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Raleigh - 1959 (Roll: 20,712)
Retained by Country Party
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Bailey, William Henry Labor Party 7,775 40.12 8,605 44.40
Brown, James Hill (Elected) Country Party 5,967 30.79 10,776 55.60
Gamack, Radford Baird (Defeated) Country Party 5,639 29.10
Formal Votes 19,381
Informal Votes 189 0.97
Total Votes / Turnout 19,570 94.49
Notes: It appears that the sitting Country Party MP ran as an Independent.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Gamack (CP)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Bailey (ALP) 830 14.72 8605 44.40
Brown (CP) 4809 85.28 10776 55.60
Gamack (CP) -5639