COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== CALARE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 November 1960, following the resignation of John Howse -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,434 +00.1 Votes cast: 37,351 90.1 -05.5 Informal votes: 445 01.2 -00.6 Formal votes: 36,906 98.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John England CP 12,039 32.6 Wallace Meares + Lib 8,039 21.8 -36.3 John Phillips 113 00.3 Raymond Proust DLP 2,540 06.9 Leroy Serisier ALP 14,175 38.4 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Serisier was a NSW MLC 1963-78. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Phillips's 113 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- England 29 25.7 12,068 32.7 Meares + 22 (19.5 8,061 21.8 Proust 25 22.1 2,565 07.0 Serisier 37 32.7 14,212 38.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113 36,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Proust's 2,565 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- England 1,776 69.2 13,844 37.5 Meares + 297 11.6 8,358 22.6 Serisier 492 19.2 14,704 39.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,565 36,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Meares's 8,358 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLAND 7,980 95.5 21,824 59.1 Serisier 378 04.5 15,082 40.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,358 36,906 09.1 01.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1958. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By Born: 12 October 1911, Sydney. Career: Educated state schools, Brisbane Boys College. Bank officer. Military Service 1944-46. Farmer and grazier near Grenfell, NSW, from 1947. --------------------------------------------------------------------