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Parramatta - 1953 (Roll: 24,218) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Butterell, Arthur William Liberal Party 10,746 47.80 Harding, Edward Leslie Dugald Independent 333 1.48 Morgan, Kevin Barry (Elected) Labor Party 11,403 50.72 Formal Votes 22,482 Informal Votes 410 1.79 Total Votes / Turnout 22,892 94.52 Notes: On new boundaries Parramatta became a notional Labor seat. Long-serving Liberal MP GC Gollan retired.