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North Sydney - 1947 (Roll: 25,777) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Geraghty, James Leo (Re-elected) Labor Party 11,867 49.30 12,717 52.83 Travers, William Holmes Liberal Party 11,105 46.13 11,355 47.17 Wood, William Arnold Whitfield Communist 1,100 4.57 Formal Votes 24,072 Informal Votes 332 1.36 Total Votes / Turnout 24,404 94.67 Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Wood (Com) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Geraghty (ALP) 850 77.27 12717 52.83 Travers (LIB) 250 22.73 11355 47.17 Wood (Com) -1100