COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== CUNNINGHAM, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Kembla, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 April 1956, following the death of Billy Davies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 16.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,070 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor KEARNEY + ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Dennis Kearney (1903-82): Elected 1956 By Born: 10 December 1903, Armidale, NSW. Career: Educated De la Salle College, Armidale, NSW. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Secretary, Canberra Trades and Labour Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This was the last occasion on which a member (apart from the non- voting member for the Northern Territory) was returned to the House of Representatives without opposition. --------------------------------------------------------------------