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Hartley - 1953 (Roll: 18,697) Ind Labor gain from Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Chalmers, James (Re-elected) Ind Labor 9,815 57.20 King, John Hodge Communist 1,901 11.08 Punch, James Stanislaus Labor Party 5,443 31.72 Formal Votes 17,159 Informal Votes 625 3.51 Total Votes / Turnout 17,784 95.12 Notes: Sitting MP James Chalmers resigned from the Labor Party claiming a conspiracy within the party to deny him pre-selection. He was re-elected as an Independent Labor MP.