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Wallsend - 1913 (Roll: 10,972)
Retained by Labor Party
Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball %
Charlton, Joseph Socialist 401 5.83
Collins, Thomas James Liberal Party 825 11.99
Estell, John (Re-elected) Labor Party 5,652 82.18
Formal Votes 6,878
Informal Votes 177 2.51
Total Votes / Turnout 7,055 64.30
Notes: Estell was MP for the similar but abolished seat of Waratah. Hughes and Graham (1975) listed Charlton as a Socialist Labor candidate, the SMH referred to him as an Independent and the Daily Telegraph as a Socialist. He has been listed here as Socialist.