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Cessnock - 1947 (Roll: 22,628) Retained by Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Baddeley, John Marcus (Re-elected) Labor Party 12,756 59.95 Evans, Charles William Henry Communist 3,200 15.04 May, William Henry Ind Labor 5,323 25.02 Formal Votes 21,279 Informal Votes 510 2.34 Total Votes / Turnout 21,789 96.29