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Bathurst - 1917 (Roll: 10,247)
Retained by Labor Party
Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball %
Johnston, Valentine Carlyle Ross Wood (Elected) Labor Party 3,805 51.87
Miller, John Nationalist 3,114 42.45
Sullivan, John Joseph Independent 417 5.68
Formal Votes 7,336
Informal Votes 75 1.01
Total Votes / Turnout 7,411 72.32
Notes: Ernest Durack had gained Bathurst for Labor in 1913. He was elected Labor Leader when Holman defected, but resigned shortly before the election and then chose not to contest the 1917 election. The Farmer and Settler listed Sullivan as an Independent Labor candidate, but this was not repeated in the city papers.