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Raleigh - 1938 (Roll: 16,517) Retained by Country Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Devine, John Albert Labor Party 1,316 8.54 Jordan, Leslie Charles Independent 5,429 35.24 Vincent, Roy Stanley (Re-elected) Country Party 8,659 56.21 Formal Votes 15,404 Informal Votes 297 1.89 Total Votes / Turnout 15,701 95.06 Notes: Devine was endorsed by the Labor State Executive but not supported by local Labor leauges. See 'The Mid-North Coast' in Hagan (2006) 'People and Politics in Regional New South Wales', p.43. Source: Hughes and Graham (1975) list Devine as an Independent.