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Willyama - 1917 (Roll: 8,882)
Retained by Labor Party
Not contested by both major parties
Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball %
Doe, Brian James Ind Nationalist 1,851 35.38
Wright, Jabez (Re-elected) Labor Party 3,381 64.62
Formal Votes 5,232
Informal Votes 24 0.46
Total Votes / Turnout 5,256 59.18
Notes: The SMH (24 March) listed Doe as an Independent Labor candidate for whom Nationalist supporters should vote. The Daily Telegraph (5 March referred to Doe and Harvey in neighbouring Sturt as being endorsed by a local meeting of the National Citizen's Association and running as Nationalists. Based on this, Doe is shown here as an Independent Nationalist, where Hughes and Graham (1975) classified him as Independent Labor.