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Lake Macquarie - 1956 (Roll: 22,053) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Farrell, Edward Liberal Party 4,756 22.98 Quinn, William Leslie Communist 1,619 7.82 Simpson, James Brunton (Re-elected) Labor Party 14,321 69.20 Formal Votes 20,696 Informal Votes 311 1.48 Total Votes / Turnout 21,007 95.26 Corrections: The total votes and percentage for the Communist Party candidate have been corrected from the entry in Hughes and Graham (1975).