COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-FIRST PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== COOK, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Alexandria, Golden Grove, Redfern, Surry Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 May 1955, following the death of Thomas Sheehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 majority: ALP over Independent 40.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,521 -03.7 Votes cast: 25,473 76.0 -18.9 Informal votes: 814 03.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 24,659 96.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James COPE ALP 21,411 86.8 +03.4 John Smith 3,248 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,659 36.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Francis Cope (1907-99): Elected 1955 By Born: 26 November 1907, Sydney. Career: Educated public schools. Glassworker. Federal Treasurer, Australian Glassworkers' Union. Redfern Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cook was abolished at the 1955 redistribution. Cope contested Watson in 1955. --------------------------------------------------------------------