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Murrumbidgee - 1971 (Roll: 19,531) Retained by Labor Party Three-cornered contest Candidate Party Votes % Final % Clark, David Country Party 2,685 14.90 Davidge, Ian Colin Liberal Party 4,766 26.44 Gordon, Alan Robert Lindsay (Re-elected) Labor Party 9,683 53.73 Kennedy, Leslie Michael D.L.P. 889 4.93 Formal Votes 18,023 Informal Votes 301 1.64 Total Votes / Turnout 18,324 93.82 Notes: Hughes and Aitkin list Davidge as an Independent Liberal candidate, where Mackerras (1971) lists him as a Liberal. Advertising in local papers makes it clear that Davidge was an official Liberal candidate.