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Ku-ring-gai - 1999 (Roll: 44,417)
Retained by Liberal Party
Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Ayres, Matthew Christian Democrats 1,698 4.21
O'Farrell, Barry (Re-elected) Liberal Party 22,708 56.33 25,298 70.03
Webeck, Robert One Nation 1,416 3.51
Ryder, John Natural Law Party 100 0.25
Halliday, Neil Australian Democrats 3,769 9.35
Chehoff, Mick Aust. Against Further Immigration 379 0.94
Burke, Andrew The Greens 2,004 4.97
Butland, Jan Labor Party 8,241 20.44 10,826 29.97
Formal Votes 40,315
Informal / Exhausted Votes 710 1.73 4,191 10.40
Total Votes / Turnout 41,025 92.36
Notes: The sitting MP for Ku-ring-gai, Stephen O'Doherty, contested the re-created seat of Hornsby, which included a larger proportion of the old electorate of Ku-ring-gai. The new Ku-ring-gai was contested by Barry O'Farrell, whose electorate of Northcott had been abolished. Liberal MP for the abolished seat of Gordon, Jeremy Kinross, chose to retire after missing Legislative Council pre-selection.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Ryder (LAW)
Exclusion 2
Chehoff (AFI)
Exclusion 3
Webeck (ONP)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Ayres (CDP) 8 16.00 1706 4.24 12 6.38 1718 4.29 210 27.42 1928 4.90
O'Farrell (LIB) 3 6.00 22711 56.40 46 24.47 22757 56.79 340 44.39 23097 58.66
Webeck (ONP) 1 2.00 1417 3.52 48 25.53 1465 3.66 -1465
Ryder (LAW) -100
Halliday (DEM) 11 22.00 3780 9.39 15 7.98 3795 9.47 72 9.40 3867 9.82
Chehoff (AFI) 3 6.00 382 0.95 -382
Burke (GRN) 16 32.00 2020 5.02 39 20.74 2059 5.14 57 7.44 2116 5.37
Butland (ALP) 8 16.00 8249 20.49 28 14.89 8277 20.66 87 11.36 8364 21.24
Votes In Count 50 40265 188 40071 766 39372
Exhausted 50 50.00 50 0.12 194 50.79 244 0.61 699 47.71 943 2.34

Distribution of Preferences - part 2
Exclusion 4
Ayres (CDP)
Exclusion 5
Burke (GRN)
Exclusion 6
Halliday (DEM)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Ayres (CDP) -1928
O'Farrell (LIB) 897 71.93 23994 62.01 215 18.31 24209 64.28 1089 34.89 25298 70.03
Halliday (DEM) 140 11.23 4007 10.36 653 55.62 4660 12.37 -4660
Burke (GRN) 86 6.90 2202 5.69 -2202
Butland (ALP) 124 9.94 8488 21.94 306 26.06 8794 23.35 2032 65.11 10826 29.97
Votes In Count 1247 38691 1174 37663 3121 36124
Exhausted 681 35.32 1624 4.03 1028 46.68 2652 6.58 1539 33.03 4191 10.40