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Phillip - 1917 (Roll: 9,874) Retained by Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % 2nd Ball % Doyle, John William (Elected) Labor Party 3,913 65.22 Meagher, Richard Denis (Defeated) Ind Labor 2,056 34.27 Slade, James Socialist 31 0.52 Formal Votes 6,000 Informal Votes 66 1.09 Total Votes / Turnout 6,066 61.43 Notes: Meagher was another who departed the Labor Party after the conscription split. The Daily Telegraph (5 March) listed this seat as one the Nationalists had chosen not to nominate for, leaving Labor and Independent Labor candidates to contest. The SMH (24 March) listed Meagher as an Independent Labor candidate for whom Nationalist supporters should vote.