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Newcastle - 1922 (Roll: 71,641) - 5 to be elected Candidate Party Votes % Quotas Final % Baddeley, John Marcus (Elected 2) Labor Party 11,850 22.73 1.3640 8,688 16.67 Murray, David (Re-elected 4) Labor Party 6,629 12.72 0.7630 8,752 16.79 Connell, Hugh John (Re-elected 3) Labor Party 3,646 6.99 0.4197 9,711 18.63 Watson, David Labor Party 2,356 4.52 0.2712 Lewis, Amram Labor Party 1,529 2.93 0.1760 Gardiner, Arthur Rowland (Defeated) Ind Labor 4,644 8.91 0.5345 Cromarty, Magnus (Elected 5) Nationalist 2,833 5.43 0.3261 8,697 16.68 Fegan, John Lionel (Defeated) Nationalist 1,602 3.07 0.1844 Wheeler, Harry Lambert Nationalist 1,260 2.42 0.1450 Kilgour, Robert George Nationalist 1,052 2.02 0.1211 Mathieson, Kenneth Alexander Nationalist 516 0.99 0.0594 Jenner, George Whitfield Progressive 295 0.57 0.0340 Cram, John Milton Lowell Progressive 151 0.29 0.0174 Skelton, Walter Peden Joyce (Elected 1) Independent 13,132 25.19 1.5115 8,688 16.67 Hoare, Thomas Independent 566 1.09 0.0651 Gilligan, James Sexton Independent 38 0.07 0.0044 Jeffery, William Glave Independent 27 0.05 0.0031 Formal Votes 52,126 Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,771 3.29 7,590 14.56 Total Votes / Turnout 53,897 75.23 Quota for election 8,688 Notes: Sitting MP John Estell did not contest the election after being appointed to the Legislative Council.