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Redfern - 1947 (Roll: 21,926) Retained by Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Fairbrother, Frederick Gardiner Protestant Labor 1,727 8.72 Miles, John Bramwell Communist 1,281 6.47 Noble, George Walter Harry (Elected) Labor Party 13,015 65.71 Waters, Edward Leo Lang Labor 3,785 19.11 Formal Votes 19,808 Informal Votes 856 4.14 Total Votes / Turnout 20,664 94.24 Notes: Sitting Labor MP and Premier William McKell resigned in February 1947 to accept the post of Governor-General. A by-election was not held before the general election.