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Cessnock - 1978 (Roll: 24,921) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Nicholas, Terrence Peter Liberal Party 4,894 20.88 Brown, Robert James (Elected) Labor Party 18,547 79.12 Formal Votes 23,441 Informal Votes 389 1.63 Total Votes / Turnout 23,830 95.62 Notes: Sitting Labor MP George Neilly retired shortly before the election, the vacancy becoming one of the excuses for calling an early state election.