Multiple party endorsement, Second ballot required
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
2nd Ball
%
Cusack, John Joseph (Re-elected)
Labor Party
3,239
44.43
3,970
52.62
McEachern, John Holden
Country Party Assoc
234
3.21
McLaurin, Gordon Ranald (Defeated)
Ind Liberal
2,116
29.03
3,575
47.38
Paech, Hermann Alfred
Farmers and Settlers
1,701
23.33
Formal Votes
7,290
7,545
Informal Votes
211
2.81
53
0.70
Total Votes / Turnout
7,501
69.85
7,598
70.75
Notes: McLaurin was sitting MP for Albury. Cusack was the sitting MP for the Queanbeyan, a seat abolished in the redistribution after the creation of the Australian Capital Territory. Paech also received Liberal endorsement.