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Cobar - By-election (Roll: 12,885) Retained by Labor Party Nominations: Friday, 18 February 1949, Polling: Saturday, 12 March 1949 Candidate Party Votes % Final % Campbell, Harold Edward Ostler Liberal Party 2,235 23.91 McMeekin, Hadley James Parker Communist 1,007 10.77 Wetherell, Ernest (Elected) Labor Party 6,107 65.32 Formal Votes 9,349 Informal Votes 177 1.86 Total Votes / Turnout 9,526 73.93 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of Labor MP M.A.Davidson. Source: Nominations from Bourke Western Herald, 25 February 1949, p.6