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Redfern - By-election (Roll: 20,914) Retained by Labor Party Nominations: Monday, 19 September 1949, Polling: Saturday, 8 October 1949 Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Dwyer, Kevin Edward (Elected) Labor Party 14,074 91.15 14,074 100.00 Pidcock, Mervyn Hartley Communist 1,366 8.85 Formal Votes 15,440 Informal Votes 854 5.24 Total Votes / Turnout 16,294 77.91 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of sitting Labor MP G.W.H.Noble. Source: Nominations SMH 20 September 1949, p.11