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Coogee - By-election (Roll: 24,209) Retained by United Australia Nominations: Friday, 10 June 1938, Polling: Saturday, 25 June 1938 Multiple party endorsement, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % Burrows, John Frederick United Australia 2,964 14.30 Collins, Clifford Malua United Australia 1,100 5.31 Foots, Mark Independent 1,056 5.09 Keating, Robert Benedict Labor Party 6,752 32.57 8,696 41.95 Mutch, Thomas Davies (Elected) United Australia 5,397 26.03 12,034 58.05 O'Connell, Hubert David United Australia 1,867 9.01 Walters, George Gordon United Australia 1,594 7.69 Formal Votes 20,730 Informal Votes 1,092 5.00 Total Votes / Turnout 21,822 90.14 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of UAP MP J.M.Dunningham. The UAP changed its rules at this time to allow multiple endorsments in safe seats. Winning candidate T.D.Mutch had been a Labor MP 1917-1927 and Independent Labor MP 1927-30. Source: Nominations 11 June 1938, p.17 col.7 and p.29 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Foots (IND) Exclusion 2 Collins (UAP) Exclusion 3 Walters (UAP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Burrows (UAP) 126 11.93 3090 14.91 342 27.85 3432 16.56 988 55.20 4420 21.32 Collins (UAP) 128 12.12 1228 5.92 -1228 Foots (IND) -1056 Keating (ALP) 257 24.34 7009 33.81 104 8.47 7113 34.31 154 8.60 7267 35.06 Mutch (UAP) 392 37.12 5789 27.93 558 45.44 6347 30.62 415 23.18 6762 32.62 O'Connell (UAP) 54 5.11 1921 9.27 127 10.34 2048 9.88 233 13.02 2281 11.00 Walters (UAP) 99 9.38 1693 8.17 97 7.90 1790 8.63 -1790 Distribution of Preferences - part 2 Exclusion 4 O'Connell (UAP) Exclusion 5 Burrows (UAP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Burrows (UAP) 1279 56.07 5699 27.49 -5699 Keating (ALP) 291 12.76 7558 36.46 1138 19.97 8696 41.95 Mutch (UAP) 711 31.17 7473 36.05 4561 80.03 12034 58.05 O'Connell (UAP) -2281