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Clarence - By-election (Roll: 18,877) Retained by Country Party Nominations: Monday, 7 March 1955, Polling: Saturday, 26 March 1955 Not contested by both major parties, Multiple party endorsement Candidate Party Votes % Final % Moorhead, J I Country Party 6,153 37.06 Munro, Garth Raymond Country Party 1,645 9.91 Weiley, William Robert (Elected) Country Party 8,805 53.03 Formal Votes 16,603 Informal Votes 231 1.37 Total Votes / Turnout 16,834 89.18 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of Country Party MP Cecil Gordon Wingfield.