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Murray - 1917 (Roll: 9,672)
Nationalist gain from Labor Party
Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball %
Duffy, Patrick Ernest Independent 55 1.10
O'Halloran, Richard Thomas Disney Labor Party 2,010 40.27
Scobie, Robert (Re-elected) Nationalist 2,926 58.63
Formal Votes 4,991
Informal Votes 56 1.11
Total Votes / Turnout 5,047 52.18
Notes: Robert Scobie had been elected in 1913 as a Labor MP but joined the Nationalists after the conscription split.