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Manly - 1944 (Roll: 25,639)
Ind Democrat gain from Democratic Party
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Dunn, James Patrick Digger Labor Party 8,286 36.58 9,687 42.77
Reid, Alfred Albert Edward Ernest Vassa (Re-elected) Ind Democrat 7,561 33.38 12,962 57.23
Stack, Stephen Harold Democratic Party 5,246 23.16
White, Eric Liberal Democratic 1,556 6.87
Formal Votes 22,649
Informal Votes 670 2.87
Total Votes / Turnout 23,319 90.95
Corrections: Sitting MP was not selected as a candidate for the Democratic Party, but nominated and ran as an Independent candidate, joining the Democratic Party after the election. He has been listed as an Independent Democratic candidate where Hughes and Graham (1975) list him as an Independent.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
White (LDP)
Exclusion 2
Stack (DP)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Dunn (ALP) 199 12.79 8485 37.46 1202 20.03 9687 42.77
Reid (IDEM) 601 38.62 8162 36.04 4800 79.97 12962 57.23
Stack (DP) 756 48.59 6002 26.50 -6002
White (LDP) -1556