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Armidale - 1956 (Roll: 18,826)
Country Party gain from Labor Party
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Cahill, James Edward (Defeated) Labor Party 8,312 47.72
Hughes, Davis (Elected) Country Party 9,107 52.28
Formal Votes 17,419
Informal Votes 218 1.24
Total Votes / Turnout 17,637 93.68
Notes: Davis Hughes had been defeated at the 1953 election.