Multiple party endorsement, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Final
%
Hunter, David Benjamin (Re-elected)
Liberal Party
8,207
37.36
13,607
61.95
McCartney, John Gerald
Labor Party
7,838
35.68
8,358
38.05
Murden, Richard William (Defeated)
Liberal Party
5,920
26.95
Formal Votes
21,965
Informal Votes
284
1.28
Total Votes / Turnout
22,249
93.55
Notes: This electorate was created from parts of the abolished Liberal electorates of Ashfield and Croydon. The Liberal Party chose to endorse both sitting members, D.B.Hunter who held Croydon, and Ashfield MP R.W.Murden.