.0 −0.4
Total formal votes 46,322 97.6 +0.5
Informal votes 1,117 2.4 −0.5
Turnout 47,439 87.3 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Notley-Smith 22,517 52.9 −5.4
Labor Paul Pearce 20,031 47.1 +5.4
Liberal hold Swing−5.4
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2011

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2011 New South Wales state election: Coogee[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Notley-Smith 20,224 47.1 +11.4
Labor Paul Pearce 10,828 25.2 −13.8
Greens Sue Doran 9,449 22.0 +0.9
Independent Nathan Jones 956 2.2 +2.2
Independent Stuart Burney 868 2.0 +2.0
Christian Democrats Andrew McGowan 581 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 42,906 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 1,035 2.4 −0.1
Turnout 43,941 89.4 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Notley-Smith 21,987 58.2 +15.5
Labor Paul Pearce 15,762 41.8 −15.5
Liberal gain from Labor Swing+15.5
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Elections in the 2000s

2007

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2007 New South Wales state election: Coogee[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Pearce 15,623 39.0 −6.9
Liberal Jonathon Flegg 14,323 35.8 +5.0
Greens Kelly Marks 8,457 21.1 +3.2
Democrats Nicole Tillotson 1,138 2.8 +0.5
Unity Yuan Wu 488 1.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 40,029 97.6 −0.4
Informal votes 989 2.4 +0.4
Turnout 41,018 88.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Pearce 20,775 57.2 −6.4
Liberal Jonathon Flegg 15,521 42.8 +6.4
Labor hold Swing−6.4
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2003

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2003 New South Wales state election: Coogee[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Pearce 16,361 44.4 −5.0
Liberal David McBride 11,669 31.7 −1.0
Greens Murray Matson 6,848 18.6 +9.3
Democrats Lindy Morrison 870 2.4 −3.3
Independent Barry Watterson 773 2.1 +2.1
Unity Lisa Li 300 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 36,821 98.1 +0.0
Informal votes 727 1.9 −0.0
Turnout 37,548 87.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Pearce 20,728 62.6 +0.3
Liberal David McBride 12,381 37.4 −0.3
Labor hold Swing+0.3
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Elections in the 1990s

1999

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1999 New South Wales state election: Coogee[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Page 18,901 49.4 +5.4
Liberal Kevin Junee 12,498 32.7 −6.6
Greens Murray Matson 3,578 9.3 −0.1
Democrats Harry Crow 2,180 5.7 +2.5
One Nation Darrel Mullins 910 2.4 +2.4
AAFI Les Black 203 0.5 −1.6
Total formal votes 38,270 98.1 +2.3
Informal votes 761 1.9 −2.3
Turnout 39,031 89.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Page 22,338 62.3 +6.8
Liberal Kevin Junee 13,539 37.7 −6.8
Labor hold Swing+6.8
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1995

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1995 New South Wales state election: Coogee[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Page 15,002 44.5 +1.0
Liberal Margaret Martin 13,013 38.6 −2.4
Greens Murray Matson 3,131 9.3 +9.3
Democrats Marie Brown 1,045 3.1 −1.9
AAFI Shane Scevity 797 2.4 +2.4
Independent Barry Doosey 472 1.4 +1.4
Natural Law Jacinta Lynch 240 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 33,700 95.9 +2.2
Informal votes 1,426 4.1 −2.2
Turnout 35,126 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Page 17,924 56.1 +4.5
Liberal Margaret Martin 14,024 43.9 −4.5
Labor hold Swing+4.5
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1991

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1991 New South Wales state election: Coogee[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Page 14,013 43.5 +0.1
Liberal Allan Andrews 13,215 41.0 −1.4
Democrats Peter Feltis 1,625 5.0 −0.3
Independent Claude Danzey 1,335 4.1 +4.1
Independent Charles Matthews 1,089 3.4 +3.4
Independent Jack Dillon 957 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 32,234 93.8 −3.4
Informal votes 2,135 6.2 +3.4
Turnout 34,369 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Page 15,994 51.6 +0.7
Liberal Allan Andrews 15,021 48.4 −0.7
Labor hold Swing+0.7
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Elections in the 1980s

