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Cessnock - 1976 (Roll: 24,422) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Ross-Gowan, Suzan Bettye Liberal Party 5,327 23.02 Neilly, George Henry (Re-elected) Labor Party 17,814 76.98 Formal Votes 23,141 Informal Votes 310 1.32 Total Votes / Turnout 23,451 96.02 Notes: Note that George Neilly resigned from Parliament on 8 September 1978, the vacancy in Cessnock become one of the reasons for the calling of an early state election for 7 October 1978.