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Byron - 1920 (Roll: 39,355) - 3 to be elected Candidate Party Votes % Quotas Final % Nesbitt, George (Re-elected 1) Nationalist 4,815 23.59 0.9436 5,365 26.29 Zuill, William Arthur (Defeated) Nationalist 1,901 9.31 0.3725 Perdriau, Raymond Stephen (Elected 2) Progressive 3,384 16.58 0.6631 5,598 27.43 Missingham, William Thomas Progressive 2,092 10.25 0.4100 4,247 20.81 Nicholson, Duncan Progressive 750 3.67 0.1470 Swiney, Thomas James (Elected 3) Labor Party 3,992 19.56 0.7823 5,199 25.47 Ryan, Roger Matthew Labor Party 257 1.26 0.0504 McDougall, James Beith Independents 1,385 6.79 0.2714 Tighe, Percy Edward Independents 1,119 5.48 0.2193 Yates, John Independents 646 3.17 0.1266 McKeever, William Independents 43 0.21 0.0084 Winterton, Thomas Independents 25 0.12 0.0049 Formal Votes 20,409 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,516 6.91 Total Votes / Turnout 21,925 55.71 Quota for election 5,103 Notes: Sitting members represented the following electorates, Nesbitt (Lismore) and Zuill (Clarence). MP for Byron John Perry retired. Were Nesbitt and Zuill Nationalists or Independent Nationalists? (Bowden)