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Monaro - 1953 (Roll: 15,042) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Seiffert, John Wesley (Re-elected) Labor Party 9,002 64.70 Smith, Ernest Charles Liberal Party 4,912 35.30 Formal Votes 13,914 Informal Votes 272 1.92 Total Votes / Turnout 14,186 94.31 Notes: Seiffert had been allowed to re-join the Labor Party after being re-elected as an Independent Labor MP in 1950.