Second ballot required, Second Ballot changed primary result
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
2nd Ball
%
Bagnall, William Roy Clifford (Elected)
Labor Party
4,366
45.14
5,231
51.00
Broe, Henry
Nat Prog
509
5.26
Wood, William Herbert (Defeated)
Liberal Party
4,797
49.60
5,025
49.00
Formal Votes
9,672
10,256
Informal Votes
110
1.12
46
0.45
Total Votes / Turnout
9,782
74.83
10,302
78.80
Notes: Wood was the sitting MP for Bega and had been defeated in a contest for Liberal pre-selection in Drummoyne. He agreed to stand by this result and was rewarded with the right to contest St George when sitting MP William Taylor withdrew from the contest. See note on pre-selections, Rydon Spann and Nelson, 1913 political chronicle, references at footnote 107.