1988

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1988 New South Wales state election: Coogee[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Cleary 11,739 42.1 −10.4
Liberal Margaret Martin 11,416 41.0 +0.3
Independent John Buchanan 3,568 12.8 +12.8
Democrats Laurence Gration 877 3.1 −3.3
Independent Stephen Muller 269 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 27,869 96.7 −0.7
Informal votes 948 3.3 +0.7
Turnout 28,817 91.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Cleary 13,484 51.2 −5.4
Liberal Margaret Martin 12,855 48.8 +5.4
Labor hold Swing−5.4
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1984

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1984 New South Wales state election: Coogee[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Cleary 13,674 52.8 −11.5
Liberal Ken Finn 10,521 40.6 +7.5
Democrats Gavan Schneider 1,708 6.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 25,903 97.5 +1.0
Informal votes 658 2.5 −1.0
Turnout 26,561 89.6 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Cleary 56.8 −9.1
Liberal Ken Finn 43.2 +9.1
Labor hold Swing−9.1
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1981

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1981 New South Wales state election: Coogee[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Cleary 16,668 64.3 +0.9
Liberal Kenneth Finn 8,576 33.1 +1.0
Independent Michael Gluyas 665 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 25,909 96.5
Informal votes 933 3.5
Turnout 26,842 87.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Cleary 16,768 65.9 −0.5
Liberal Kenneth Finn 8,676 34.1 +0.5
Labor hold Swing−0.5
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Elections in the 1970s

1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Coogee[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Cleary 17,893 63.4 +9.7
Liberal David Kinsman 9,059 32.1 −14.2
Democrats Leslie Reiss 1,254 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 28,206 97.8 −0.1
Informal votes 625 2.2 +0.1
Turnout 28,831 88.6 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Cleary 18,729 66.4 +12.7
Liberal David Kinsman 9,477 33.6 −12.7
Labor hold Swing+12.7
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1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Coogee[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Cleary 16,265 53.7 +8.2
Liberal Phillip Billings 14,036 46.3 +1.2
Total formal votes 30,301 97.9 +0.8
Informal votes 662 2.1 −0.8
Turnout 30,963 89.7 +1.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+3.7
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1974 by-election

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1974 Coogee by-election
Saturday 20 July[20]
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  
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The Court of Disputed Returns overturned the result of the 1973 Coogee election.[20]

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Coogee[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Cleary 13,092 45.5 +3.1
Liberal Ross Freeman 12,958 45.1 −1.5
Australia Ann Sutherland 1,917 6.7 +6.7
Democratic Labor Betty Stepkovitch 779 2.7 −1.8
Total formal votes 28,746 97.1
Informal votes 869 2.9
Turnout 29,615 88.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ross Freeman 14,377 50.01 −2.9
Labor Michael Cleary 14,369 49.99 +2.9
Liberal hold Swing−2.9
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  • This result was annulled by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held.

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Coogee[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Ellis 12,231 46.6 −4.0
Labor Mary Barry 11,109 42.4 +0.5
Democratic Labor Betty Stepkovitch 1,187 4.5 −0.7
Defence of Government Schools Jean McCoroskin 967 3.7 +3.7
Independent William Ash 725 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 26,219 97.4
Informal votes 707 2.6
Turnout 26,926 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 13,860 52.9 −3.0
Labor Mary Barry 12,359 47.1 +3.0
Liberal hold Swing−3.0
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Elections in the 1960s

1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Coogee[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Ellis 11,924 50.6 +2.6
Labor Lou Walsh 9,873 41.9 −5.7
Democratic Labor John Cunningham 1,225 5.2 +0.8
Independent Lincoln Oppenheimer 525 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 23,547 97.2
Informal votes 687 2.8
Turnout 24,234 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 13,167 55.9 +4.2
Labor Lou Walsh 10,380 44.1 −4.2
Liberal hold Swing+4.2
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1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Coogee[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,626 48.0 +2.4
Labor Lou Walsh 10,547 47.6 −2.1
Democratic Labor Philip Cohen 972 4.4 −0.3
Total formal votes 22,145 98.3 −0.4
Informal votes 389 1.7 +0.4
Turnout 22,534 91.9 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 11,443 51.7 +2.7
Labor Lou Walsh 10,702 48.3 −2.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing+2.7
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1962

