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Murrumbidgee - 1917 (Roll: 13,323) Nationalist gain from Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball % Cook, Arthur Edwin Labor Party 3,310 42.75 McGarry, Patrick (Re-elected) Nationalist 4,432 57.25 Formal Votes 7,742 Informal Votes 79 1.01 Total Votes / Turnout 7,821 58.70 Notes: Patrick McGarry had been elected as a Labor MP in 1913 but joined the Nationalists after the conscription split.