1948 Kogarah state by-election

Election result for Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Kogarah on 17 July 1948. It was triggered by the death of William Currey (Labor).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
30 April 1948	William Currey died.^[1]
11 June 1948	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.^[2]
22 June 1948	Day of nomination
17 July 1948	Polling day
6 August 1948	Return of writ

1948 Kogarah by-election
Saturday 17 July ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	12,829	51.7	+9.1
	Labor	Herbert Oxford	12,007	48.4	−9.1
Total formal votes			24,836	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			361	1.4	−0.1
Turnout			25,197	90.8	−4.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.1

^ ^a ^b "Mr William Matthew Currey VC (1895-1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Kogarah". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 63. 11 June 1948. p. 1391. Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1948 results Kogarah by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

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