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Newtown - 1917 (Roll: 11,634) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball % Burke, Francis Michael (Elected) Labor Party 3,690 55.12 Hollis, Robert (Defeated) Nationalist 2,654 39.65 Kilburn, John George Socialist 51 0.76 Walsh, Thomas Independent 299 4.47 Formal Votes 6,694 Informal Votes 82 1.21 Total Votes / Turnout 6,776 58.24 Notes: Hollis had been elected as a Labor MP in 1913, but split with the party over conscription.