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Armidale - 1956 (Roll: 18,826) Country Party gain from Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Cahill, James Edward (Defeated) Labor Party 8,312 47.72 Hughes, Davis (Elected) Country Party 9,107 52.28 Formal Votes 17,419 Informal Votes 218 1.24 Total Votes / Turnout 17,637 93.68 Notes: Davis Hughes had been defeated at the 1953 election.