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Newcastle - 1920 (Roll: 63,407) - 5 to be elected Candidate Party Votes % Quotas Final % Fegan, John Lionel (Elected 5) Nationalist 2,113 6.43 0.3859 5,952 18.12 Paton, John Nationalist 1,840 5.60 0.3361 O'Brien, George Cashel Nationalist 289 0.88 0.0528 Green, Roland Frederick Herbert Progressive 1,064 3.24 0.1943 Grahame, William Calman (Defeated) Ind Nationalist 898 2.73 0.1640 Connell, Hugh John (Elected 1) Labor Party 6,720 20.46 1.2274 5,475 16.67 Estell, John (Re-elected 3) Labor Party 4,998 15.22 0.9129 5,475 16.67 Kearsley, William (Re-elected 4) Labor Party 3,641 11.08 0.6650 5,475 16.67 Murray, David Labor Party 2,145 6.53 0.3918 4,968 15.12 Lewis, Amram Labor Party 1,381 4.20 0.2522 Mackenzie, Robert Charles Democratic 947 2.88 0.1730 Charlton, Joseph Socialist 564 1.72 0.1030 McNeill, David Socialist 140 0.43 0.0256 Johnston, Thomas Socialist 68 0.21 0.0124 McDonald, John Michael Socialist 62 0.19 0.0113 North, William Frederick Socialist 53 0.16 0.0097 Gardiner, Arthur Rowland (Re-elected 2) Independents 5,821 17.72 1.0632 5,475 16.67 Dillon, Michael James Independents 91 0.28 0.0166 Kingsborough, John Watsford Independents 13 0.04 0.0024 Formal Votes 32,848 Informal / Exhausted Votes 4,648 12.40 28 0.09 Total Votes / Turnout 37,496 59.14 Quota for election 5,475 Notes: Sitting members represented the following electorates, Estell (Wallsend), Gardiner (Newcastle), Grahame (Wickham) and Kearsley (Cessnock). Nationalist MP for Kahibah Alfred Edden did not contest the election. Corrections: W.Grahame was denied Nationalist pre-selection and contested as an Independent Nationalist. Hughes and Graham (1975) list him as an Independent.