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Darlinghurst - 1950 (Roll: 25,487) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result Candidate Party Votes % Final % Finnan, Francis Joseph (Re-elected) Labor Party 10,505 47.60 11,401 51.66 Ogston, Adam Hutton Communist 1,012 4.59 Paget, John Reginald Liberal Party 10,553 47.82 10,669 48.34 Formal Votes 22,070 Informal Votes 603 2.66 Total Votes / Turnout 22,673 88.96 Notes: F.J.Finnan was the sitting Labor MP for Hawkesbury, moving seat after the redistribution made his existing seat unwinnable. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Ogston (COM) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Finnan (ALP) 896 88.54 11401 51.66 Ogston (COM) -1012 Paget (LIB) 116 11.46 10669 48.34