Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
George McCrae (politician)
Table title:
1923-1924
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sir George McCrae </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10,721 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 50.4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +3.7 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Hugh Murnin </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10,565 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 49.6 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3.7 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 71.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.0 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 156 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7.4 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Liberal gain from Labour </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +3.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did McCrae perform in the election in 1923-1924? 
Answer:
A Liberal, McCrae defeated the Labour party's Hugh Murnin by 156 votes which was less than 1% of the total poll.