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Sutherland - 1959 (Roll: 24,922) Won by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Bates, Keith Liberal Party 10,783 45.68 Dalton, Thomas William (Elected) Labor Party 11,845 50.18 Elphinston, Alexander Walter Communist 680 2.88 Keogh, Peter John D.L.P. 299 1.27 Formal Votes 23,607 Informal Votes 351 1.47 Total Votes / Turnout 23,958 96.13 Notes: Liberal MP I.R.Griffith contested the new seat of Cronulla.