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Murrumbidgee - 1941 (Roll: 14,760) Ind Labor gain from Country Party Multiple party endorsement, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Dixon, George Norman Country Party 2,863 22.37 5,057 39.51 Enticknap, Ambrose George (Elected) Ind Labor 4,364 34.10 7,741 60.49 Fitzgerald, Joseph John Labor Party 3,399 26.56 Kelly, John Henry Country Party 1,027 8.02 Thorne, John Clifford Country Party 1,145 8.95 Formal Votes 12,798 Informal Votes 446 3.37 Total Votes / Turnout 13,244 89.73 Notes: Country Party MP R.H.Hankinson retired. Enticknap received substantial support from local Labor Party branches, but former MP for Oxley and Albury, J J Fitzgerald, was the officialy endorsed Labor candidate. The confusion over pre-selection allowed the Labor Party to admit Enticknap to the parliamentary caucus after his victory. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Kelly (CP) Exclusion 2 Thorne (CP) Exclusion 3 Fitzgerald (ALP) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Dixon (CP) 456 44.40 3319 25.93 1437 88.49 4756 37.16 301 8.52 5057 39.51 Enticknap (ILAB) 61 5.94 4425 34.58 85 5.23 4510 35.24 3231 91.48 7741 60.49 Fitzgerald (ALP) 31 3.02 3430 26.80 102 6.28 3532 27.60 -3532 Kelly (CP) -1027 Thorne (CP) 479 46.64 1624 12.69 -1624