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Castlereagh - 1917 (Roll: 10,228) Nationalist gain from Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball % Arkins, James Guy Dalley (Re-elected) Nationalist 3,336 53.48 Clark, Joseph Alfred Labor Party 2,902 46.52 Formal Votes 6,238 Informal Votes 78 1.23 Total Votes / Turnout 6,316 61.75 Notes: JGD Arkins had been elected as a Labor candidate in 1913, but joined the Nationalists in the conscription split. He was opposed despite being on military service.