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Newcastle - 1959 (Roll: 20,513) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Copley, Mervyn Percy Communist 777 4.10 Hawkins, Francis Harold (Re-elected) Labor Party 12,239 64.53 Hutchinson, William James Liberal Party 5,950 31.37 Formal Votes 18,966 Informal Votes 286 1.49 Total Votes / Turnout 19,252 93.85