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Belmore - 1917 (Roll: 10,168) Retained by Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball % Barlow, Thomas Hughes Ind Labor 1,596 33.11 Burke, Michael (Elected) Labor Party 3,224 66.89 Formal Votes 4,820 Informal Votes 71 1.45 Total Votes / Turnout 4,891 48.10 Notes: Sitting Labor member P.J.Minahan moved to contest Cootamundra against William Holman. The Daily Telegraph (5 March) listed this seat as one where the Nationalists chose to leave the contest between Labor and Independent Labor candidates. The SMH (24 March) listed Barlow as an Independent Labor candidate for whom Nationalist supporters should vote.