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Mudgee - 1956 (Roll: 17,382) Retained by Labor Party Three-cornered contest Candidate Party Votes % Final % Hennessy, Eric Claude Liberal Party 4,650 28.68 Masters, Kenneth Dudley Wilton Country Party 3,343 20.62 Nott, Leo Mervyn (Re-elected) Labor Party 8,220 50.70 Formal Votes 16,213 Informal Votes 160 0.98 Total Votes / Turnout 16,373 94.20 Corrections: Hughes and Graham (1975) have the correct percentages for the three candidates, but the total number of votes for Liberal candidate Hennessy was wrong and has been corrected.