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North Sydney - 1953 (Roll: 23,142) Labor Party gain from Ind Labor Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % Geraghty, James Leo (Defeated) Ind Labor 6,718 31.80 Humphries, Trevor Arthur Liberal Party 7,377 34.92 9,287 43.96 Jacobs, Norman Independent 187 0.89 Maher, Ray Septimus (Elected) Labor Party 6,842 32.39 11,837 56.04 Formal Votes 21,124 Informal Votes 551 2.54 Total Votes / Turnout 21,675 93.66 Notes: Unlike John Seiffert in Monaro, Geraghty had won election in 1950 against a Labor opponent and was therefore not re-admitted to the Labor Party. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Jacobs (IND) Exclusion 2 Geraghty (ILAB) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Geraghty (ILAB) 64 34.22 6782 32.11 -6782 Humphries (LIB) 41 21.93 7418 35.12 1869 27.56 9287 43.96 Jacobs (IND) -187 Maher (ALP) 82 43.85 6924 32.78 4913 72.44 11837 56.04