Not contested by both major parties, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Final
%
Jackson, John
Labor Party
6,394
41.40
6,949
45.00
Jackson, Joseph (Re-elected)
Ind Democrat
5,622
36.40
8,494
55.00
Taylor, Allan Archibald
Democratic Party
3,427
22.19
Formal Votes
15,443
Informal Votes
399
2.52
Total Votes / Turnout
15,842
89.52
Corrections: Jackson described himself as a Nationalist Liberal and is noted in this way in Hughes and Graham (1975). As he later joined the Liberal Party, he has been listed here as an Independent Democratic candidate.