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Botany - 1925 (Roll: 71,822) - 5 to be elected
Candidate Party Votes % Quotas Final %
Lee, John Robert (Re-elected 2) Nationalist 10,098 21.25 1.2752 7,919 16.67
Alexander, David Allen Nationalist 665 1.40 0.0840
Herford, William Nationalist 108 0.23 0.0136
Sinclair, James Nationalist 99 0.21 0.0125
Turner, Stephen Firth Nationalist 46 0.10 0.0058
Mutch, Thomas Davies (Re-elected 1) Labor Party 10,146 21.35 1.2812 7,919 16.67
McKell, William John (Re-elected 3) Labor Party 8,523 17.94 1.0763 7,919 16.67
Ratcliffe, Wilfred Joseph (Re-elected 4) Labor Party 5,726 12.05 0.7231 7,919 16.67
Long, William John Labor Party 4,284 9.02 0.5410 6,230 13.11
Burke, Francis Michael (Re-elected 5) Labor Party 4,017 8.45 0.5073 6,425 13.52
Bateman, Walter Samuel Protestant Labor 370 0.78 0.0467
Gallagher, Peter Ind Labor 3,034 6.39 0.3831
Liebau, Carl Geoff Majority Labor 63 0.13 0.0080
Denford, Henry Leigh Communist 147 0.31 0.0186
Rickie, Nellie Communist 111 0.23 0.0140
Strange-Mure, Arthur Charles Stuart Independent 76 0.16 0.0096
Formal Votes 47,513
Informal / Exhausted Votes 2,210 4.44 3,182 6.70
Total Votes / Turnout 49,723 69.23
Quota for election 7,919
Corrections: According to State Electoral Office records, the Daily Telegraph listed P.Gallagher as an Independent Labor candidate, where Hughes and Graham (1975) list him as an Independent. Given his preferences flowed solidly to Labor, the Independent Labor label has been used.