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Hartley - By-election (Roll: 16,222) Retained by Labor Party Nominations: Friday, 28 November 1947, Polling: Saturday, 13 December 1947 Candidate Party Votes % Final % Alexander, William Percy Ind Labor 1,500 10.67 Chalmers, James (Elected) Labor Party 7,489 53.26 Coates, Harold George Liberal Party 5,071 36.07 Formal Votes 14,060 Informal Votes 231 1.62 Total Votes / Turnout 14,291 88.10 Cause Category: Resignation - Government Job Notes: Sitting Labor MP Hamilton Knight resigned to accept a post on the Commonwealth Industrial Commission. Source: Nominations Lithgow Mercury, 28 November 1947, p.1. Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) list Alexander as Lang Labor, but there is no mention of Lang in the Lithgow Mercury.