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Waverley - 1956 (Roll: 21,855) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Ferguson, William John (Re-elected) Labor Party 11,373 58.57 Maher, Edward John Communist 900 4.63 Steinwede, John Adolph Liberal Party 7,145 36.80 Formal Votes 19,418 Informal Votes 425 2.14 Total Votes / Turnout 19,843 90.79 Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) had the names of the Liberal and Communist candidates reversed.