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Balmain - 1950 (Roll: 21,409) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Dowling, Thomas Joseph Communist 1,063 5.43 Ivey, Malinda Angelina Independent 457 2.33 McMahon, John Michael Alfred (Elected) Labor Party 11,568 59.05 Mann, Frederick William Ball Liberal Party 4,068 20.77 Quirk, Mary Lily May (Defeated) Ind Labor 2,434 12.42 Formal Votes 19,590 Informal Votes 499 2.48 Total Votes / Turnout 20,089 93.83 Notes: Sitting MP Mary Quirk contested as an Independent Labor candidate after losing Labor Party endorsement.