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Fairfield - 1953 (Roll: 22,521) Retained by Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Earl, Clarence Joseph (Elected) Labor Party 17,322 91.34 Lipscombe, Edwin Robert Communist 1,642 8.66 Formal Votes 18,964 Informal Votes 2,030 9.67 Total Votes / Turnout 20,994 93.22 Notes: New notionally Labor seat created by the redistribution.