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1962 New South Wales state election: Coogee[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Walsh 11,323 49.7 +3.4
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,392 45.6 −3.7
Democratic Labor Peter Daly 1,061 4.7 +0.3
Total formal votes 22,776 98.7
Informal votes 296 1.3
Turnout 23,072 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lou Walsh 11,615 51.0 +3.7
Liberal Kevin Ellis 11,161 49.0 −3.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+3.7
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Elections in the 1950s

1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Coogee[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,309 49.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,690 46.3
Democratic Labor Allan Carter 930 4.4
Total formal votes 20,929 98.3
Informal votes 364 1.7
Turnout 21,293 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 11,027 52.7
Labor Lou Walsh 9,902 47.3
Liberal hold Swing
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1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Coogee[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,072 51.1 +4.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,250 47.0 −6.2
Independent Tasman Crocker 375 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 19,697 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 334 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 20,031 92.6 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,260 52.1 +5.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,437 47.9 −5.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing+5.3
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1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Coogee[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Walsh 11,099 53.2
Liberal Kevin Ellis 9,776 46.8
Total formal votes 20,875 98.2
Informal votes 386 1.8
Turnout 21,261 93.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
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1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Coogee[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Ellis 11,839 54.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,948 45.7
Total formal votes 21,787 98.3
Informal votes 385 1.7
Turnout 22,172 91.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing
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The sitting member, Lou Cunningham (Labor), died in 1948. The 1948 by-election was won by Kevin Ellis (Liberal).

Elections in the 1940s

1948 by-election

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1948 Coogee by-election
Saturday 8 May[30]
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
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Lou Cunningham (Labor) died.[30]

1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Coogee[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Cunningham 11,984 51.7 −9.0
Liberal Kevin Ellis 11,191 48.3 +9.0
Total formal votes 23,175 98.1 +1.5
Informal votes 455 1.9 −1.5
Turnout 23,630 92.8 +2.6
Labor hold Swing−9.0
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1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Coogee[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Cunningham 12,616 60.7 +4.7
Democratic John Rubie 8,179 39.3 −4.7
Total formal votes 20,795 96.6 −1.7
Informal votes 726 3.4 +1.7
Turnout 21,521 90.2 −1.2
Labor hold Swing+4.7
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1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Coogee[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Cunningham 11,341 56.0
United Australia Thomas Mutch 8,922 44.0
Total formal votes 20,263 98.3
Informal votes 357 1.7
Turnout 20,620 91.4
Labor gain from United Australia Swing
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Elections in the 1930s

1938 by-election

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1938 Coogee by-election
Saturday 25 June[34]
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
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1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Coogee[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Dunningham 16,039 71.3 +4.2
Independent Mark Foots 6,470 28.7 +28.7
Total formal votes 22,509 96.5 −1.5
Informal votes 812 3.5 +1.5
Turnout 23,321 94.2 −0.7
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Coogee[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Dunningham 13,629 67.1 −0.1
Labor (NSW) Karl Guhl 6,681 32.9 +3.0
Total formal votes 20,310 98.0 0.0
Informal votes 416 2.0 0.0
Turnout 20,726 94.9 −0.3
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Coogee[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Dunningham 13,070 67.2 +13.8
Labor (NSW) Alphonsus Ticehurst 5,811 29.9 −15.7
Independent Mark Cochrane 406 2.1 +2.1
Communist Jessa Burns 175 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 19,462 98.0 +0.9
Informal votes 394 2.0 −0.9
Turnout 19,856 95.2 +1.1
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Coogee[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Dunningham 9,881 53.4
Labor Mark Cochrane 8,429 45.6
Independent Rupert Treatt 95 0.5
Independent Walter Miller 86 0.5
Total formal votes 18,491 97.1
Informal votes 553 2.9
Turnout 19,044 94.1
Nationalist hold Swing
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Elections in the 1920s

1928 by-election

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1928 Coogee by-election
Saturday 22 September[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Dunningham 7,854 69.23
Labor Morris Curotta 3,490 30.77
Total formal votes 11,344 99.45
Informal votes 63 0.55
Turnout 11,407 61.92
Nationalist hold Swing
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1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Coogee[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Hyman Goldstein 9,196 67.6
Labor Thomas Brown 4,416 32.4
Total formal votes 13,612 99.1
Informal votes 123 0.9
Turnout 13,735 78.5
Nationalist win (new seat)
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