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Cootamundra - 1917 (Roll: 11,462) Nationalist gain from Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball % Holman, William Arthur (Re-elected) Nationalist 4,411 55.13 Minahan, Patrick Joseph (Defeated) Labor Party 3,590 44.87 Formal Votes 8,001 Informal Votes 51 0.63 Total Votes / Turnout 8,052 70.25 Notes: PJ Minahan was the Labor MP for Belmore and moved to contest Cootamundra in an effort to defeat Holman, who had left the Labor Party since the previous election in the Labor Party conscription split.