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South Coast - 1944 (Roll: 13,325) Retained by Independent Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Beale, Jack Gordon (Re-elected) Independent 6,600 55.79 Treasure, Percy Henry Ind Democrat 1,313 11.10 Turner, Herbert Eden Ind Labor 2,138 18.07 Woodhill, Charles Kenneth Democratic Party 1,779 15.04 Formal Votes 11,830 Informal Votes 200 1.66 Total Votes / Turnout 12,030 90.28 Corrections: Turner is listed as an Independent in Hughes and Graham (1975), but as explained in Cunneen's study of the 1944 election, he was a pre-selected Labor Party candidate denied endorsment when the party chose not to contest the seat. He was expelled from the Labor Party after the election.